DeathStalker targets legal entities with new Janicab variant

Just to clarify, the above subheading isnt a normal quote, but a message that Janicab malware attempted to decode in its newest use of YouTube dead-drop resolvers DDRs. While hunting for less common Deathstalker intrusions that use the Janicab malware family, we identified a new Janicab variant...

Hackers using USB drives to spread malware in ongoing attack

By Habiba Rashid Currently, hackers are targeting public and private entities in Southeast Asia, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and the U.S., with a focus on the Philippines. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers using USB drives to spread malware in ongoing attack...

North Korean Hackers Targeting Europe and Latin America with Updated DTrack Backdoor

Hackers tied to the North Korean government have been observed using an updated version of a backdoor known as Dtrack targeting a wide range of industries in Germany, Brazil, India, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the U.S. "Dtrack allows criminals to upload, download, start ...

DTrack activity targeting Europe and Latin America

Introduction DTrack is a backdoor used by the Lazarus group. Initially discovered in 2019, the backdoor remains in use three years later. It is used by the Lazarus group against a wide variety of targets. For example, weve seen it being used in financial environments where ATMs were breached, in...

APT trends report Q3 2022

For more than five years, the Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat APT activity. These summaries are based on our threat intelligence research; and they provide a representative snapshot of what we have publishe...

New DDoS Malware ‘Chaos’ Hits Linux and Windows Devices

By Deeba Ahmed Most devices infected by Chaos malware are located in Europe, particularly Italy but infections were also observed in Asia Pacific, South America, and North America. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New DDoS Malware Chaos Hits Linux and Windows Devices...

Hackers Using PowerPoint Mouseover Trick to Infect Systems with Malware

The Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28 has been found leveraging a new code execution method that makes use of mouse movement in decoy Microsoft PowerPoint documents to deploy malware. The technique "is designed to be triggered when the user starts the presentation mode and moves...

Akamai Turns Up Linode Past 11

Akamai plans to add more than a dozen data centers, equipped with Linode’s full product suite – across North America, APAC, LATAM and Europe by the end of 2023...

Record-Breaking DDoS Attack in Europe

On Monday, September 12, 2022, Akamai successfully detected and mitigated the now-largest DDoS attack ever launched...

Chinese Hackers Target Government Officials in Europe, South America, and Middle East

A Chinese hacking group has been attributed to a new campaign aimed at infecting government officials in Europe, the Middle East, and South America with a modular malware known as PlugX. Cybersecurity firm Secureworks said it identified the intrusions in June and July 2022, once again demonstrati...

Threat landscape for industrial automation systems for H1 2022

H1 2022 in numbers Geography In H1 2022, malicious objects were blocked at least once on 31.8% of ICS computers globally. Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked For the first time in five years of observations, the lowest percentage in the ‎first half of the year was...

Microsoft Warns About Phishing Attacks by Russia-linked Hackers

Microsoft on Monday revealed it took steps to disrupt phishing operations undertaken by a "highly persistent threat actor" whose objectives align closely with Russian state interests. The company is tracking the espionage-oriented activity cluster under its chemical element-themed moniker...

Disrupting SEABORGIUM’s ongoing phishing operations

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC has observed and taken actions to disrupt campaigns launched by SEABORGIUM, an actor Microsoft has tracked since 2017. SEABORGIUM is a threat actor that originates from Russia, with objectives and victimology that align closely with Russian state...

IT threat evolution Q2 2022

IT threat evolution in Q2 2022 IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. Non-mobile statistics IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. Mobile statistics Targeted attacks New technique for installing fileless malware Earlier this year, we discovered a malicious campaign that employed a new technique for installing...

Zeppelin ransomware target organization in Europe and USA

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Zeppelin, the newest member of the Delphi-based Vega ransomware family, has been quite clever in meticulously tailoring these ransomware operations. Zeppelin, first identified in 2019 as ransomware-as-a-service...

Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?

Regulators are close to stopping Meta from sending EU data to the US, bringing a years-long privacy battle to a head...

KNOTWEED exploits zero-days to target US and Europe

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary KNOTWEED, an Austria-based private-sector offensive actor PSOA, are exploiting 0-day vulnerabilities of Windows and Adobe to perform targeted attacks against European and Central American customers by using thei...

Raspberry Robin worm infects Multiple Windows Network Devices

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Raspberry Robin worm spreads via USB devices and shared folders to infect Windows installers and QNAP devices using compromised QNAP devices as stagers. Majority of the victims in Europe are being targeted...

Europe threatens to ban Facebook over data transfers to the US

If regulators have their way, data transfers from Facebook and Instagram between Europe and the United States could stop this summer. WhatsApp, another Meta service, will not be affected by the decision as it has a different data controller within Meta. This could force Meta, Facebooks parent...

europeunited.eu Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2738630

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...