Asylum Ambuscade: A Cybercrime Group with Espionage Ambitions

The threat actor known as Asylum Ambuscade has been observed straddling cybercrime and cyber espionage operations since at least early 2020. "It is a crimeware group that targets bank customers and cryptocurrency traders in various regions, including North America and Europe," ESET said in an...

Asylum Ambuscade: A Cybercrime Group with Espionage Ambitions

The threat actor known as Asylum Ambuscade has been observed straddling cybercrime and cyber espionage operations since at least early 2020. "It is a crimeware group that targets bank customers and cryptocurrency traders in various regions, including North America and Europe," ESET said in an...

CVE-2023-20178

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2023-06-08 04:00:00+00:00| seen| https://www.govcert.gov.hk/en/alertsdetail.php?id=1039 2023-06-08 10:30:23+00:00| seen| https://t.me/kasperskyb2b/679 2023-06-08 13:51:47+00:00| seen| https://t.me/truesecator/4479 2023-06-10 08:33:18+00:00| seen|...

Volt Typhoon Chinese Espionage Group Targets U.S. Government

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Volt Typhoon, a state-sponsored threat group from China, employs stealthy techniques, exploits vulnerabilities, and focuses on espionage in cyber operations targeting critical infrastructure organizations...

Cl0p ransomware gang claims first victims of the MOVEit vulnerability

On Friday June 2, 2023 we reported about a MOVEit Transfer vulnerability that was actively being exploited. If your organization uses MOVEit Transfer and you havent patched yet, it really is time to move it. Excuse the bad pun, but yesterday we saw the first victims of this vulnerability come...

apps.derbyshire.gov.uk Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3374071

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...

Legislation alone isn’t enough to stop spyware

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. The use of spyware continues to make headlines across the globe. While primarily used by authoritarian regimes to track potentially sensitive subjects like political opponents or activists, governments from all over the world are guil...

Unmasking XE Group: Experts Reveal Identity of Suspected Cybercrime Kingpin

Cybersecurity researchers have unmasked the identity of one of the individuals who is believed to be associated with the e-crime actor known as XE Group. According to Menlo Security, which pieced together the information from different online sources, "Nguyen Huu Tai, who also goes by the names J...

Unmasking XE Group: Experts Reveal Identity of Suspected Cybercrime Kingpin

Cybersecurity researchers have unmasked the identity of one of the individuals who is believed to be associated with the e-crime actor known as XE Group. According to Menlo Security, which pieced together the information from different online sources, "Nguyen Huu Tai, who also goes by the names J...

N. Korean ScarCruft Hackers Exploit LNK Files to Spread RokRAT

Cybersecurity researchers have offered a closer look at the RokRAT remote access trojan that's employed by the North Korean state-sponsored actor known as ScarCruft. "RokRAT is a sophisticated remote access trojan RAT that has been observed as a critical component within the attack chain, enablin...

Dark Pink APT Group Leverages TelePowerBot and KamiKakaBot in Sophisticated Attacks

The threat actor known as Dark Pink has been linked to five new attacks aimed at various entities in Belgium, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam between February 2022 and April 2023. This includes educational institutions, government agencies, military bodies, and non-profit organizations,...

PT-2023-10449 · Undefined · Undefined

ParsedReport CompletenessLow 30-05-2023 Subgroup of the Blind Eagle? Analysis of recent attack activities from the Hagga organization https://ti.qianxin.com/blog/articles/Subgroup-of-Blind-Eagle-Analysis-of-Recent-Attack-Activities-from-Hagga-Group-CN Report completeness: Low Actors/Campaigns:...

forecast.waves.nsw.gov.au Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3367205

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...

PowerExchange Backdoor and Web Shells Breach at UAE Government Agency

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A high-severity attack targeted a UAE government agency, utilizing a custom PowerShell backdoor named PowerExchange and web shells on Microsoft Exchange servers. To receive real-time threat advisories,...

New PowerExchange Backdoor Used in Iranian Cyber Attack on UAE Government

An unnamed government entity associated with the United Arab Emirates U.A.E. was targeted by a likely Iranian threat actor to breach the victim's Microsoft Exchange Server with a "simple yet effective" backdoor dubbed PowerExchange. According to a new report from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, the...

Unveiling the Stealthy Operations of GoldenJackal APT Group

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary GoldenJackal is an APT group targeting government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia. Their advanced capabilities include a range of .NET malware tools for gaining control, stealing...

GoldenJackal: New Threat Group Targeting Middle Eastern and South Asian Governments

Government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia are the target of a new advanced persistent threat actor named GoldenJackal. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which has been keeping tabs on the group's activities since mid-2020, characterized the adversary as both capable...

GoldenJackal: New Threat Group Targeting Middle Eastern and South Asian Governments

Government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia are the target of a new advanced persistent threat actor named GoldenJackal. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which has been keeping tabs on the group's activities since mid-2020, characterized the adversary as both capable...

Meet the GoldenJackal APT group. Don’t expect any howls

GoldenJackal is an APT group, active since 2019, that usually targets government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia. Despite the fact that they began their activities years ago, this group is generally unknown and, as far as we know, has not been publicly described. We...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in UFIDA GRP-U8 (CNVD-2023-58024)

UFIDA GRP-U8 is a government financial management software. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in UFIDA GRP-U8, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information from the database...