North Korean Hackers Used 'Torisma' Spyware in Job Offers-based Attacks

A cyberespionage campaign aimed at aerospace and defense sectors in order to install data gathering implants on victims' machines for purposes of surveillance and data exfiltration may have been more sophisticated than previously thought. The attacks, which targeted IP-addresses belonging to...

Hackers Target Military and Aerospace Staff by Posing as HRs Offering Jobs

Cybersecurity researchers today took the wraps off a new sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign directed against aerospace and military organizations in Europe and the Middle East with an aim to spy on key employees of the targeted firms and, in some case, even to siphon money. The campaign, dubb...

FBI issues alert over two new malware linked to Hidden Cobra hackers

The US-CERT has released a joint technical alert from the DHS and the FBI, warning about two newly identified malware being used by the prolific North Korean APT hacking group known as Hidden Cobra. Hidden Cobra, often known as Lazarus Group and Guardians of Peace, is believed to be backed by the...

FormBook Malware Targets U.S. Defense Contractors, Aerospace and Manufacturing Sectors

Attackers spreading new malware called FormBook are singling out aerospace firms, defense contractors and some manufacturing organizations in the United States and South Korea. According to researchers at FireEye, FormBook was spotted in several high-volume distribution campaigns targeting the U....