Google: Over 57 Nation-State Threat Groups Using AI for Cyber Operations

Over 57 distinct threat actors with ties to China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have been observed using artificial intelligence AI technology powered by Google to further enable their malicious cyber and information operations. "Threat actors are experimenting with Gemini to enable their...

The malware, attacker trends and more that shaped the threat landscape in 2023

The 2023 Cisco Talos Year in Review is now available to download. Once again, the Talos team has meticulously combed through a massive amount of data to analyze the major trends that have shaped the threat landscape in 2023. Global conflict influenced a lot of these trends, altering the tactics a...

Norwegian Entities Targeted in Ongoing Attacks Exploiting Ivanti EPMM Vulnerability

Advanced persistent threat APT actors exploited a recently disclosed critical flaw impacting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile EPMM as a zero-day since at least April 2023 in attacks directed against Norwegian entities, including a government network. The disclosure comes as part of a new joint...

Threat Actors Exploiting Ivanti EPMM Vulnerabilities

SUMMARY The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Norwegian National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-NO are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA in response to active exploitation of CVE-2023-35078 and CVE-2023-35081. Advanced persistent threat APT actors exploited...

CISA and International Partner NCSC-NO Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Threat Actors Exploiting Ivanti EPMM Vulnerabilities

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Norwegian National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-NO have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA, Threat Actors Exploiting Ivanti EPMM Vulnerabilities, in response to the active exploitation of CVE-2023-35078 and CVE-2023-35081...

U.S. Government Agencies' Emails Compromised in China-Backed Cyber Attack

An unnamed Federal Civilian Executive Branch FCEB agency in the U.S. detected anomalous email activity in mid-June 2023, leading to Microsoft's discovery of a new China-linked espionage campaign targeting two dozen organizations. The details come from a joint cybersecurity advisory released by th...

Enhanced Monitoring to Detect APT Activity Targeting Outlook Online

SUMMARY In June 2023, a Federal Civilian Executive Branch FCEB agency identified suspicious activity in their Microsoft 365 M365 cloud environment. The agency reported the activity to Microsoft and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, and Microsoft determined that advanced...

Cybercriminals Exploit Old Telerik Bug for Data Theft

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT actors and financially motivated cybercriminals were observed exploiting old Telerik vulnerabilities in an attack targeting a US government agency. To receive real-time threat advisories, please foll...

Threat Actors Exploit Progress Telerik Vulnerabilities in Multiple U.S. Government IIS Servers

SUMMARY From November 2022 through early January 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and authoring organizations identified the presence of indicators of compromise IOCs at a federal civilian executive branch FCEB agency. Analysts determined that multiple cyber threat...

Financial cyberthreats in 2022

Financial gain remains the key driver of cybercriminal activity. In the past year, weve seen multiple developments in this area – from new attack schemes targeting contactless payments to multiple ransomware groups continuing to emerge and haunt businesses. However, traditional financial threats ...

CISA and FBI Release Advisory on Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Actors Compromising Federal Network

Today, CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA, Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Actors Compromise Federal Network, Deploy Crypto Miner, Credential Harvester. The CSA provides information on an incident at a Federal Civilian Executive Branch...

Advanced threat predictions for 2023

It is fair to say that since last years predictions, the world has dramatically changed. While the geopolitical landscape has durably shifted, cyberattacks remain a constant threat and show no signs of receding – quite the contrary. No matter where they are, people around the world should be...

Experts Warn of SandStrike Android Spyware Infecting Devices via Malicious VPN App

A previously undocumented Android spyware campaign has been found striking Persian-speaking individuals by masquerading as a seemingly harmless VPN application. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky is tracking the campaign under the moniker SandStrike. It has not been attributed to any particular...

FBI, CISA, and NSA Reveal How Hackers Targeted a Defense Industrial Base Organization

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies on Tuesday disclosed that multiple nation-state hacking groups potentially targeted a "Defense Industrial Base DIB Sector organization's enterprise network" as part of a cyber espionage campaign. "Advanced persistent threat actors used an open-source...

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploiting Vulnerabilities for Data Extortion and Disk Encryption for Ransom Operations

Summary Actions to take today to protect against ransom operations: • Keep systems and software updated and prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. • Enforce MFA. • Make offline backups of your data. This joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA is the result of an analytic effort among t...

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploiting Vulnerabilities for Data Extortion and Disk Encryption for Ransom Operations

CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, National Security Agency NSA, U.S. Cyber Command USCC - Cyber National Mission Force CNMF, Department of the Treasury, Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security CCCS, and United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre NCS...

Malicious Cyber Actors Continue to Exploit Log4Shell in VMware Horizon Systems

Summary Actions to take today: • Install fixed builds, updating all affected VMware Horizon and UAG systems to the latest versions. If updates or workarounds were not promptly applied following VMware’s release of updates for Log4Shell in December 2021,treat all affected VMware systems as...

Log4Shell Still Being Exploited to Hack VMWare Servers to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, along with the Coast Guard Cyber Command CGCYBER, on Thursday released a joint advisory warning of continued attempts on the part of threat actors to exploit the Log4Shell flaw in VMware Horizon servers to breach target networks...

Malicious Cyber Actors Continue to Exploit Log4Shell in VMware Horizon Systems

CISA and the United States Coast Guard Cyber Command CGCYBER have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA to warn network defenders that cyber threat actors, including state-sponsored advanced persistent threat APT actors, have continued to exploit CVE-2021-44228 Log4Shell in VMware Horizon®...

APT Cyber Tools Targeting ICS/SCADA Devices

Summary Actions to Take Today to Protect ICS/SCADA Devices: • Enforce multifactor authentication for all remote access to ICS networks and devices whenever possible. • Change all passwords to ICS/SCADA devices and systems on a consistent schedule, especially all default passwords, to device-uniqu...