New GhostContainer Malware Hits High-Value MS Exchange Servers in Asia

Kaspersky's SecureList reveals GhostContainer, a new, highly customized backdoor targeting government and high-tech organizations in Asia via Exchange server vulnerabilities. Learn how this APT malware operates and how to stay protected...

OneClik: A ClickOnce-Based APT Campaign Targeting Energy, Oil and Gas Infrastructure

OneClik: A ClickOnce-Based APT Campaign Targeting Energy, Oil and Gas Infrastructure By Nico Paulo Yturriaga and Pham Duy Phuc · June 24, 2025 The Trellix Advanced Research Center has uncovered a sophisticated APT malware campaign that we’ve dubbed OneClik. It specifically targets the energy, oil...

Not with a Bang but a Whisper: The Shift to Stealthy C2

As defensive tools have evolved to detect more and more traditional attack techniques, it should come as no surprise that attackers have shifted tactics. This ever-evolving arms race between offensive security toolsets, bespoke advanced persistent threat APT malware and the billion-dollar infosec...

Pentagon Draws Back the Veil on APT Malware with Sudden Embrace of VirusTotal

The Pentagon has suddenly started uploading malware samples from APTs and other nation-state sources to the website VirusTotal, which is essentially a malware zoo that’s used by security pros and antivirus/malware detection engines to gain a better understanding of the threat landscape. The Cyber...

Ghosts in the Endpoint

We would like to introduce the first of our “Ghosts in the Endpoint” series, a report prepared by FireEye Labs that documents malicious software not being detected in the wild by traditional signature-based detections. In this study, all the families identified are samples from VirusTotal VT with...

Citadel Used in Attacks Against Petrochemical Companies

Cybercrime tools continue to crossover into the realm of nation-state targeted attacks, with the latest example being a variant of the Citadel banking Trojan used in attacks against petrochemical companies in the Middle East. The attacks took place within the past few months, said researchers at...

Joe Stewart on APTs and Cyber Espionage

Dennis Fisher talks with Joe Stewart of the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit about his team’s new research on the landscape of APT malware families, who is behind the use of these tools and how poorly prepared most organizations are for attacks by these crews. Download: digitalunderground101...