A Lightweight IDS for Early APT Detection Using a Novel Feature Selection Method

An Advanced Persistent Threat APT is a multistage, highly sophisticated, and covert form of cyber threat that gains unauthorized access to networks to either steal valuable data or disrupt the targeted network. These threats often remain undetected for extended periods, emphasizing the critical...

Silver Fox APT Targets Taiwan with Complex Gh0stCringe and HoldingHands RAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new phishing campaign that's targeting users in Taiwan with malware families such as HoldingHands RAT and Gh0stCringe. The activity is part of a broader campaign that delivered the Winos 4.0 malware framework earlier this January by sending phishing...

Rare Werewolf APT Uses Legitimate Software in Attacks on Hundreds of Russian Enterprises

The threat actor known as Rare Werewolf formerly Rare Wolf has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS countries. "A distinctive feature of this threat is that the attackers favor using legitimate third-party software over developin...

Sleep with one eye open: how Librarian Ghouls steal data by night

Introduction Librarian Ghouls, also known as "Rare Werewolf" and "Rezet", is an APT group that targets entities in Russia and the CIS. Other security vendors are also monitoring this APT and releasing analyses of its campaigns. The group has remained active through May 2025, consistently targetin...

Explainable AI for Enhancing IDS against Advanced Persistent Kill Chain

Advanced Persistent Threats APTs represent a sophisticated and persistent cy-bersecurity challenge, characterized by stealthy, multi-phase, and targeted attacks aimed at compromising information systems over an extended period. Develop-ing an effective Intrusion Detection System IDS capable of...

Researchers Detail Bitter APT's Evolving Tactics as Its Geographic Scope Expands

The threat actor known as Bitter has been assessed to be a state-backed hacking group that's tasked with gathering intelligence that aligns with the interests of the Indian government. That's according to new findings jointly published by Proofpoint and Threatray in an exhaustive two-part analysi...

CVE-2012-0954

APT 0.7.x before 0.7.25 and 0.8.x before 0.8.16, when using the apt-key net-update to import keyrings, relies on GnuPG argument order and does not check GPG subkeys, which might allow remote attackers to install altered packages via a man-in-the-middle MITM attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists...

CVE-2013-1064

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1 setuid process or 2...

CVE-2012-3587

APT 0.7.x before 0.7.25 and 0.8.x before 0.8.16, when using the apt-key net-update to import keyrings, relies on GnuPG argument order and does not check GPG subkeys, which might allow remote attackers to install Trojan horse packages via a man-in-the-middle MITM attack...

CVE-2013-1051

apt 0.8.16, 0.9.7, and possibly other versions does not properly handle InRelease files, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to modify packages before installation via unknown vectors, possibly related to integrity checking and the use of third-party repositories...

CVE-2012-0961

Apt 0.8.16exp5ubuntu13.x before 0.8.16exp5ubuntu13.6, 0.8.16exp12ubuntu10.x before 0.8.16exp12ubuntu10.7, and 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.x before 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.2, as used in Ubuntu, uses world-readable permissions for /var/log/apt/term.log, which allows local users to obtain sensitive shell information by...

CVE-2002-2236

Format string vulnerability in the awplog function in apt-www-proxy 0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code...

South Asian Ministries Hit by SideWinder APT Using Old Office Flaws and Custom Malware

High-level government institutions in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan have emerged as the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as SideWinder. "The attackers used spear phishing emails paired with geofenced payloads to ensure that only victims in specific countries...

North Korean Konni APT Targets Ukraine with Malware to track Russian Invasion Progress

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Konni APT has been attributed to a phishing campaign targeting government entities in Ukraine, indicating the threat actor's targeting beyond Russia. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint said the end goal of the campaign is to collect intelligence on th...

Earth Kurma APT Campaign Targets Southeast Asian Government, Telecom Sectors

An APT group dubbed Earth Kurma is actively targeting government and telecommunications organizations in Southeast Asia using advanced malware, rootkits, and trusted cloud services to conduct cyberespionage...

Chinese APT IronHusky Deploys Updated MysterySnail RAT on Russia

Kaspersky researchers report the reappearance of MysterySnail RAT, a malware linked to Chinese IronHusky APT, targeting Mongolia and…...

IronHusky updates the forgotten MysterySnail RAT to target Russia and Mongolia

Day after day, threat actors create new malware to use in cyberattacks. Each of these new implants is developed in its own way, and as a result gets its own destiny – while the use of some malware families is reported for decades, information about others disappears after days, months or several...

Brass Typhoon: The Chinese Hacking Group Lurking in the Shadows

Though less well-known than groups like Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, Brass Typhoon, or APT 41, is an infamous, longtime espionage actor that foreshadowed recent telecom hacks...

Russia’s Storm-2372 Hits Orgs with MFA Bypass via Device Code Phishing

Russian APT group Storm-2372 employs device code phishing to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication MFA. Targets include government, technology, finance,…...

CLSA-2025-1744116044 Fix CVE(s): CVE-2016-8614

SECURITY UPDATE: improper verification of key fingerprints in aptkey module - debian/patches/CVE-2016-8614.patch: fix use of long key IDs for delete, check for keyid presence and fix keyid length for verification. Fix reversed order of return values in parsekeyid function - CVE-2016-8614...