Kaspersky Reveals Global Rise in APTs, Hacktivism and Targeted Attacks

By Waqas Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT has released its latest quarterly report Q1 2024 on the advanced persistent threat APT activity, highlighting several key trends in the threat and risk environment. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kaspersky...

Detecting Windows-based Malware Through Better Visibility

Despite a plethora of available security solutions, more and more organizations fall victim to Ransomware and other threats. These continued threats aren't just an inconvenience that hurt businesses and end users - they damage the economy, endanger lives, destroy businesses and put national...

Chinese APTs Targeted ASEAN During Summit with Espionage Malware

By Waqas The cyberattack occurred in the first week of March 2024 during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese APTs Targeted ASEAN During Summit with Espionage Malware...

The 3 most common post-compromise tactics on network infrastructure

Weve been discussing networking devices quite a lot recently and how Advanced Persistent Threat actors APTs are using highly sophisticated tactics to target aging infrastructure for espionage purposes. Some of these attacks are also likely prepositioning the APTs for future disruptive or...

Discover 2023's Cloud Security Strategies in Our Upcoming Webinar - Secure Your Spot

In 2023, the cloud isn't just a technology—it's a battleground. Zenbleed, Kubernetes attacks, and sophisticated APTs are just the tip of the iceberg in the cloud security warzone. In collaboration with the esteemed experts from Lacework Labs, The Hacker News proudly presents an exclusive webinar:...

APTs Exploiting WinRAR 0day Flaw Despite Patch Availability

By Deeba Ahmed All a user needs to do is visit the official WinRAR website and install the latest version to thwart the attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: APTs Exploiting WinRAR 0day Flaw Despite Patch Availability...

The Vulnerability of Zero Trust: Lessons from the Storm 0558 Hack

While IT security managers in companies and public administrations rely on the concept of Zero Trust, APTS Advanced Persistent Threats are putting its practical effectiveness to the test. Analysts, on the other hand, understand that Zero Trust can only be achieved with comprehensive insight into...

Rapid7’s Mid-Year Threat Review

It will come as little surprise to most people that cyber threats in 2023 have been rather prolific. From widely exploited vulnerabilities to high-profile ransomware and extortion campaigns, the first half of the year has seen more than its fair share of large-scale incidents. Rapid7’s 2023...

Cloud Service Provider Cloudzy Accused of Aiding Ransomware and APTs

By Deeba Ahmed Cloudzy is registered in the United States, and its CEO is an Iranian national. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cloud Service Provider Cloudzy Accused of Aiding Ransomware and APTs...

Zero Trust + Deception: Join This Webinar to Learn How to Outsmart Attackers!

Cybersecurity is constantly evolving, but complexity can give hostile actors an advantage. To stay ahead of current and future attacks, it's essential to simplify and reframe your defenses. Zscaler Deception is a state-of-the-art next-generation deception technology seamlessly integrated with the...

CVE-2023-27350: Ongoing Exploitation of PaperCut Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2023-27350 is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in PaperCut MF/NG print management software that allows attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM on vulnerable targets. A patch is available for this vulnerability and should be applied on an...

Meta Uncovers Massive Social Media Cyber Espionage Operations Across South Asia

Three different threat actors leveraged hundreds of elaborate fictitious personas on Facebook and Instagram to target individuals located in South Asia as part of disparate attacks. "Each of these APTs relied heavily on social engineering to trick people into clicking on malicious links,...

Researcher Spotlight: How David Liebenberg went from never having opened Terminal to hunting international APTs

When Dave Liebenberg started his first day at Talos, he had never even opened Terminal on a Mac before -- let alone written a Snort rule or infiltrated a dark web forum. He jokes that he was a trendsetter at Talos, becoming the first of many to break into security without having any prior...

2022 Year in Review: APTs Livestream Replay

Did you miss our livestream focused on the APT section in the Cisco Talos Year in Review report? Join host Mitch Neff and special guests Jacob Finn, Asheer Malhotra, and Vitor Ventura as they discuss Talos findings and experiences tracking APTs in 2022. This livestream sheds light into the topic ...

Threat Source newsletter (Dec. 15, 2022): Talos Year in Review is here

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Its the most wonderful time of the year, and Im not talking about the holidays. The inaugural 2022 Talos Year in Review is here! And its taking over the final Threat Source newsletter of the year. Oh and did we mention were on Mastodo...

Chinese APT's favorite vulnerabilities revealed

In a joint cybersecurity advisory, the National Security Agency NSA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have revealed the top CVEs used by state-sponsored threat actors from China. The advisory aims to "inform federal and state,...

Journalists Emerge as Favored Attack Target for APTs

Targeted phishing attacks are traced to multiple threat actors who have each independently focused on stealing credentials and sensitive data and tracking the geolocation of journalists. In a Thursday report by Proofpoint, researchers outline individual efforts by advance persistent threat APT...

APTs Overwhelmingly Share Known Vulnerabilities Rather Than Attack O-Days

Most advanced persistent threat groups APTs use known vulnerabilities in their attacks against organizations, suggesting the need to prioritize faster patching rather than chasing zero-day flaws as a more effective security strategy, new research has found. Security researchers at the University ...

US warns of APT groups that can “gain full system access” to some industrial control systems

An "exceptionally rare and dangerous" advanced persistent threat APT malware kit, containing custom-made tools designed to target some of North America’s industrial control systems ICS and supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA devices, appears to have been caught before it could be let...

Feds: APTs Have Tools That Can Take Over Critical Infrastructure

Threat actors have built and are ready to deploy tools that can take over a number of widely used industrial control system ICS devices, which spells trouble for critical infrastructure providers—particularly those in the energy sector, federal agencies have warned. In a joint advisory, the...