Chinese Hackers Use HTML Smuggling to Infiltrate European Ministries with PlugX

A Chinese nation-state group has been observed targeting Foreign Affairs ministries and embassies in Europe using HTML smuggling techniques to deliver the PlugX remote access trojan on compromised systems. Cybersecurity firm Check Point said the activity, dubbed SmugX, has been ongoing since at...

From MuddyC3 to PhonyC2: Iran's MuddyWater Evolves with a New Cyber Weapon

The Iranian state-sponsored group dubbed MuddyWater has been attributed to a previously unseen command-and-control C2 framework called PhonyC2 that's been put to use by the actor since 2021. Evidence shows that the custom made, actively developed framework has been leveraged in the February 2023...

APT28 Leveraged Three Roundcube Exploits in Espionage Campaign

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT28 conducted a sophisticated campaign targeting prominent organizations in Ukraine. The campaign involved spear-phishing emails, and these attachments exploited vulnerabilities in the Roundcube webmai...

Microsoft Warns of Widescale Credential Stealing Attacks by Russian Hackers

Microsoft has disclosed that it's detected a spike in credential-stealing attacks conducted by the Russian state-affiliated hacker group known as Midnight Blizzard. The intrusions, which make use of residential proxy services to obfuscate the source IP address of the attacks, target governments, ...

Chinese Hackers Using Never-Before-Seen Tactics for Critical Infrastructure Attacks

The newly discovered Chinese nation-state actor known as Volt Typhoon has been observed to be active in the wild since at least mid-2020, with the hacking crew linked to never-before-seen tradecraft to retain remote access to targets of interest. The findings come from CrowdStrike, which is...

Chinese Espionage Malware Targets European Healthcare via USB Drives

By Waqas The malware campaign has been attributed to the Chinese APT group Mustang Panda, also known as Camaro Dragon. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese Espionage Malware Targets European Healthcare via USB Drives...

Camaro Dragon Hackers Strike with USB-Driven Self-Propagating Malware

The Chinese cyber espionage actor known as Camaro Dragon has been observed leveraging a new strain of self-propagating malware that spreads through compromised USB drives. "While their primary focus has traditionally been Southeast Asian countries, this latest discovery reveals their global reach...

State-Sponsored Hackers Target Middle Eastern and African Governments

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Persistent cyber-espionage attacks, targeting governmental entities in the Middle East and Africa, have been unleashed by a group known as CL-STA-0043. This group has employed unprecedented methods to...

Rogue Android Apps Target Pakistani Individuals in Sophisticated Espionage Campaign

Individuals in the Pakistan region have been targeted using two rogue Android apps available on the Google Play Store as part of a new targeted campaign. Cybersecurity firm Cyfirma attributed the campaign with moderate confidence to a threat actor known as DoNot Team, which is also tracked as...

State-Backed Hackers Employ Advanced Methods to Target Middle Eastern and African Governments

Governmental entities in the Middle East and Africa have been at the receiving end of sustained cyber-espionage attacks that leverage never-before-seen and rare credential theft and Exchange email exfiltration techniques. "The main goal of the attacks was to obtain highly confidential and sensiti...

New Report Reveals Shuckworm's Long-Running Intrusions on Ukrainian Organizations

The Russian threat actor known as Shuckworm has continued its cyber assault spree against Ukrainian entities in a bid to steal sensitive information from compromised environments. Targets of the recent intrusions, which began in February/March 2023, include security services, military, and...

Microsoft Warns of New Russian State-Sponsored Hacker Group with Destructive Intent

Microsoft on Wednesday took the lid off a "novel and distinct Russian threat actor," which it said is linked to the General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate GRU and has a "relatively low success rate." The tech giant's Threat Intelligence team, which was previously tracking the group under its...

Microsoft Warns of New Russian State-Sponsored Hacker Group with Destructive Intent

Microsoft on Wednesday took the lid off a "novel and distinct Russian threat actor," which it said is linked to the General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate GRU and has a "relatively low success rate." The tech giant's Threat Intelligence team, which was previously tracking the group under its...

Chinese Hackers Exploit VMware Zero-Day to Backdoor Windows and Linux Systems

The Chinese state-sponsored group known as UNC3886 has been found to exploit a zero-day flaw in VMware ESXi hosts to backdoor Windows and Linux systems. The VMware Tools authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20867 CVSS score: 3.9, "enabled the execution of privileged commands...

Chinese Hackers Exploit VMware Zero-Day to Backdoor Windows and Linux Systems

The Chinese state-sponsored group known as UNC3886 has been found to exploit a zero-day flaw in VMware ESXi hosts to backdoor Windows and Linux systems. The VMware Tools authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20867 CVSS score: 3.9, "enabled the execution of privileged commands...

Stealth Soldier Strikes North Africa with Espionage Attacks

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Stealth Soldier is a backdoor malware that conducts surveillance and espionage attacks. It targeted North Africa by mimicking Libyan websites to distribute malware. To receive real-time threat advisories...

Asylum Ambuscade: A Cybercrime Group with Espionage Ambitions

The threat actor known as Asylum Ambuscade has been observed straddling cybercrime and cyber espionage operations since at least early 2020. "It is a crimeware group that targets bank customers and cryptocurrency traders in various regions, including North America and Europe," ESET said in an...

Asylum Ambuscade: A Cybercrime Group with Espionage Ambitions

The threat actor known as Asylum Ambuscade has been observed straddling cybercrime and cyber espionage operations since at least early 2020. "It is a crimeware group that targets bank customers and cryptocurrency traders in various regions, including North America and Europe," ESET said in an...

Stealth Soldier: A New Custom Backdoor Targets North Africa with Espionage Attacks

A new custom backdoor dubbed Stealth Soldier has been deployed as part of a set of highly-targeted espionage attacks in North Africa. "Stealth Soldier malware is an undocumented backdoor that primarily operates surveillance functions such as file exfiltration, screen and microphone recording,...

Stealth Soldier: A New Custom Backdoor Targets North Africa with Espionage Attacks

A new custom backdoor dubbed Stealth Soldier has been deployed as part of a set of highly-targeted espionage attacks in North Africa. "Stealth Soldier malware is an undocumented backdoor that primarily operates surveillance functions such as file exfiltration, screen and microphone recording,...