Advanced Espionage Malware “Stealth Soldier” Hits Libyan Firms

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Volt Typhoon Chinese Espionage Group Targets U.S. Government

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Volt Typhoon, a state-sponsored threat group from China, employs stealthy techniques, exploits vulnerabilities, and focuses on espionage in cyber operations targeting critical infrastructure organizations...

North Korea's Kimsuky Group Mimics Key Figures in Targeted Cyber Attacks

U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies have issued a new alert warning of North Korean cyber actors' use of social engineering tactics to strike think tanks, academia, and news media sectors. The "sustained information gathering efforts" have been attributed to a state-sponsored cluster dubb...

CISA issues warning to US businesses: Beware of China's state-sponsored cyber actor

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has an urgent message for US businesses: watch out for Volt Typhoon, a threat actor sponsored by the Peoples Republic of China PRC. The agency's joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA published last week highlights a cluster of tactics,...

China's Stealthy Hackers Infiltrate U.S. and Guam Critical Infrastructure Undetected

A stealthy China-based group managed to establish a persistent foothold into critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S. and Guam without being detected, Microsoft and the "Five Eyes" nations said on Wednesday. The tech giant's threat intelligence team is tracking the activity, which includ...

China Hacks US Critical Networks in Guam, Raising Cyberwar Fears

Researchers say the state-sponsored espionage operation may also lay the groundwork for disruptive cyberattacks...

Volt Typhoon targets US critical infrastructure with living-off-the-land techniques

Microsoft has uncovered stealthy and targeted malicious activity focused on post-compromise credential access and network system discovery aimed at critical infrastructure organizations in the United States. The attack is carried out by Volt Typhoon, a state-sponsored actor based in China that...

Data Stealing Malware Discovered in Popular Android Screen Recorder App

Google has removed a screen recording app named "iRecorder - Screen Recorder" from the Play Store after it was found to sneak in information stealing capabilities nearly a year after the app was published as an innocuous app. The app APK package name "com.tsoft.app.iscreenrecorder", which accrued...

N. Korean Lazarus Group Targets Microsoft IIS Servers to Deploy Espionage Malware

The infamous Lazarus Group actor has been targeting vulnerable versions of Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS servers as an initial breach route to deploy malware on targeted systems. The findings come from the AhnLab Security Emergency response Center ASEC, which detailed the advanced...

Cyber Attacks Strike Ukraine's State Bodies in Espionage Operation

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has warned of cyber attacks targeting state bodies in the country as part of an espionage campaign. The intrusion set, attributed to a threat actor tracked by the authority as UAC-0063 since 2021, leverages phishing lures to deploy a variety...

GoldenJackal: New Threat Group Targeting Middle Eastern and South Asian Governments

Government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia are the target of a new advanced persistent threat actor named GoldenJackal. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which has been keeping tabs on the group's activities since mid-2020, characterized the adversary as both capable...

APT28’s Cyber Espionage Campaigns Targeting Ukraine

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The APT28 intrusion group, linked to the Russian GRU and renowned for its cyber espionage and sabotage endeavors, was observed employing various phishing methodologies to target the Ukrainian civic...

Bad Magic's Extended Reign in Cyber Espionage Goes Back Over a Decade

New findings about a hacker group linked to cyber attacks targeting companies in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict area reveal that it may have been around for much longer than previously thought. The threat actor, tracked as Bad Magic aka Red Stinger, has not only been linked to a fresh sophisticated...

Bad Magic's Extended Reign in Cyber Espionage Goes Back Over a Decade

New findings about a hacker group linked to cyber attacks targeting companies in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict area reveal that it may have been around for much longer than previously thought. The threat actor, tracked as Bad Magic aka Red Stinger, has not only been linked to a fresh sophisticated...

A TikTok ‘Car Theft’ Challenge Is Costing Hyundai $200 Million

Plus: The FBI gets busted abusing a spy tool, an ex-Apple engineer is charged with corporate espionage, and collection of airborne DNA raises new privacy risks...

The Underground History of Turla, Russia's Most Ingenious Hacker Group

From USB worms to satellite-based hacking, Russia’s FSB hackers, known as Turla, have spent 25 years distinguishing themselves as “adversary number one.”...

OilAlpha: Emerging Houthi-linked Cyber Threat Targets Arabian Android Users

A hacking group dubbed OilAlpha with suspected ties to Yemen's Houthi movement has been linked to a cyber espionage campaign targeting development, humanitarian, media, and non-governmental organizations in the Arabian peninsula. "OilAlpha used encrypted chat messengers like WhatsApp to launch...

State-Sponsored Sidewinder Hacker Group's Covert Attack Infrastructure Uncovered

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed previously undocumented attack infrastructure used by the prolific state-sponsored group SideWinder to strike entities located in Pakistan and China. This comprises a network of 55 domains and IP addresses used by the threat actor, cybersecurity companies...

Snake a Stealthy Cyber-Espionage Malware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Snake is a powerful cyber-espionage malware developed by FSB & linked to Turla hackers. Boasts high stealth, rigorous engineering & global reach. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow...

FBI Disables Russian Malware

Reuters is reporting that the FBI "had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russias FSB security service against an undisclosed number of American computers, a move they hoped would deal a death blow to one of Russias leading cyber spying programs." The headline says that the FBI "sabotaged...