Chinese 'Mustang Panda' Hackers Spotted Deploying New 'Hodur' Malware

A China-based advanced persistent threat APT known as Mustang Panda has been linked to an ongoing cyber espionage campaign using a previously undocumented variant of the PlugX remote access trojan on infected machines. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET dubbed the new version Hodur, owing to its...

DarkHotel APT Targets Wynn, Macao Hotels to Rip Off Guest Data

An advanced persistent threat APT group has been targeting luxury hotels in Macao, China with a spear-phishing campaign aimed at breaching their networks and stealing the sensitive data of high-profile guests staying at resorts, including the Grand Coloane Resort and Wynn Palace. A threat researc...

Russian threat actor UAC-0056 targets European countries

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. The Governmental Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has released an alert about a Russian threat actor UAC-0056 SaintBear, UNC2589, TA471 delivering malwares using email attachments. UNC2589 is a cyber...

Iranian Hackers Targeting Turkey and Arabian Peninsula in New Malware Campaign

The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new swarm of attacks targeting Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula with the goal of deploying remote access trojans RATs on compromised systems. "The MuddyWater supergroup is highly motivated and can use unauthoriz...

Chinese state-sponsored threat group APT41 targets U.S. critical organizations using two Zero-Days

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A China state-sponsored threat group known as APT41 is observed compromising at least six U.S. state governments networks in a threat campaign beginning from May 2021. APT41 is a well-known Chinese state-sponsored espionage...

Chinese APT41 Hackers Broke into at Least 6 U.S. State Governments: Mandiant

APT41, the state-sponsored threat actor affiliated with China, breached at least six U.S. state government networks between May 2021 and February 2022 by retooling its attack vectors to take advantage of vulnerable internet-facing web applications. The exploited vulnerabilities included "a zero-d...

China-linked Daxin Malware Targeted Multiple Governments in Espionage Attacks

A previously undocumented espionage tool has been deployed against selected governments and other critical infrastructure targets as part of a long-running espionage campaign orchestrated by China-linked threat actors since at least 2013. Broadcom's Symantec Threat Hunter team characterized the...

Russia-Ukraine War: Phishing, Malware and Hacker Groups Taking Sides

Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team CERT-UA has warned of Belarusian state-sponsored hackers targeting its military personnel and related individuals as part of a phishing campaign mounted amidst Russia's military invasion of the country. "Mass phishing emails have recently been observed...

Iran's MuddyWater Hacker Group Using New Malware in Worldwide Cyber Attacks

Cybersecurity agencies from the U.K. and the U.S. have laid bare a new malware used by the Iranian government-sponsored advanced persistent threat APT group in attacks targeting government and commercial networks worldwide. "MuddyWater actors are positioned both to provide stolen data and accesse...

Iranian Government-Sponsored Actors Conduct Cyber Operations Against Global Government and Commercial Networks

Summary Actions to Take Today to Protect Against Malicious Activity Search for indicators of compromise. Use antivirus software. Patch all systems. Prioritize patching known exploited vulnerabilities. Train users to recognize and report phishing attempts. Use multi-factor authentication. Note: th...

Iranian Government-Sponsored MuddyWater Actors Conducting Malicious Cyber Operations

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, U.S. Cyber Command Cyber National Mission Force CNMF, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-UK, and the National Security Agency NSA have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA detailing malicious cyber operations by Iranian...

Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan's Financial Trading Sector with Supply Chain Attack

An advanced persistent threat APT group operating with objectives aligned with the Chinese government has been linked to an organized supply chain attack on Taiwan's financial sector. The attacks are said to have first commenced at the end of November 2021, with the intrusions attributed to a...

Justice Department Appoints First Director of National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ earlier this week appointed Eun Young Choi to serve as the first Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team NCET it established last year. The NCET was created to tackle the criminal misuse of cryptocurrencies and digital assets," with a focus on...

Russian state-sponsored cyber actors targeting U.S. critical infrastructure

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here In a joint cybersecurity advisory, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the National Security Agency NSA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA revealed that Russian state-sponsored threat actors target...

Moses Staff Hackers Targeting Israeli Organizations for Cyber Espionage

The politically motivated Moses Staff hacker group has been observed using a custom multi-component toolset with the goal of carrying out espionage against its targets as part of a new campaign that exclusively singles out Israeli organizations. First publicly documented in late 2021, Moses Staff...

Looking Over the Nation-State Actors’ Shoulders

Looking over the nation-state actors’ shoulders: Even they have a difficult day sometimes By Trellix and Marc Elias · Febraury 17, 2022 Have you ever been curious about how nation-state actors operate and what their day-to-day work looks like? This blog reveals some of these details observed base...

Researchers Link ShadowPad Malware Attacks to Chinese Ministry and PLA

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the inner workings of ShadowPad, a sophisticated and modular backdoor that has been adopted by a growing number of Chinese threat groups in recent years, while also linking it to the country's civilian and military intelligence agencies. "ShadowPad is...

Iranian Hackers Using New Marlin Backdoor in 'Out to Sea' Espionage Campaign

An advanced persistent threat APT group with ties to Iran has refreshed its malware toolset to include a new backdoor dubbed Marlin as part of a long-running espionage campaign that started in April 2018. Slovak cybersecurity company ESET attributed the attacks — codenamed "Out to Sea" — to a...

Palestine-Aligned Hackers Use New NimbleMamba Implant in Recent Attacks

An advanced persistent threat APT hacking group operating with motives that likely align with Palestine has embarked on a new campaign that takes advantage of a previously undocumented implant called NimbleMamba. The intrusions leveraged a sophisticated attack chain targeting Middle Eastern...

China Suspected of News Corp Cyberespionage Attack

The Chinese hackers responsible for an attack on media giant News Corp last month likely were seeking intelligence to serve China’s interests in a cyberespionage incident that shows the persistent vulnerability of corporate networks to email-based attacks, security professionals said. Reports on...