Exposed: 6 year old Iranian espionage campaign using Android backdoor

By Sudais Asif Dubbed Rampant Kitten; the campaign has been going on for the last 6 years in which, among other tools and platforms, Iranian hackers have been utilizing Android backdoor apps. State-sponsored attackers happen to be one of the most dangerous threats out there due to the vast amount...

Researchers Uncover 6-Year Cyber Espionage Campaign Targeting Iranian Dissidents

Capping off a busy week of charges and sanctions against Iranian hackers, a new research offers insight into what's a six-year-long ongoing surveillance campaign targeting Iranian expats and dissidents with an intention to pilfer sensitive information. The threat actor, suspected to be of Iranian...

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Hacking Group Backed by Iranian Intelligence

The U.S. government on Thursday imposed sweeping sanctions against an Iranian threat actor backed by the country's Ministry of Intelligence and Security MOIS for carrying out malware campaigns targeting Iranian dissidents, journalists, and international companies in the telecom and travel sectors...

APT41 Operatives Indicted as Sophisticated Hacking Activity Continues

UPDATE Five alleged members of the APT41 threat group have been indicted by a federal grand jury, in two separate actions that were unsealed this week. Meanwhile, the Department of Treasury also imposed sanctions on individuals and organizations associated with Iran-linked APT39. APT41 a.k.a...

FBI adds 5 Chinese APT41 hackers to its Cyber's Most Wanted List

The United States government today announced charges against 5 alleged members of a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group and 2 Malaysian hackers that are responsible for hacking more than 100 companies throughout the world. Named as APT41 and also known as 'Barium,' 'Winnti, 'Wicked Panda,' and...

Lock and Code S1Ep15: Safely using Google Chrome Extensions with Pieter Arntz

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Pieter Arntz, malware intelligence researcher for Malwarebytes, about Google Chrome extensions. These sometimes helpful online tools that work directly...

APT28 Mounts Rapid, Large-Scale Theft of Office 365 Logins

The Russia-linked threat group known as APT28 has changed up its tactics to include Office 365 password-cracking and credential-harvesting. Microsoft researchers have tied APT28 a.k.a. Strontium, Sofacy or Fancy Bear to this newly uncovered pattern of O365 activity, which began in April and is...

Chinese professor on sensitive projects in US jailed for espionage

By Deeba Ahmed Hao Zhang also faced charges related to stealing trade secrets. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese professor on sensitive projects in US jailed for espionage...

IT threat evolution Q2 2020

IT threat evolution Q2 2020. PC statistics IT threat evolution Q2 2020. Mobile statistics Targeted attacks PhantomLance: hiding in plain sight In April, we reported the results of our investigation into a mobile spyware campaign that we call PhantomLance. The campaign involved a backdoor Trojan...

Pioneer Kitten APT Sells Corporate Network Access

An APT group known as Pioneer Kitten, linked to Iran, has been spotted selling corporate-network credentials on hacker forums. The credentials would let other cybercriminal groups and APTs perform cyberespionage and other nefarious cyber-activity. Pioneer Kitten is a hacker group that specializes...

Hackers-for-hire using malicious 3Ds Max plugin for industrial espionage

By Deeba Ahmed This hackers-for-hire group is carrying out espionage operations against businesses across the globe. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers-for-hire using malicious 3Ds Max plugin for industrial espionage...

APT Hackers Exploit Autodesk 3ds Max Software for Industrial Espionage

It's one thing for APT groups to conduct cyber espionage to meet their own financial objectives. But it's an entirely different matter when they are used as "hackers for hire" by competing private companies to make away with confidential information. Bitdefender's Cyber Threat Intelligence Lab...

APT Hackers Exploit Autodesk 3ds Max Software for Industrial Espionage

It's one thing for APT groups to conduct cyber espionage to meet their own financial objectives. But it's an entirely different matter when they are used as "hackers for hire" by competing private companies to make away with confidential information. Bitdefender's Cyber Threat Intelligence Lab...

Hackers Target Defense Contractors' Employees By Posing as Recruiters

The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has published a new report warning companies about a new in-the-wild malware that North Korean hackers are reportedly using to spy on key employees at government contracting companies. Dubbed 'BLINDINGCAN,' the advanced remot...

Transparent Tribe: Evolution analysis,part 1

Background and key findings Transparent Tribe, also known as PROJECTM and MYTHIC LEOPARD, is a highly prolific group whose activities can be traced as far back as 2013. Proofpoint published a very good article about them in 2016, and since that day, we have kept an eye on the group. We have...

NSA, FBI Warn of Linux Malware Used in Espionage Attacks

UPDATE The U.S. government is warning of new malware, dubbed Drovorub, that targets Linux systems. It also claims the malware was developed for a Russian military unit in order to carry out cyber-espionage operations. The malware, Drovorub, comes with a multitude of espionage capabilities,...

CactusPete APT Hones Toolset, Resurfaces with New Espionage Targets

The China-based APT known as CactusPete has returned with a new campaign aimed at military and financial targets in Eastern Europe, which is a new geography for the group’s victimology, according to researchers. The group also used a fresh variant of the Bisonal backdoor, which allows the attacke...

RedCurl hackers launched 26 espionage campaigns to steal trade secrets

By Waqas RedCurl hackers are running one of the most well-organized espionage campaigns for years. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: RedCurl hackers launched 26 espionage campaigns to steal trade secrets...

Black Hat 2020: Linux Spyware Stack Ties Together 5 Chinese APTs

A stack of Linux backdoor malware used for espionage, compiled dynamically and customizable to specific targets, is being used as a shared resource by five different Chinese-language APT groups, according to researchers. According to an analysis from BlackBerry released at Black Hat 2020 on...

Obscured by Clouds: Insights into Office 365 Attacks and How Mandiant Managed Defense Investigates

With Business Email Compromises BECs showing no signs of slowing down, it is becoming increasingly important for security analysts to understand Office 365 O365 breaches and how to properly investigate them. This blog post is for those who have yet to dip their toes into the waters of an O365 BEC...