THN Cybersecurity Recap: Top Threats, Tools and Trends (Oct 7 - Oct 13)

Hey there, it's your weekly dose of "what the heck is going on in cybersecurity land " – and trust me, you NEED to be in the loop this time. We've got everything from zero-day exploits and AI gone rogue to the FBI playing crypto kingpin – it's full of stuff they don't 🤫 want you to know. So let's...

A Mysterious Hacking Group Has 2 New Tools to Steal Data From Air-Gapped Machines

It's hard enough creating one air-gap-jumping tool. Researchers say the group GoldenJackal did it twice in five years...

GoldenJackal Target Embassies and Air-Gapped Systems Using Malware Toolsets

A little-known threat actor tracked as GoldenJackal has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting embassies and governmental organizations with an aim to infiltrate air-gapped systems using two disparate bespoke toolsets. Victims included a South Asian embassy in Belarus and a European...

Unveiling the Stealthy Operations of GoldenJackal APT Group

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary GoldenJackal is an APT group targeting government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia. Their advanced capabilities include a range of .NET malware tools for gaining control, stealing...

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...

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...

Meet the GoldenJackal APT group. Don’t expect any howls

GoldenJackal is an APT group, active since 2019, that usually targets government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia. Despite the fact that they began their activities years ago, this group is generally unknown and, as far as we know, has not been publicly described. We...