Chinese Hacking Group Exploits Barracuda Zero-Day to Target Government, Military, and Telecom

A suspected Chinese-nexus hacking group exploited a recently disclosed zero-day flaw in Barracuda Networks Email Security Gateway ESG appliances to breach government, military, defense and aerospace, high-tech industry, and telecom sectors as part of a global espionage campaign. Mandiant, which i...

Chinese Hacking Group ‘Flax Typhoon’ Targeting Taiwan Organizations

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Flax Typhoon, a Chinese nation-state actor, employs sophisticated tactics to target organizations in Taiwan for espionage, utilizing living-off-the-land techniques and legitimate tools to maintain long-te...

Reptile Rootkit: Advanced Linux Malware Targeting South Korean Systems

Threat actors are using an open-source rootkit called Reptile to target Linux systems in South Korea. "Unlike other rootkit malware that typically only provide concealment capabilities, Reptile goes a step further by offering a reverse shell, allowing threat actors to easily take control of...

PT-2023-3575

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Citrix NetScaler ADC affected versions not specified Citrix NetScaler Gateway affected versions not specified Description An issue involving incorrect code generation allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to achieve remote code execution...

Anonymous Sudan, MOVEit, and Cl0p

There are three concurrent events of significant concern: 1. An Anonymous Sudan group chat on Telegram has revealed imminent threats from Russia to the US financial system, specifically targeting the SWIFT network. The motive behind this attack is disruption. By attacking SWIFT and inducing...

Mélofée: Researchers Uncover New Linux Malware Linked to Chinese APT Groups

An unknown Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has been linked to a novel piece of malware aimed at Linux servers. French cybersecurity firm ExaTrack, which found three samples of the previously documented malicious software that date back to early 2022, dubbed it Mélofée. The newest of the thr...

New Hacking Cluster 'Clasiopa' Targeting Materials Research Organizations in Asia

Materials research organizations in Asia have been targeted by a previously unknown threat actor using a distinct set of tools. Symantec, by Broadcom Software, is tracking the cluster under the moniker Clasiopa. The origins of the hacking group and its affiliations are currently unknown, but ther...

Revealing the Tonto Team’s Latest Hacks and Menaces

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Tonto Team, a Chinese hacking group, has been linked to attacks on various Asian and Eastern European organizations. In June 2022, an advanced persistent threat APT attempted to hack a cybersecurity...

Earth Zhulong: Familiar Patterns Target Southeast Asian Firms

In 2022, we discovered Earth Zhulong, a hacking group that has been targeting Asian firms similar to another well-known threat actor. In this article, we unravel their new tactics, techniques and procedures that they apply on their misdeeds...

Earth Zhulong: Familiar Patterns Target Vietnam

In 2022, we discovered Earth Zhulong, a hacking group that has been targeting Vietnam's telecom, technology, and media sectors similar to another well-known threat actor. In this article, we unravel their new tactics, techniques and procedures that they apply on their misdeeds...

Brazilian Police Arrest Suspected Member of Lapsus$ Hacking Group

The Federal Police of Brazil on Wednesday announced it had arrested an individual for purported links to the notorious LAPSUS$ extortionist gang. The arrest was made as part of a new law enforcement effort, dubbed Operation Dark Cloud, that was launched in August 2022, the agency noted. Not much ...

The US Offers a $10M Bounty for Intel on Conti Ransomware Gang

The State Department organization has called for people to share details about five key members of the hacking group...

Predatory Sparrow massively disrupts steel factories while keeping workers safe

Stuxnets attack on Irans uranium enrichment facilities manifested fears of cyberattacks leaking into the real world. What once was theory is now upon us. Two weeks ago, multiple Iranian steel facilities experienced a cyberattack that might have been pulled off by what many cybersecurity experts i...

State-Backed Hackers Targeting Journalists in Widespread Espionage Campaigns

Nation-state hacking groups aligned with China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey have been targeting journalists to conduct espionage and spread malware as part of a series of campaigns since early 2021. "Most commonly, phishing attacks targeting journalists are used for espionage or to gain key...

State-Backed Hackers Using Ransomware as a Decoy for Cyber Espionage Attacks

A China-based advanced persistent threat APT group is possibly deploying short-lived ransomware families as a decoy to cover up the true operational and tactical objectives behind its campaigns. The activity cluster, attributed to a hacking group dubbed Bronze Starlight by Secureworks, involves t...

Researchers Find New Malware Attacks Targeting Russian Government Entities

An unknown advanced persistent threat APT group has been linked to a series of spear-phishing attacks targeting Russian government entities since the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian war in late February 2022. "The campaigns ... are designed to implant a Remote Access Trojan RAT that can be used to...

WatchGuard Didn't Explicitly Disclose a Flaw Exploited by Hackers

The security vendor kept a critical vulnerability in its firewall appliances quiet even as it was under attack from a Russian hacking group...

UK Cops Collar 7 Suspected Lapsus$ Gang Members

City of London Police have arrested seven people suspected of being connected to the Lapsus$ gang. The bust came within hours of Bloomberg having published a report about a teenage boy living at his mother’s house near Oxford, England who’s suspected of being the Lapsus$ mastermind. The police...

The Lapsus$ Hacking Group Is Off to a Chaotic Start

Telegram polls. Unusual demands. The latest extortion gang is on an unorthodox rampage...

Cyber Security Incident Pushes Ubisoft to Issue Internal Password Reset

By Deeba Ahmed It is unclear what type of "Cyber Security Incident" Ubisoft suffered but on Telegram LAPSUS$ hacking group responded… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cyber Security Incident Pushes Ubisoft to Issue Internal Password Reset...