The Mask APT Resurfaces with Sophisticated Multi-Platform Malware Arsenal

A little-known cyber espionage actor known as The Mask has been linked to a new set of attacks targeting an unnamed organization in Latin America twice in 2019 and 2022. "The Mask APT is a legendary threat actor that has been performing highly sophisticated attacks since at least 2007," Kaspersky...

Careto is back: what’s new after 10 years of silence?

During the first week of October, Kaspersky took part in the 34th Virus Bulletin International Conference, one of the longest-running cybersecurity events. There, our researchers delivered multiple presentations, and one of our talks focused on newly observed activities by the Careto threat actor...

Cybersecurity Experts Warn of a Rise in Lyceum Hacker Group Activities in Tunisia

A threat actor, previously known for striking organizations in the energy and telecommunications sectors across the Middle East as early as April 2018, has evolved its malware arsenal to strike two entities in Tunisia. Security researchers at Kaspersky, who presented their findings at the...

Notorious hacking group Fin7’s 3 main hackers arrested by the FBI

By Waqas Three members of a ‘prolific’ and ‘notorious’ hacking group, known for carrying out massive hacking sprees against high-profile organizations have been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI. According to the US Department of Justice DOJ, the arrested individuals were leadin...