Exposing POLONIUM activity and infrastructure targeting Israeli organizations

Microsoft successfully detected and disabled attack activity abusing OneDrive by a previously undocumented Lebanon-based activity group Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC tracks as POLONIUM. The associated indicators and tactics were used by the OneDrive team to improve detection of attac...

Hackers Exploiting VMware Horizon to Target South Korea with NukeSped Backdoor

The North Korea-backed Lazarus Group has been observed leveraging the Log4Shell vulnerability in VMware Horizon servers to deploy the NukeSped aka Manuscrypt implant against targets located in its southern counterpart. "The attacker used the Log4j vulnerability on VMware Horizon products that wer...

Ukraine War Themed Files Become the Lure of Choice for a Wide Range of Hackers

A growing number of threat actors are using the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war as a lure in various phishing and malware campaigns, even as critical infrastructure entities continue to be heavily targeted. "Government-backed actors from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, as well as various...

Microsoft Obtains Court Order to Take Down Domains Used to Target Ukraine

Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that it obtained a court order to take control of seven domains used by APT28, a state-sponsored group operated by Russia's military intelligence service, with the goal of neutralizing its attacks on Ukraine. "We have since re-directed these domains to a sinkhole...

Belarusian ‘Ghostwriter’ Actor Picks Up BitB for Ukraine-Related Attacks

Ghostwriter – a threat actor previously linked with the Belarusian Ministry of Defense – has glommed onto the recently disclosed, nearly invisible “Browser-in-the-Browser” BitB credential-phishing technique in order to continue its ongoing exploitation of the war in Ukraine. In a Wednesday post,...

Nation-State Crosshairs: France, Germany & United Kingdom

In the Nation-State Crosshairs: France, Germany & the United Kingdom By Trellix · March 28, 2022 Today Trellix and the Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS released a global report, In the Crosshairs: Organizations and Nation-State Cyber Threats, examining security professionals’...

DDoS barrage against Israel described as the “largest ever” cyberattack its faced

Several government websites in Israel—those using the .gov.il domain—were inaccessible after a distributed denial of service DDoS attack hit Israels telecommunication provider, Cellcom. NetBlocks, a network disruption watchdog, initially detected "a significant disruption" aimed at the provider,...

Cyberattacks Against Israeli Government Sites: ‘Largest in the Country’s History’

Israel’s Nation Cyber Directorate confirmed in a tweet on Monday that a denial-of-service DDoS attack against a telecommunications provider took down several government sites, as well as others not affiliated with the government. The incident led to the Directorate to briefly declare a state of...

Seowon SLR-120 Router - Remote Code Execution (Unauthenticated) Exploit

Exploit Title: Seowon SLR-120 Router - Remote Code Execution Unauthenticated Exploit Author: Aryan Chehreghani Vendor Homepage: http://www.seowonintech.co.kr Software Link: http://www.seowonintech.co.kr/en/product/detail.asp?num=126&bigkind=B05&middlekind=B0530 Version: All version Tested on:...

Seowon SLR-120 Router Remote Code Execution

Exploit Title: Seowon SLR-120 Router - Remote Code Execution Unauthenticated Date: 2022-03-11 Exploit Author: Aryan Chehreghani Vendor Homepage: http://www.seowonintech.co.kr Software Link: http://www.seowonintech.co.kr/en/product/detail.asp?num=126&bigkind=B05&middlekind=B0530 Version: All versi...

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...

US Military Ties Prolific MuddyWater Cyberespionage APT to Iran

U.S. Cyber Command has confirmed that MuddyWater – an advanced persistent threat APT cyberespionage actor aka Mercury, Static Kitten, TEMP.Zagros or Seedworm that’s historically targeted government victims in the Middle East – is an Iranian intelligence outfit. The link has been suspected, and no...

A Hacking Spree Against Iran Spills Out Into the Real World

Hackers have targeted the country's trains, gas stations, and airline infrastructure, as cyber conflict with Israel continues to escalate...

Gerdab.ir SQL Injection

This site belongs to the Revolutionary Guards Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran IRGC, which has a security problem with the SQL INJECTION Vulnerability "CWE-89". We have repeatedly reported to this site that it has a security problem and has ignored our report. We want to...

How Iran Tried to Undermine the 2020 US Presidential Election

From faked emails to a hacked voter registration database, a new indictment offers fresh details on the attempted interference...

Iran's Lyceum Hackers Target Telecoms, ISPs in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Africa

A state-sponsored threat actor allegedly affiliated with Iran has been linked to a series of targeted attacks aimed at internet service providers ISPs and telecommunication operators in Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia, as well as a ministry of foreign affairs MFA in Africa, new finding...

The SolarWinds Hackers Are Looking for Their Next Big Score

Plus: Gas station hacks in Iran, ransomware arrests in Europe, and more of the week's top security news...

Iranian Gas Stations Crippled After Suffering Cyberattack

By Deeba Ahmed Soon after the cyberattack, videos and posts started surfacing on social media displaying messages that read: "Khamenei! Where is our gas?" Another sign read: "Free gas in Jamaran gas station." This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Iranian Gas Stations Crippled...

Cyber Attack Cripples Iranian Fuel Distribution Network

An attack on the fuel distribution chain in Iran reportedly forced the shutdown of a network of filling stations Tuesday, leaving motorists stranded at pumps across the country and unable to fill up their tanks. The incident disabled government-issued electronic cards providing subsidies that man...

Cyberattack Cripples Iranian Fuel Distribution Network

An attack on the fuel distribution chain in Iran reportedly forced the shutdown of a network of filling stations Tuesday, leaving motorists stranded at pumps across the country and unable to fill up their tanks. The incident disabled government-issued electronic cards providing subsidies that man...