N.K. Hackers Employ Matryoshka Doll-Style Cascading Supply Chain Attack on 3CX

The supply chain attack targeting 3CX was the result of a prior supply chain compromise associated with a different company, demonstrating a new level of sophistication with North Korean threat actors. Google-owned Mandiant, which is tracking the attack event under the moniker UNC4736 , said the...

3CX Breach Was a Double Supply Chain Compromise

We learned some remarkable new details this week about the recent supply-chain attack on VoIP software provider 3CX. The lengthy, complex intrusion has all the makings of a cyberpunk spy novel: North Korean hackers using legions of fake executive accounts on LinkedIn to lure people into opening...

North Korean Hackers Uncovered as Mastermind in 3CX Supply Chain Attack

Enterprise communications service provider 3CX confirmed that the supply chain attack targeting its desktop application for Windows and macOS was the handiwork of a threat actor with North Korean nexus. The findings are the result of an interim assessment conducted by Google-owned Mandiant, whose...

Google TAG Warns of North Korean-linked ARCHIPELAGO Cyberattacks

A North Korean government-backed threat actor has been linked to attacks targeting government and military personnel, think tanks, policy makers, academics, and researchers in South Korea and the U.S. Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG is tracking the cluster under the name ARCHIPELAGO, which it...

Rorschach Ransomware Emerges: Experts Warn of Advanced Evasion Strategies

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented ransomware strain called Rorschach that's both sophisticated and fast. "What makes Rorschach stand out from other ransomware strains is its high level of customization and its technically unique features that have not be...

3CXDesktopApp Backdoored in a Suspected Lazarus Campaign

Introduction The attack involved a compromised version of the 3CX VoIP desktop client, which was used to target 3CXs customers. The compromised 3CX application is a private automatic branch exchange PABX software and is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, IOS and Chrome. Currently, ther...

Massive 3CX Supply-Chain Hack Targeted Cryptocurrency Firms

North Korean hackers appear to have used the corrupted VoIP software to go after just a handful of crypto firms with “surgical precision.”...

North Korean APT43 Group Uses Cybercrime to Fund Espionage Operations

A new North Korean nation-state cyber operator has been attributed to a series of campaigns orchestrated to gather strategic intelligence that aligns with Pyongyang's geopolitical interests since 2018. Google-owned Mandiant, which is tracking the activity cluster under the moniker APT43, said the...

German and South Korean Agencies Warn of Kimsuky's Expanding Cyber Attack Tactics

German and South Korean government agencies have warned about cyber attacks mounted by a threat actor tracked as Kimsuky using rogue browser extensions to steal users' Gmail inboxes. The joint advisory comes from Germany's domestic intelligence apparatus, the Federal Office for the Protection of...

FakeCalls Vishing Malware Targets South Korean Users via Popular Financial Apps

An Android voice phishing aka vishing malware campaign known as FakeCalls has reared its head once again to target South Korean users under the guise of over 20 popular financial apps. "FakeCalls malware possesses the functionality of a Swiss army knife, able not only to conduct its primary aim b...

North Korean UNC2970 Hackers Expands Operations with New Malware Families

A North Korean espionage group tracked as UNC2970 has been observed employing previously undocumented malware families as part of a spear-phishing campaign targeting U.S. and European media and technology organizations since June 2022. Google-owned Mandiant said the threat cluster shares "multipl...

North Korean UNC2970 Hackers Expands Operations with New Malware Families

A North Korean espionage group tracked as UNC2970 has been observed employing previously undocumented malware families as part of a spear-phishing campaign targeting U.S. and European media and technology organizations since June 2022. Google-owned Mandiant said the threat cluster shares "multipl...

Dalbit Threat Actor Launches Attack Campaign Against Multiple Korean Organizations

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Dalbit is a threat actor group that has been active since at least 2022. They have been targeting South Korean companies, with more than 50 confirmed attack attempts so far. The group relies on open-sourc...

SUSE CVE-2012-0477

Multiple cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 1 ISO-2022-KR or ...

CISA issues alert with South Korean government about DPRK's ransomware antics

CISA and other federal agencies were joined by the National Intelligence Service NIS and the Defense Security Agency of the Republic of Korea ROK in releasing the latest cybersecurity advisory in the US government's ongoing StopRansomware effort. This alert highlights continuous state-sponsored...

North Korean Hackers Are Attacking US Hospitals

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CISA Warns of Active Attacks Exploiting Fortra MFT, TerraMaster NAS, and Intel Driver Flaws

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Friday added three flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active abuse in the wild. Included among the three is CVE-2022-24990, a bug affecting TerraMaster network-attached storage TNAS devices...

Cyberattack on Medical and Energy Sector by Lazarus Group

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A cyber-attack conducted by North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group targeted public and private sector research organizations, the medical research and energy sector as well as their supply chain for...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 23 January 2023 – 29 January 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Hive Pro discovered four actors that have been active in the past week. The first, APT40 and Tick, are well-known Chinese threat actors known for information theft and...

North Korean Hackers Turn to Credential Harvesting in Latest Wave of Cyberattacks

A North Korean nation-state group notorious for crypto heists has been attributed to a new wave of malicious email attacks as part of a "sprawling" credential harvesting activity targeting a number of industry verticals, marking a significant shift in its strategy. The state-aligned threat actor ...