The Coordinated Embassy Hunt: Unmasking the DPRK-linked GitHub C2 Espionage Campaign

The Coordinated Embassy Hunt: Unmasking the DPRK-linked GitHub C2 Espionage Campaign By Pham Duy Phuc and Alex Lanstein · August 18, 2025 The Trellix Advanced Research Center uncovered a sophisticated espionage operation targeting diplomatic missions across several regions in South Korea during...

UNG0002 Group Hits China, Hong Kong, Pakistan Using LNK Files and RATs in Twin Campaigns

Multiple sectors in China, Hong Kong, and Pakistan have become the target of a threat activity cluster tracked as UNG0002 aka Unknown Group 0002 as part of a broader cyber espionage campaign. "This threat entity demonstrates a strong preference for using shortcut files LNK, VBScript, and...

Researchers Detail Bitter APT's Evolving Tactics as Its Geographic Scope Expands

The threat actor known as Bitter has been assessed to be a state-backed hacking group that's tasked with gathering intelligence that aligns with the interests of the Indian government. That's according to new findings jointly published by Proofpoint and Threatray in an exhaustive two-part analysi...

GOFFEE continues to attack organizations in Russia

GOFFEE is a threat actor that first came to our attention in early 2022. Since then, we have observed malicious activities targeting exclusively entities located in the Russian Federation, leveraging spear phishing emails with a malicious attachment. Starting in May 2022 and up until summer of...

Microsoft Edge’s vulnerability, related to improper security checks for standard elements, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge relates to improper security checks for standard elements. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to carry out spear-phishing attacks...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge browser, related to information representation errors in the user interface, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge is related to information representation errors in the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to perform spear-phishing attacks...

North Korean APT Kimsuky Uses forceCopy Malware to Steal Browser-Stored Credentials

The North Korea-linked nation-state hacking group known as Kimsuky has been observed conducting spear-phishing attacks to deliver an information stealer malware named forceCopy, according to new findings from the AhnLab Security Intelligence Center ASEC. The attacks commence with phishing emails...

Russia-Linked Hackers Target Kazakhstan in Espionage Campaign with HATVIBE Malware

Russia-linked threat actors have been attributed to an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting Kazakhstan as part of the Kremlin's efforts to gather economic and political intelligence in Central Asia. The campaign has been assessed to be the work of an intrusion set dubbed UAC-0063 , which...

Python-Based NodeStealer Version Targets Facebook Ads Manager

In this blog entry, Trend Micro’s Managed XDR team discuss their investigation into how the latest variant of NodeStealer is delivered through spear-phishing attacks, potentially leading to malware execution, data theft, and the exfiltration of sensitive information via Telegram...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge browser on Android, related to the lack of protective measures for website structure, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge browser on Android is related to the lack of measures taken to protect the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

Kimsuky's New Golang Stealer 'Troll' and 'GoBear' Backdoor Target South Korea

The North Korea-linked nation-state actor known as Kimsuky is suspected of using a previously undocumented Golang-based information stealer called Troll Stealer. The malware steals "SSH, FileZilla, C drive files/directories, browsers, system information, and screen captures" from infected systems...

Chinese Hackers Using Russo-Ukrainian War Decoys to Target APAC and European Entities

The China-linked nation-state hacking group referred to as Mustang Panda is using lures related to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War to attack entities in Europe and the Asia Pacific. That's according to the BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team, which analyzed a RAR archive file titled...

Hackers Used Fake Job Offer to Hack and Steal $540 Million from Axie Infinity

The $540 million hack of Axie Infinity's Ronin Bridge in late March 2022 was the consequence of one of its former employees getting tricked by a fraudulent job offer on LinkedIn, it has emerged. According to a report from The Block published last week citing two people familiar with the matter, a...

Russian Hackers Exploiting Microsoft Follina Vulnerability Against Ukraine

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has cautioned of a new set of spear-phishing attacks exploiting the "Follina" flaw in the Windows operating system to deploy password-stealing malware. Attributing the intrusions to a Russian nation-state group tracked as APT28 aka Fancy Bea...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft SharePoint Server software, related to errors in information presentation on the user interface, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft SharePoint Server software is related to errors in information presentation at the user interface level. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

Omicron Phishing Scam Already Spotted in UK

The global pandemic has provided cover for all sorts of phishing scams over the past couple of years, and the rise in alarm over the spread of the latest COVID-19 variant, Omicron, is no exception. As public health professionals across the globe grapple with what they fear could be an even more...

APT Horoscope

This delightful essay matches APT hacker groups up with astrological signs. This is me: Capricorn is renowned for its discipline, skilled navigation, and steadfastness. Just like Capricorn, Helix Kitten also known as APT 35 or OilRig is a skilled navigator of vast online networks, maneuvering...

Hacked Security Software Used in Novel South Korean Supply-Chain Attack

The Lazarus cybercriminal group is using a novel supply-chain attack against visitors to websites operated by the South Korean government and financial firms, in order to deliver dropper malware that eventually plants a remote access trojan on victim’s PCs. The attacks use stolen digital...

A week in security (November 9 – November 15)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we reported on multiple patch releases: from Mozillas Firefox and Thunderbird to Googles Chrome. We also had a chat with our resident experts, Adam Kujawa and John Donovan, about the future of IoT cybersecurity in our latest Lock and Code podcast episode. Lastly, w...

The EPS Awakens - Part 2

On Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, FireEye published The EPS Awakens, detailing an exploit targeting a previously unknown Microsoft Encapsulated Postscript EPS dict copy use-after-free vulnerability that was silently patched by Microsoft on November 10, 2015. The blog described the technical details of...