Thai Officials Targeted in Yokai Backdoor Campaign Using DLL Side-Loading Techniques

Thai government officials have emerged as the target of a new campaign that leverages a technique called DLL side-loading to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed Yokai. "The target of the threat actors were Thailand officials based on the nature of the lures," Nikhil Hegde, senior...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Android operating systems, related to insufficient validation of input data, allows attackers to execute spearfishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Android operating systems is related to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

Secret Blizzard Deploys Kazuar Backdoor in Ukraine Using Amadey Malware-as-a-Service

The Russian nation-state actor tracked as Secret Blizzard has been observed leveraging malware associated with other threat actors to deploy a known backdoor called Kazuar on target devices located in Ukraine. The new findings come from the Microsoft threat intelligence team, which said it observ...

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...

Hackers Leveraging Cloudflare Tunnels, DNS Fast-Flux to Hide GammaDrop Malware

The threat actor known as Gamaredon has been observed leveraging Cloudflare Tunnels as a tactic to conceal its staging infrastructure hosting a malware called GammaDrop. The activity is part of an ongoing spear-phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian entities since at least early 2024 that's design...

The vulnerability of the JetBrains YouTrack project management and task management software, related to incorrect data encoding, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the JetBrains YouTrack project management tool is related to incorrect Punycode data encoding. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow attackers to perform brute-force attacks remotely...

ANEL and NOOPDOOR Backdoors Weaponized in New MirrorFace Campaign Against Japan

The China-linked threat actor known as MirrorFace has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign mainly targeting individuals and organizations in Japan since June 2024. The aim of the campaign is to deliver backdoors known as NOOPDOOR aka HiddenFace and ANEL aka UPPERCUT, Trend Micro said ...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 resource planning software lies in the lack of protective measures for the website structure, allowing attackers to execute a spear-phishing attack.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 resource planning software is related to the lack of measures taken to protect the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to execute a spear-phishing attack remotely...

The vulnerability of the GNU Wget download manager, related to insufficient validation of requests on the server side, allows a perpetrator to execute SSRF attacks, spear-phishing attacks, or “man-in-the-middle” attacks.

The vulnerability of the GNU Wget download manager is related to insufficient validation of requests on the server side. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to execute an SSRF attack, a man-in-the-middle attack, or another type of attack...

The vulnerability of Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and the email client Thunderbird lies in improper restrictions on the displayed layers of the user interface, which allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and the email client Thunderbird is related to an improper limitation on the visually displayed layers of the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

The vulnerability of Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and the email client Thunderbird lies in improper restrictions on the displayed layers of the user interface, which allows attackers to perform spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability of Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and the email client Thunderbird is related to an improper limitation on the visually displayed user interface layers. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks using a specially created file with th...

The vulnerability of Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and the email client Thunderbird lies in improper restrictions on the displayed layers of the user interface, which allows attackers to perform spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability of Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and the email client Thunderbird is related to an improper limitation on the visually displayed layers of the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

APT trends report Q3 2024

Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT has been releasing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat APT activity for over seven years now. Based on our threat intelligence research, these summaries offer a representative overview of what we've published and discussed in more...

Guess Who’s Back - The Return of ANEL in the Recent Earth Kasha Spear-phishing Campaign in 2024

Trend Micro has identified a spear-phishing campaign active in Japan since June 2024. Evidence about the malware used by this campaign suggests this was part of a new operation by Earth Kasha...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Exchange Server servers, related to errors in information representation by the user interface, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Exchange Server servers is related to errors in information representation by the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to carry out spear-phishing attacks...

PT-2024-7959

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Exchange Server affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, which allows attackers to affect the system. This vulnerability can be exploited to conduct...

The vulnerability of the Mozilla Firefox browser on Android operating systems involves a false representation of critical information to the user’s interface, allowing attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Mozilla Firefox browser on Android operating systems is related to incomplete display of file names in the download dialog window. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spearishing attacks...

SteelFox and Rhadamanthys Malware Use Copyright Scams, Driver Exploits to Target Victims

An ongoing phishing campaign is employing copyright infringement-related themes to trick victims into downloading a newer version of the Rhadamanthys information stealer since July 2024. Cybersecurity firm Check Point is tracking the large-scale campaign under the name CopyRhightadamantys. Target...

China-Aligned MirrorFace Hackers Target EU Diplomats with World Expo 2025 Bait

The China-aligned threat actor known as MirrorFace has been observed targeting a diplomatic organization in the European Union, marking the first time the hacking crew has targeted an entity in the region. "During this attack, the threat actor used as a lure the upcoming World Expo, which will be...

VEILDrive Attack Exploits Microsoft Services to Evade Detection and Distribute Malware

An ongoing threat campaign dubbed VEILDrive has been observed taking advantage of legitimate services from Microsoft, including Teams, SharePoint, Quick Assist, and OneDrive, as part of its modus operandi. "Leveraging Microsoft SaaS services — including Teams, SharePoint, Quick Assist, and OneDri...