Earth Baxia Uses Spear-Phishing and GeoServer Exploit to Target APAC

We observed Earth Baxia carrying out targeted attacks against APAC countries that involved advanced techniques like spear-phishing and customized malware, with data suggesting that the group operates from China...

Chinese Engineer Charged in U.S. for Years-Long Cyber Espionage Targeting NASA and Military

A Chinese national has been indicted in the U.S. on charges of conducting a "multi-year" spear-phishing campaign to obtain unauthorized access to computer software and source code created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA, research universities, and private companies. Song...

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...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft App Installer installer, related to the lack of mechanisms for encoding or shielding output data, allows attackers to perform spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft App Installer relates to the lack of mechanisms for encoding or shielding output data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows attackers to carry out spear-phishing attacks using a specially created malware package...

Mustang Panda Deploys Advanced Malware to Spy on Asia-Pacific Governments

The threat actor tracked as Mustang Panda has refined its malware arsenal to include new tools in order to facilitate data exfiltration and the deployment of next-stage payloads, according to new findings from Trend Micro. The cybersecurity firm, which is monitoring the activity cluster under the...

Earth Preta Evolves its Attacks with New Malware and Strategies

In this blog entry, we discuss our analysis of Earth Preta’s enhancements in their attacks by introducing new tools, malware variants and strategies to their worm-based attacks and their time-sensitive spear-phishing campaign...

A week in security (August 26 – September 1)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Iranian cybercriminals are targeting WhatsApp users in spear phishing campaign Fake Canva home page leads to browser lock Telegram CEO Pavel Durov charged with allowing criminal activity CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, US Marshalls are latest ransomware targets SMS...

Iranian cybercriminals are targeting WhatsApp users in spear phishing campaign

An Iranian state-sponsored group often referred to as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC is making headlines again this season as Meta disclosed that the cybercriminals targeted WhatsApp users in Israel, Palestine, Iran, the UK, and the US. Other names for this group—depending on the...

The vulnerability of the Mozilla Firefox browser, related to improper restriction of the displayed user interface layers, allows attackers to perform spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Mozilla Firefox browser is related to an improper limitation on the displayed layers of the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spear-phishing attacks...

Vietnamese Human Rights Group Targeted in Multi-Year Cyberattack by APT32

A non-profit supporting Vietnamese human rights has been the target of a multi-year campaign designed to deliver a variety of malware on compromised hosts. Cybersecurity company Huntress attributed the activity to a threat cluster tracked as APT32, a Vietnamese-aligned hacking crew that's also...

The vulnerability of the integrated Azure Stack Hub hybrid cloud computing system, related to the lack of security measures for the web page structure, allows attackers to perform spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability of the integrated Azure Stack Hub hybrid computing system is related to the lack of security measures for the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

The vulnerability of the virus-like web files of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM software allows a hacker to carry out spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the software’s resource planning web files for Microsoft Dynamics CRM exists due to the lack of measures taken to protect the structure of the web page. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to carry out spear-phishing attacks remotely...

Iranian Cyber Group TA453 Targets Jewish Leader with New AnvilEcho Malware

Iranian state-sponsored threat actors have been observed orchestrating spear-phishing campaigns targeting a prominent Jewish figure starting in late July 2024 with the goal of delivering a new intelligence-gathering tool called AnvilEcho. Enterprise security company Proofpoint is tracking the...

Blind Eagle Hackers Exploit Spear-Phishing to Deploy RATs in Latin America

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a threat actor known as Blind Eagle that has persistently targeted entities and individuals in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and other Latin American nations. Targets of these attacks span several sectors, including governmental institutions,...

Russian-Linked Hackers Target Eastern European NGOs and Media

Russian and Belarusian non-profit organizations, Russian independent media, and international non-governmental organizations active in Eastern Europe have become the target of two separate spear-phishing campaigns orchestrated by threat actors whose interests align with that of the Russian...

EastWind campaign: new CloudSorcerer attacks on government organizations in Russia

In late July 2024, we detected a series of ongoing targeted cyberattacks on dozens of computers at Russian government organizations and IT companies. The threat actors infected devices using phishing emails with malicious shortcut attachments. These shortcuts were used to deliver malware that...

EastWind Attack Deploys PlugY and GrewApacha Backdoors Using Booby-Trapped LNK Files

The Russian government and IT organizations are the target of a new campaign that delivers a number of backdoors and trojans as part of a spear-phishing campaign codenamed EastWind. The attack chains are characterized by the use of RAR archive attachments containing a Windows shortcut LNK file...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise packages, related to insufficient protection of sensitive data, allows attackers to execute spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise packages is related to insufficient protection of sensitive data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute a spear-phishing attack, provided that the user is directed to a specific link and opens ...

University Professors Targeted by North Korean Cyber Espionage Group

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a new set of attacks targeting university staff, researchers, and professors for intelligence gathering purposes. Cybersecurity firm Resilience said it identified the activity in late July 2024 after it observed an operation...

Chinese Hackers Target Japanese Firms with LODEINFO and NOOPDOOR Malware

Japanese organizations are the target of a Chinese nation-state threat actor that leverages malware families like LODEINFO and NOOPDOOR to harvest sensitive information from compromised hosts while stealthily remaining under the radar in some cases for a time period ranging from two to three year...