Iranian Hackers' Sophisticated Malware Targets Windows and macOS Users

The Iranian nation-state actor known as TA453 has been linked to a new set of spear-phishing attacks that infect both Windows and macOS operating systems with malware. "TA453 eventually used a variety of cloud hosting providers to deliver a novel infection chain that deploys the newly identified...

INTERPOL Nabs Hacking Crew OPERA1ER's Leader Behind $11 Million Cybercrime

A suspected senior member of a French-speaking hacking crew known as OPERA1ER has been arrested as part of an international law enforcement operation codenamed Nervone, Interpol has announced. "The group is believed to have stolen an estimated USD 11 million -- potentially as much as 30 million -...

INTERPOL Nabs Hacking Crew OPERA1ER's Leader Behind $11 Million Cybercrime

A suspected senior member of a French-speaking hacking crew known as OPERA1ER has been arrested as part of an international law enforcement operation codenamed Nervone, Interpol has announced. "The group is believed to have stolen an estimated USD 11 million -- potentially as much as 30 million -...

Chinese Hackers Use HTML Smuggling to Infiltrate European Ministries with PlugX

A Chinese nation-state group has been observed targeting Foreign Affairs ministries and embassies in Europe using HTML smuggling techniques to deliver the PlugX remote access trojan on compromised systems. Cybersecurity firm Check Point said the activity, dubbed SmugX , has been ongoing since at...

Iranian Hackers Using POWERSTAR Backdoor in Targeted Espionage Attacks

Charming Kitten, the nation-state actor affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC, has been attributed to a bespoke spear-phishing campaign that delivers an updated version of a fully-featured PowerShell backdoor called POWERSTAR. "There have been improved operational security...

Iranian Hackers Using POWERSTAR Backdoor in Targeted Espionage Attacks

Charming Kitten, the nation-state actor affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC, has been attributed to a bespoke spear-phishing campaign that delivers an updated version of a fully-featured PowerShell backdoor called POWERSTAR. "There have been improved operational security...

APT28 Leveraged Three Roundcube Exploits in Espionage Campaign

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT28 conducted a sophisticated campaign targeting prominent organizations in Ukraine. The campaign involved spear-phishing emails, and these attachments exploited vulnerabilities in the Roundcube webmai...

RedEyes Exploiting Ably Platform Using FadeStealer and Wiretapping Capabilities

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary RedEyes, a state-sponsored APT group, is targeting individuals through spear phishing emails and employing an Infostealer with wiretapping capabilities, utilizing the Ably platform for command and contro...

Rogue Android Apps Target Pakistani Individuals in Sophisticated Espionage Campaign

Individuals in the Pakistan region have been targeted using two rogue Android apps available on the Google Play Store as part of a new targeted campaign. Cybersecurity firm Cyfirma attributed the campaign with moderate confidence to a threat actor known as DoNot Team, which is also tracked as...

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

The vulnerability of the Azure DevOps Server software relates to errors in information presentation by the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations resource planning software, related to errors in the user interface’s information presentation, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations resource planning software is related to errors in information presentation by the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

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

The vulnerability of the Azure DevOps Server software relates to errors in information presentation by the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Power Apps development environment, related to errors in the user interface’s information representation, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Power Apps development environment is related to errors in information representation by the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

New Report Reveals Shuckworm's Long-Running Intrusions on Ukrainian Organizations

The Russian threat actor known as Shuckworm has continued its cyber assault spree against Ukrainian entities in a bid to steal sensitive information from compromised environments. Targets of the recent intrusions, which began in February/March 2023, include security services, military, and...

Asylum Ambuscade: A Cybercrime Group with Espionage Ambitions

The threat actor known as Asylum Ambuscade has been observed straddling cybercrime and cyber espionage operations since at least early 2020. "It is a crimeware group that targets bank customers and cryptocurrency traders in various regions, including North America and Europe," ESET said in an...

The vulnerability of Mozilla Firefox and Focus for Android, related to information representation errors in the user interface, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Mozilla Firefox and Focus for Android browsers is related to information representation errors in the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spear-phishing attacks using a specially created cookie file...

North Korea's Kimsuky Group Mimics Key Figures in Targeted Cyber Attacks

U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies have issued a new alert warning of North Korean cyber actors' use of social engineering tactics to strike think tanks, academia, and news media sectors. The "sustained information gathering efforts" have been attributed to a state-sponsored cluster dubb...

Evasive QBot Malware Leverages Short-lived Residential IPs for Dynamic Attacks

An analysis of the "evasive and tenacious" malware known as QBot has revealed that 25% of its command-and-control C2 servers are merely active for a single day. What's more, 50% of the servers don't remain active for more than a week, indicating the use of an adaptable and dynamic C2...

N. Korean ScarCruft Hackers Exploit LNK Files to Spread RokRAT

Cybersecurity researchers have offered a closer look at the RokRAT remote access trojan that's employed by the North Korean state-sponsored actor known as ScarCruft. "RokRAT is a sophisticated remote access trojan RAT that has been observed as a critical component within the attack chain, enablin...

Dark Pink APT Group Leverages TelePowerBot and KamiKakaBot in Sophisticated Attacks

The threat actor known as Dark Pink has been linked to five new attacks aimed at various entities in Belgium, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam between February 2022 and April 2023. This includes educational institutions, government agencies, military bodies, and non-profit organizations,...