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,...

RomCom RAT Using Deceptive Web of Rogue Software Sites for Covert Attacks

The threat actors behind RomCom RAT are leveraging a network of fake websites advertising rogue versions of popular software at least since July 2022 to infiltrate targets. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro is tracking the activity cluster under the name Void Rabisu, which is also known as Tropical...

The vulnerability of the Floating Frames component in the LibreOffice office software package allows a hacker to perform a spoofing attack.

The vulnerability of the Floating Frames component in the LibreOffice office software package is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to carry out a spear-phishing attack using a specially created file...

The vulnerabilities of Firefox and Firefox ESR browsers, as well as the Thunderbird email client, are related to information representation errors in the user interface. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to perform spoofing attacks.

The vulnerabilities of Firefox and Firefox ESR browsers, as well as the Thunderbird email client, are related to information representation errors in the user interface. Exploiting these vulnerabilities can allow a malicious actor to perform a spear-phishing attack by manipulating the URL field...

State-Sponsored Sidewinder Hacker Group's Covert Attack Infrastructure Uncovered

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed previously undocumented attack infrastructure used by the prolific state-sponsored group SideWinder to strike entities located in Pakistan and China. This comprises a network of 55 domains and IP addresses used by the threat actor, cybersecurity companies...

State-Sponsored Sidewinder Hacker Group's Covert Attack Infrastructure Uncovered

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed previously undocumented attack infrastructure used by the prolific state-sponsored group SideWinder to strike entities located in Pakistan and China. This comprises a network of 55 domains and IP addresses used by the threat actor, cybersecurity companies...

The vulnerability of Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, and Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server packages allows a hacker to perform a spear-phishing attack and expose sensitive information.

The vulnerability of Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, and Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server lies in the lack of protection for operational data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to perform a spear-phishing attack and expose the...

New DownEx Malware Campaign Targets Foreign Government Institutions in Central Asia

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The DownEx malware was discovered in a cyberattack on government institutions in Kazakhstan and Afghanistan in 2022, likely with state sponsorship. The attackers used spear-phishing emails to infiltrate...

Uncovering the Latest Tactics of the SideWinder APT

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary SideWinder APT group uses advanced tactics like spear-phishing, DLL side-loading & more. A new server-side polymorphism technique, highlighting the need for multi-layered security measures. To receive...

Sophisticated DownEx Malware Campaign Targeting Central Asian Governments

Government organizations in Central Asia are the target of a sophisticated espionage campaign that leverages a previously undocumented strain of malware dubbed DownEx. Bitdefender, in a report shared with The Hacker News, said the activity remains active, with evidence likely pointing to the...

The vulnerability of Google Chrome’s Picture-in-Picture (PiP) technology, which allows attackers to carry out spoofing attacks

The vulnerability of Google Chrome’s Picture-in-Picture PiP technology is related to improperly implemented security checks for standard elements. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to carry out spear-phishing attacks using a specially created malicious web page...

SideCopy Using Action RAT and AllaKore RAT to infiltrate Indian Organizations

The suspected Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed leveraging themes related to the Indian military research organization as part of an ongoing phishing campaign. This involves using a ZIP archive lure pertaining to India's Defence Research and Development Organizatio...

N. Korean Kimsuky Hackers Using New Recon Tool ReconShark in Latest Cyberattacks

The North Korean state-sponsored threat actor known as Kimsuky has been discovered using a new reconnaissance tool called ReconShark as part of an ongoing global campaign. "ReconShark is actively delivered to specifically targeted individuals through spear-phishing emails, OneDrive links leading ...

North Korea's ScarCruft Deploys RokRAT Malware via LNK File Infection Chains

The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft started experimenting with oversized LNK files as a delivery route for RokRAT malware as early as July 2022, the same month Microsoft began blocking macros across Office documents by default. "RokRAT has not changed significantly over the years, bu...

APT trends report Q1 2023

For more than five years, the Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat APT activity. These summaries are based on our threat intelligence research; and they provide a representative snapshot of what we have publishe...

Vulnerability of Windows operating systems, related to errors in information representation by the user interface, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks

The vulnerability of Windows operating systems is related to errors in information representation by the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks using a specially created malicious HTA file...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Visual Studio software allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Visual Studio software relates to errors in information representation by the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks...

Russian Hackers Tomiris Targeting Central Asia for Intelligence Gathering

The Russian-speaking threat actor behind a backdoor known as Tomiris is primarily focused on gathering intelligence in Central Asia, fresh findings from Kaspersky reveal. "Tomiris's endgame consistently appears to be the regular theft of internal documents," security researchers Pierre Delcher an...

Russian Hackers Tomiris Targeting Central Asia for Intelligence Gathering

The Russian-speaking threat actor behind a backdoor known as Tomiris is primarily focused on gathering intelligence in Central Asia, fresh findings from Kaspersky reveal. "Tomiris's endgame consistently appears to be the regular theft of internal documents," security researchers Pierre Delcher an...

Lazarus Group Adds Linux Malware to Arsenal in Operation Dream Job

The notorious North Korea-aligned state-sponsored actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a new campaign aimed at Linux users. The attacks are part of a persistent and long-running activity tracked under the name Operation Dream Job , ESET said in a new report published today. The...