The vulnerability of the Internals component of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers allows attackers to carry out spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Internals component in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge 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 HTML page...

The vulnerability of the Autofill function in browsers such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge allows attackers to carry out spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Autofill function in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers 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 HTML page...

North Korean APT43 Group Uses Cybercrime to Fund Espionage Operations

A new North Korean nation-state cyber operator has been attributed to a series of campaigns orchestrated to gather strategic intelligence that aligns with Pyongyang's geopolitical interests since 2018. Google-owned Mandiant, which is tracking the activity cluster under the moniker APT43, said the...

The vulnerabilities of Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and the email client Thunderbird, related to information representation errors in the user interface, allow attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerabilities of Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and the email client Thunderbird are related to information representation errors in the user interface. Exploiting these vulnerabilities can allow attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

Researchers Uncover Chinese Nation State Hackers' Deceptive Attack Strategies

A recent campaign undertaken by Earth Preta indicates that nation-state groups aligned with China are getting increasingly proficient at bypassing security solutions. The threat actor, active since at least 2012, is tracked by the broader cybersecurity community under Bronze President, HoneyMyte,...

Researchers Uncover Chinese Nation State Hackers' Deceptive Attack Strategies

A recent campaign undertaken by Earth Preta indicates that nation-state groups aligned with China are getting increasingly proficient at bypassing security solutions. The threat actor, active since at least 2012, is tracked by the broader cybersecurity community under Bronze President, HoneyMyte,...

German and South Korean Agencies Warn of Kimsuky's Expanding Cyber Attack Tactics

German and South Korean government agencies have warned about cyber attacks mounted by a threat actor tracked as Kimsuky using rogue browser extensions to steal users' Gmail inboxes. The joint advisory comes from Germany's domestic intelligence apparatus, the Federal Office for the Protection of...

German and South Korean Agencies Warn of Kimsuky's Expanding Cyber Attack Tactics

German and South Korean government agencies have warned about cyber attacks mounted by a threat actor tracked as Kimsuky using rogue browser extensions to steal users' Gmail inboxes. The joint advisory comes from Germany's domestic intelligence apparatus, the Federal Office for the Protection of...

ScarCruft's Evolving Arsenal: Researchers Reveal New Malware Distribution Techniques

The North Korean advanced persistent threat APT actor dubbed ScarCruft is using weaponized Microsoft Compiled HTML Help CHM files to download additional malware onto targeted machines. According to multiple reports from AhnLab Security Emergency response Center ASEC, SEKOIA.IO, and Zscaler, the...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Office application suite for Android, related to information representation errors in the user interface, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Office application suite for Android is related to information representation errors in the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to carry out spear-phishing attacks...

The vulnerability of Azure HDInsight’s data analysis service in the Windows operating system allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Azure HDInsight data analysis service for the Windows operating system is related to improper data processing. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

The vulnerability of the WebApp components of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge allows attackers to carry out spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability of the WebApp components of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge is related to the improper implementation of security checks for standard elements during the loading process. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to carry out spear-phishing attacks using a speciall...

New 'Bad Magic' Cyber Threat Disrupts Ukraine's Key Sectors Amid War

Amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, government, agriculture, and transportation organizations located in Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea have been attacked as part of an active campaign that drops a previously unseen, modular framework dubbed CommonMagic. "Although the initial vector of...

New 'Bad Magic' Cyber Threat Disrupt Ukraine's Key Sectors Amid War

Amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, government, agriculture, and transportation organizations located in Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea have been attacked as part of an active campaign that drops a previously unseen, modular framework dubbed CommonMagic. "Although the initial vector of...

Bad magic: new APT found in the area of Russo-Ukrainian conflict

Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, Kaspersky researchers and the international community at large have identified a significant number of cyberattacks executed in a political and geopolitical context. We previously published an overview of cyber activities and the threat landscape...

YoroTrooper Stealing Credentials and Information from Government and Energy Organizations

A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed YoroTrooper has been targeting government, energy, and international organizations across Europe as part of a cyber espionage campaign that has been active since at least June 2022. "Information stolen from successful compromises include credentials...

YoroTrooper Stealing Credentials and Information from Government and Energy Organizations

A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed YoroTrooper has been targeting government, energy, and international organizations across Europe as part of a cyber espionage campaign that has been active since at least June 2022. "Information stolen from successful compromises include credentials...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 6 March to 12 March 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Last week, HiveForce Labs discovered three threat actors. One of them is a Russian group called TA499, which has a history of conducting different cyberattacks such as...

North Korean UNC2970 Hackers Expands Operations with New Malware Families

A North Korean espionage group tracked as UNC2970 has been observed employing previously undocumented malware families as part of a spear-phishing campaign targeting U.S. and European media and technology organizations since June 2022. Google-owned Mandiant said the threat cluster shares "multipl...

North Korean UNC2970 Hackers Expands Operations with New Malware Families

A North Korean espionage group tracked as UNC2970 has been observed employing previously undocumented malware families as part of a spear-phishing campaign targeting U.S. and European media and technology organizations since June 2022. Google-owned Mandiant said the threat cluster shares "multipl...