British Cyber Agency Warns of Russian and Iranian Hackers Targeting Key Industries

The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre NCSC on Thursday warned of spear-phishing attacks mounted by Russian and Iranian state-sponsored actors for information-gathering operations. "The attacks are not aimed at the general public but targets in specified sectors, including academia, defense,...

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 spoofing attacks...

The vulnerability in the implementation of the full-screen warning message function in Mozilla Firefox allows a hacker to perform a spoofing attack.

The vulnerability of the full-screen warning message implementation in Mozilla Firefox relates to the possibility that the full-screen notification may be delayed or suppressed, which could lead to data substitution. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect users to a...

Gamaredon Group Launches Cyberattacks Against Ukraine Using Telegram

The Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Gamaredon has continued its digital onslaught against Ukraine, with recent attacks leveraging the popular messaging app Telegram to strike military and law enforcement sectors in the country. "The Gamaredon group's network infrastructure...

Gamaredon Group Launches Cyberattacks Against Ukraine Using Telegram

The Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Gamaredon has continued its digital onslaught against Ukraine, with recent attacks leveraging the popular messaging app Telegram to strike military and law enforcement sectors in the country. "The Gamaredon group's network infrastructure...

Dark Pink APT Group Targets Governments and Military in APAC Region

Government and military organizations in the Asia-Pacific region are being targeted by a previously unknown advanced persistent threat APT actor, per latest research conducted by Albert Priego of Group-IB The Singapore-headquartered company, in a report shared with The Hacker News, said it's...

Blind Eagle Hackers Return with Refined Tools and Sophisticated Infection Chain

A financially motivated threat actor tracked as Blind Eagle has resurfaced with a refined toolset and an elaborate infection chain as part of its attacks targeting organizations in Colombia and Ecuador. Check Point's latest research offers new insights into the Spanish-speaking group's tactics an...

APT Hackers Turn to Malicious Excel Add-ins as Initial Intrusion Vector

Microsoft's decision to block Visual Basic for Applications VBA macros by default for Office files downloaded from the internet has led many threat actors to improvise their attack chains in recent months. Now according to Cisco Talos, advanced persistent threat APT actors and commodity malware...

Russian Hackers Targeted Petroleum Refinery in NATO Country During Ukraine War

The Russia-linked Gamaredon group attempted to unsuccessfully break into a large petroleum refining company within a NATO member state earlier this year amid the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. The attack, which took place on August 30, 2022, is just one of multiple intrusions orchestrated by the...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Outlook email client for the MacOS operating system, related to information representation errors in the user interface, allows attackers to perform spearishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Outlook email client for the MacOS operating system is related to information representation errors in the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to carry out spear-phishing attacks using a specially created email message...

Researchers Uncover MirrorFace Cyber Attacks Targeting Japanese Political Entities

A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat APT actor codenamed MirrorFace has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting Japanese political establishments. The activity, dubbed Operation LiberalFace by ESET, specifically focused on members of an unnamed political party in the natio...

The Cloud Atlas Perpetual Threat aims to persuade entities in Russia

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Cloud Atlas is a cyberespionage gang. They have launched repeated, highly focused attacks on critical infrastructure spanning geographical zones and political disputes since their discovery in 2014. As...

The vulnerability of the management interface of the Fortinet FortiDeceptor, which enables attackers to carry out spoofing attacks against external and internal security threats.

The vulnerability of the management interface for detecting and responding to external and internal security threats in Fortinet’s FortiDeceptor involves the lack of protective measures taken during the creation of the web page structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to...

MuddyWater Hackers Target Asian and Middle East Countries with Updated Tactics

The Iran-linked MuddyWater threat actor has been observed targeting several countries in the Middle East as well as Central and West Asia as part of a new spear-phishing activity. "The campaign has been observed targeting Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Tajikistan,...

The vulnerability of the FortiADC application delivery controller, related to the lack of protective measures for the website structure, allows attackers to perform spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability of the FortiADC application delivery controller is related to the lack of protective measures taken during the creation of the web page structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to carry out spear-phishing attacks using the specially created web page...

DeathStalker targets legal entities with new Janicab variant

Just to clarify, the above subheading isnt a normal quote, but a message that Janicab malware attempted to decode in its newest use of YouTube dead-drop resolvers DDRs. While hunting for less common Deathstalker intrusions that use the Janicab malware family, we identified a new Janicab variant...

Chinese Hackers Using Russo-Ukrainian War Decoys to Target APAC and European Entities

The China-linked nation-state hacking group referred to as Mustang Panda is using lures related to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War to attack entities in Europe and the Asia Pacific. That's according to the BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team, which analyzed a RAR archive file titled...

Russian Hackers Spotted Targeting U.S. Military Weapons and Hardware Supplier

A state-sponsored hacking group with links to Russia has been linked to attack infrastructure that spoofs the Microsoft login page of Global Ordnance, a legitimate U.S.-based military weapons and hardware supplier. Recorded Future attributed the new infrastructure to a threat activity group it...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers, related to the lack of measures taken to protect the structure of web pages, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome lies in the lack of measures taken to protect the structure of web pages. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to carry out spear-phishing attacks by opening specially created malware files or specially created malicious link...

Lazarus group uses fake cryptocurrency apps to plant AppleJeus malware

The North Korean Lazarus Group, aka APT38, is one of the most sophisticated North Korean APTs. It's been active since 2009 and is responsible for many high profile attacks. In January of 2022 the Malwarebytes Intelligence Team uncovered a campaign where Lazarus conducted spear phishing attacks...