Magecart Hackers Infect 17,000 Sites Through Misconfigured Amazon S3 Buckets

Magecart strikes again! Cybersecurity researchers have identified yet another supply-chain attack carried out by payment card hackers against more than 17,000 web domains, which also include websites in the top 2,000 of Alexa rankings. Since Magecart is neither a single group nor a specific malwa...

Magecart Hackers Infect 17,000 Sites Through Misconfigured Amazon S3 Buckets

Magecart strikes again! Cybersecurity researchers have identified yet another supply-chain attack carried out by payment card hackers against more than 17,000 web domains, which also include websites in the top 2,000 of Alexa rankings. Since Magecart is neither a single group nor a specific malwa...

Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

Earlier this month, Google disclosed that a supply chain attack by one of its vendors resulted in malicious software being pre-installed on millions of new budget Android devices. Google didn't exactly name those responsible, but said it believes the offending vendor uses the nicknames "Yehuo" or...

More Attacks against Computer Automatic Update Systems

Last month, Kaspersky discovered that Asus's live update system was infected with malware, an operation it called Operation Shadowhammer. Now we learn that six other companies were targeted in the same operation. As we mentioned before, ASUS was not the only company used by the attackers. Studyin...

Wipro Attackers Have Operated Under the Radar for Years

New details are emerging in the April attack on systems consulting behemoth Wipro, which saw its network hacked and used for mounting attacks on a dozen of its customers. In a fresh analysis of the indicators of compromise IOCs, Flashpoint analysts said that the cyberattackers have actually been...

APT trends report Q1 2019

For just under two years, the Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT at Kaspersky Lab has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat APT activity. The summaries are based on our threat intelligence research and provide a representative snapshot of what we have published an...

Point Blank Gamers Targeted with Backdoor Malware

The focus of the APT behind the ShadowHammer supply-chain attack that abused the ASUS computer update function turns out to be wider in scope than previously thought. Researchers have found similar digitally-signed binaries using the videogame industry as a delivery conduit for malware. Victims...

Operation ShadowHammer: a high-profile supply chain attack

In late March 2019, we briefly highlighted our research on ShadowHammer attacks, a sophisticated supply chain attack involving ASUS Live Update Utility, which was featured in a Kim Zetter article on Motherboard. The topic was also one of the research announcements made at the SAS conference, whic...

Wipro Confirms Hack and Supply Chain Attacks on Customers

IT systems consulting behemoth Wipro Ltd. has confirmed that its network was hacked and used for mounting attacks on its customers. After multiple unnamed sources independently told Brian Krebs that a “multi-month intrusion” occurred and is likely the work of an advanced persistent threat APT act...

Here's the List of ~600 MAC Addresses Targeted in Recent ASUS Hack

EXCLUSIVE — While revealing details of a massive supply chain cyber attack against ASUS customers, Russian security firm Kaspersky last week didn't release the full list all MAC addresses that hackers hardcoded into their malware to surgically target a specific pool of users. Instead, Kaspersky...

Here's the List of ~600 MAC Addresses Targeted in Recent ASUS Hack

EXCLUSIVE — While revealing details of a massive supply chain cyber attack against ASUS customers, Russian security firm Kaspersky last week didn't release the full list all MAC addresses that hackers hardcoded into their malware to surgically target a specific pool of users. Instead, Kaspersky...

Malware Installed in Asus Computers through Hacked Update Process

Kaspersky Labs is reporting on a new supply chain attack they call "Shadowhammer." In January 2019, we discovered a sophisticated supply chain attack involving the ASUS Live Update Utility. The attack took place between June and November 2018 and according to our telemetry, it affected a large...

ASUS Patches Live Update Bug That Allowed APT to Infect Thousands of PCs

ASUS has expedited a patch for a major bug impacting thousands of PCs that allowed an advanced persistent threat group to launch a supply-chain attack dubbed “Operation ShadowHammer.” The vulnerability targeted a range of new ASUS PCs with a backdoor injection technique tied to the PC-maker’s...

Some ASUS Updates Drop Backdoors on PCs in 'Operation ShadowHammer'

A supply-chain attack dubbed “Operation ShadowHammer” has been uncovered, targeting users of the ASUS Live Update Utility with a backdoor injection. The China-backed BARIUM APT is suspected to be at the helm of the project. According to Kaspersky Lab, the campaign ran from June to at least Novemb...

Warning: ASUS Software Update Server Hacked to Distribute Malware

Remember the CCleaner hack? CCleaner hack was one of the largest supply chain attacks that infected more than 2.3 million users with a backdoored version of the software in September 2017. Security researchers today revealed another massive supply chain attack that compromised over 1 million...

Operation ShadowHammer

Earlier today, Motherboard published a story by Kim Zetter on Operation ShadowHammer, a newly discovered supply chain attack that leveraged ASUS Live Update software. While the investigation is still in progress and full results and technical paper will be published during SAS 2019 conference in...

RSA Conference 2019: Operational Technology Widens Supply Chain Attack Surfaces

SAN FRANCISCO – Today’s supply chain has evolved, with operational technology OT used in factories increasingly becoming connected and converging with IT systems — introducing new attack vectors. This new reality is vital for companies to understand in the context of risk, according to Dawn...

Hackers infect e-commerce sites by compromising their advertising partner

Magecart strikes again, one of the most notorious hacking groups specializes in stealing credit card details from poorly-secured e-commerce websites. According to security researchers from RiskIQ and Trend Micro, cybercriminals of a new subgroup of Magecart, labeled as "Magecart Group 12," recent...

Hackers infect e-commerce sites by compromising their advertising partner

Magecart strikes again, one of the most notorious hacking groups specializes in stealing credit card details from poorly-secured e-commerce websites. According to security researchers from RiskIQ and Trend Micro, cybercriminals of a new subgroup of Magecart, labeled as "Magecart Group 12," recent...

Cryptocurrency Wallet Hacks Spark Dustup

LEIPZIG, GERMANY – Hardware based cryptocurrency wallets may not be as secure as promised. That’s the judgement of Dmitry Nedospasov, Thomas Roth and Josh Datko who together presented their research at a session here at the 35c3 conference called “wallet.fail.” In the talk the researchers...