Cybersecurity

Uncorking Old Wine: Zero-Day from 2017 + Cobalt Strike Loader in Unholy Alliance

Executive Summary The Deep Instinct Threat Lab discovered a suspected targeted operation against Ukraine The operation is using CVE-2017-8570 as the initial vector The operation could not be attributed to any known threat actor The operation used a custom loader for Cobalt Strike Beacon Deep Instinct is detecting all stages of the attack Campaign Overview […]

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10-Year-Old ‘RUBYCARP’ Romanian Hacker Group Surfaces with Botnet

Apr 09, 2024NewsroomBotnet / Crypto Mining A threat group of suspected Romanian origin called RUBYCARP has been observed maintaining a long-running botnet for carrying out crypto mining, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), and phishing attacks. The group, believed to be active for at least 10 years, employs the botnet for financial gain, Sysdig said in a report […]

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Vietnam-Based Hackers Steal Financial Data Across Asia with Malware

A suspected Vietnamese-origin threat actor has been observed targeting victims in several Asian and Southeast Asian countries with malware designed to harvest valuable data since at least May 2023. Cisco Talos is tracking the cluster under the name CoralRaider, describing it as financially motivated. Targets of the campaign include India, China, South Korea, Bangladesh, Pakistan, […]

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Chinese Hackers Exploiting Ivanti VPN Flaws to Deploy New Malware

At least two different suspected China-linked cyber espionage clusters, tracked as UNC5325 and UNC3886, have been attributed to the exploitation of security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN appliances. UNC5325 abused CVE-2024-21893 to deliver a wide range of new malware called LITTLELAMB.WOOLTEA, PITSTOP, PITDOG, PITJET, and PITHOOK, as well as attempted to maintain persistent access […]

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UN experts investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks valued at about $3 billion

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say they are investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between 2017 and 2023 valued at approximately $3 billion, with the money reportedly being used to help fund its development of weapons of mass destruction. And the high volume of cyberattacks by North Korean hacking groups who report to the […]

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Interpol arrests more than 30 cybercriminals in global ‘Synergia’ operation

International law enforcement announced Thursday that they detained 31 suspected cybercriminals and identified 1,300 malicious servers that they used to carry out phishing attacks and distribute malware. Interpol’s so-called Operation Synergia, which ran from September to November 2023, “was launched in response to the clear growth, escalation and professionalization of transnational cybercrime and the need […]

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Tech Giant HP Enterprise Hacked by Russian Hackers Linked to DNC Breach

Jan 25, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Data Breach Hackers with links to the Kremlin are suspected to have infiltrated information technology company Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) cloud email environment to exfiltrate mailbox data. “The threat actor accessed and exfiltrated data beginning in May 2023 from a small percentage of HPE mailboxes belonging to individuals in our […]

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Chinese Hackers Using SugarGh0st RAT to Target South Korea and Uzbekistan

Dec 01, 2023NewsroomMalware / Cyber Espionage A suspected Chinese-speaking threat actor has been attributed to a malicious campaign that targets the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and South Korean users with a remote access trojan called SugarGh0st RAT. The activity, which commenced no later than August 2023, leverages two different infection sequences to deliver the […]