Following Microsoft’s recent Patch Tuesday update, which addressed the CVE-2024-38112 vulnerability, researchers uncovered a sophisticated campaign by the Void Banshee APT. This campaign exploits a security gap in the Microsoft MHTML browser engine through zero-day attacks to deploy the Atlantida stealer on victims’ devices. Detecting CVE-2024-38113 Exploitation by Void Banshee In the first half of […]
Since early spring 2024, the notorious North Korea-linked hacking collective tracked as Kimsuky APT has been launching a targeted campaign against South Korean academic institutions. Defenders have also unveiled the group’s offensive operations, which actively target Japanese organizations. The ongoing adversary campaign relies on a phishing attack vector, with hackers leveraging targeted emails that disguise […]
The latest advisory issued by law enforcement agencies within Australia, the U.S., Canada, Germany, the U.K., New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan, warns of the growing threat posed by APT40 operated on behalf of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security (MSS). Specifically, the advisory details the activities of the People’s Republic of China state-sponsored group able […]
The nefarious North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky APT group uses a novel malicious Google Chrome extension dubbed “TRANSLATEXT” for cyber espionage to illicitly collect sensitive user data. The observed ongoing campaign, which started in the early spring of 2024, is primarily targeting South Korean academic institutions. Detect Kimsuky Campaign Leveraging TRANSLATEXT Seeing the […]
In Q1 2024, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups from China, North Korea, Iran, and russia demonstrated significantly enhanced and innovative offensive capabilities to proceed with sophisticated cyber-espionage campaigns. This surge in activity has posed considerable challenges to the global cybersecurity landscape. Recently, security experts revealed the activity of the China-linked Velvet Ant group infiltrating F5 […]
The China-linked cyber-espionage group Velvet Ant has been infiltrating F5 BIG-IP devices for about three years, using them as internal C2 servers, deploying malware, and gaining persistence to smartly evade detection and steal sensitive data. Detect Velvet Ant Attacks In Q1 2024, APT groups from various regions, including China, North Korea, Iran, and Russia, demonstrated […]
Heads up! The nefarious cyber-espionage group Kimsuky APT, aka Springtail, enriches its offensive toolkit with a novel malware variant dubbed Linux.Gomir. The novel backdoor, which is considered to be a Linux iteration of the GoBear malware, is leveraged by adversaries in the ongoing cyber attacks against South Korean organizations. Detect Gomir Backdoor Delivered by Kimsuky […]
The nefarious cyber-espionage hacking collective tracked as Forest Blizzard (aka Fancy Bear, STRONTIUM, or APT28) has been experimenting with a novel custom tool dubbed GooseEgg malware to weaponize the critical CVE-2022-38028 vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler. Adversaries are launching multiple intelligence-gathering attacks targeting organizations across the globe in diverse industry sectors. Successful privilege escalation and […]
For over a decade, the nefarious russia-backed Sandworm APT group (aka UAC-0133, UAC-0002, APT44, or FROZENBARENTS) has been consistently targeting Ukrainian organizations with a prime focus on the public sector and critical infrastructure. CERT-UA has recently unveiled the group’s malicious intentions to disrupt the information and communication systems of about 20 critical infrastructure organizations. UAC-0133 […]
Hard on the heels of the DEEP#GOSU offensive campaign associated with the North Korean hacking collective Kimsuky APT, the group comes to the spotlight once again by shifting their adversary TTPs. Defenders have recently observed Kimsuky’s use of Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (CHM) files to spread malware and collect sensitive data from impacted instances. Detect […]