Defenders observe a new phishing attack, in which adversaries weaponize a russian-language Microsoft Word document to distribute malware that can extract sensitive data from targeted Windows instances. Hackers behind this offensive campaign belong to a North Korean group dubbed Konni, which shares similarities with a cyber-espionage cluster tracked as Kimsuky APT. Detect Konni Group Attacks […]
CERT-UA researchers have recently published a novel heads-up that covers ongoing phishing attacks against Ukraine involving distribution of Remcos RAT. The group in charge of this offensive campaign, which involves massively distributing spoofing emails with a false sender identity masquerading as the Security Service of Ukraine, is tracked as UAC-0050. UAC-0050 Attack Analysis Covered in […]
At the turn of fall 2023, the russia-backed APT28 hacking group reemerges in the cyber threat arena, targeting the critical infrastructure of Ukrainian organizations in the power industry sector. CERT-UA has recently released a security notice covering a phishing attack from a fake sender email address containing a link to a malicious archive. Following this […]
Phishing remains one of the most prevalent attacker techniques as a response to a continuous surge in phishing campaigns across the globe, which creates a growing demand for detection content against related threats. Cyber defenders have observed the latest malicious campaigns leveraging the phishing attack vector, in which hackers exploit Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) […]
The infamous russian nation-backed hacking collective tracked as APT28 or UAC-0001, which has a history of targeted attacks against Ukrainian government agencies, reemerges in the cyber threat arena. The latest CERT-UA#6562 alert confirms that over April 2023, the hacking collective has been leveraging the phishing attack vector to massively distribute spoofed emails among Ukrainian state […]
The russia-linked Armageddon APT aka Gamaredon or UAC-0010 has been launching a series of cyber attacks on Ukraine since the outbreak of the global cyber war. On November 8, 2022, CERT-UA released the latest alert detailing the ongoing spearphishing campaign of this russia-backed cyber-espionage hacking collective, in which adversaries massively distribute spoofed emails masquerading as […]
A new phishing campaign is on the rise, impacting a wide range of industries and organizations in the U.S., including critical infrastructures such as security, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, the military, and also manufacturing supply chain. The scam began sweeping across the U.S. in May 2022 and is still going on. The targets receive a phishing […]
Microsoft experts have revealed a significant shift in a spear-phishing campaign launched by Russia-affiliated NOBELIUM APT against major government agencies, think tanks, and NGOs globally. According to researchers, the hacker collective attacked more than 150 organizations across 24 countries with the intent to infect victims with malware and gain covert access to the internal networks. […]
The challenging year of 2020 saw many businesses increase their reliance on the internet, shifting to work-from-home workforces. Such a trend resulted in a blasting spike in video conferencing apps usage. Cyber criminals didn’t miss the chance to advantage their malicious perspectives. Starting from spring 2020, they registered many fake domains to deliver malicious ads […]
In today’s news, we want to warn you about the ongoing campaign by Water Nue targeting the business Office 365 accounts in the US and Canada. Notably, the fraudsters successfully reached a number of high-level managers in companies worldwide and harvested over 800 sets of credentials. Although their phishing toolset is limited, they do not […]