XE Group, likely a Vietnam-linked hacking collective that has been active in the cyber threat arena for over a decade is believed to be behind the exploitation of a couple of VeraCore zero-day vulnerabilities. During the latest campaign, adversaries weaponized VeraCore flaws tracked as CVE-2024-57968 and CVE-2025-25181 to deploy reverse shells and web shells, ensuring […]
Since a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, cybercriminal groups of russian origin have relentlessly targeted the Ukrainian state bodies and business sectors for espionage and destruction. Recently, cybersecurity researchers uncovered a massive cyber-espionage campaign exploiting a 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability to deliver SmokeLoader malware. The campaign’s ultimate objective was cyber espionage, intensifying the digital frontlines of the […]
Lumma Stealer, nefarious info-stealing malware, resurfaces in the cyber threat arena. Defenders recently uncovered an advanced adversary campaign distributing Lumma Stealer through GitHub infrastructure along with other malware variants, including SectopRAT, Vidar, and Cobeacon. Detect Lumma Stealer, SectopRAT, Vidar, Cobeacon Deployed via GitHub Lumma Stealer is a notorious data-stealing malware that extracts credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, […]
Financially motivated hackers are behind an ongoing malicious campaign targeting Poland and Germany. These phishing attacks aim to deploy multiple payloads, including Agent Tesla, Snake Keylogger, and a novel backdoor dubbed TorNet, which is delivered via PureCrypter malware. Detect TorNet Backdoor A significant rise in phishing campaigns, with a 202% increase in phishing messages over […]
Defenders shed light on a set of vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Service Appliances (CSA) that can be chained for further exploitation. The latest joint alert by CISA and FBI notifies the global defender community of at least two exploit chains using Invanti vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2024-8963, CVE-2024-9379, CVE-2024-8190, and CVE-2024-9380. Adversaries can take advantage of exploit […]
Hard on the heels of the disclosure of a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Windows LDAP, known as CVE-2024-49113 aka LDAPNightmare, another highly critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft products comes to the scene. The recently patched Microsoft Outlook vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-21298 poses significant email security risks by allowing attackers to perform RCE on Windows devices through […]
Adversaries frequently leverage legitimate tools in their malicious campaigns. The popular AnyDesk remote utility has also been largely exploited by hackers for offensive purposes. Cyber defenders have unveiled the recent misuse of AnyDesk software to connect to targeted computers, masquerading the malicious efforts as CERT-UA activity. Detect Cyber-Attacks Exploiting AnyDesk Based on CERT-UA Research Adversaries […]
Hot on the heels of the release of the first PoC exploit for a critical RCE vulnerability in the Windows LDAP, known as CVE-2024-49112, another vulnerability in the same software protocol in Windows environments is causing a stir. A discovery of CVE-2024-49113, a new denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability, also known as LDAPNightmare, is hitting the headlines […]
New year, new menaces for cyber defenders. Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a novel variant of the notorious Banshee Stealer, which is increasingly targeting Apple users worldwide. This stealthy infostealer malware employs advanced evasion techniques, successfully slipping past detection by leveraging string encryption from Apple’s XProtect antivirus engine. Going exclusively after macOS users, Banshee is capable […]
The modern-day cyber threat landscape is marked by the rise in malware variants that give attackers the green light to gain complete remote control over targeted systems, such as a nefarious Remcos RAT spread via a phishing attack vector. At the turn of January 2025, defenders unveiled an emerging stealthy malware dubbed NonEuclid RAT, which […]