Since the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, there has been a significant rise in offensive operations, highlighting the profound impact of geopolitical tensions on global enterprises. Multiple hacking groups continue to use Ukraine as a testing ground to extend their attack surface into European and U.S. political arenas. CERT-UA has been lately reported […]
In mid-April 2024, CERT-UA warned defenders of repeated adversary attempts to compromise Ukrainian organizations using COOKBOX malware. Defenders observed the ongoing phishing campaign targeting Ukraine and took measures to disrupt the offensive attempts. The identified russia-linked malicious activity is tracked under the moniker FlyingYeti and overlaps with the UAC-0149 operation covered in the CERT-UA#9522 alert. […]
There is a growing interest among hacking collectives in exploiting remote-access VPN environments by commony abusing zero-day vulnerabilities as entry points and attack vectors into enterprises. A novel critical zero-day vulnerability in Check Point Network Security gateway products tracked as CVE-2024-24919 has hit the headlines. Since April 2024, the flaw has been exploited in in-the-wild […]
Threat actors frequently leverage remote management tools in cyber attacks via the phishing attack vector. For instance, the Remote Utilities software has been largely exploited in offensive campaigns against Ukraine. CERT-UA, in conjunction with CSIRT-NB, has recently identified a targeted cyber attack attributed to the UAC-0188 employing remote management software. Adversaries were observed gaining unauthorized […]
Continuously Stream Selected Detection Content from the SOC Prime Platform to Your GitHub Repository SOC Prime launches integration with GitHub, enabling security engineers to automatically push prioritized detection content directly to a private GitHub repository. By enabling this capability, teams can stream detection algorithms that match predefined criteria and their current security needs to the […]
The financially motivated group identified as UAC-0006 has been actively launching phishing attacks targeting Ukraine throughout 2023. CERT-UA team reports the reemergence of UAC-0006 in the cyber threat landscape in spring 2024. In the ongoing campaigns, hackers attempt to distribute SMOKELOADER, the common malicious sample from the group’s adversary toolkit. UAC-0006 Latest Activity Analysis Spreading […]
Defenders have uncovered the increasing malicious activity of the Void Manticore group linked to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). Adversaries, also known as Storm-842, are behind a series of destructive cyber attacks against Israel. Void Manticore is also tracked under the monikers Homeland Justice and Karma, expanding the scope of its intrusions beyond […]
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 […]
With the global digitalization of the financial sector, organizations are exposed to escalating risks in numerous sophisticated financially-motivated cyber attacks. Throughout April, cybersecurity researchers have identified a surge in malicious operations attributed to the nefarious russia’s hacking collective known as FIN7 massively targeting organizations worldwide for financial gain. Adversaries have been observed abusing weaponized Google […]
As of May 2024, the nefarious Black Basta ransomware operators have breached over 500 global organizations. In response to the escalating threats, the U.S.’s leading and global cybersecurity agencies have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning defenders of the group’s increasing activity, which has already affected dozens of critical infrastructure organizations, including the healthcare sector. […]