A recently fixed local privilege escalation flaw in windows (CVE-2019-0803) had been exploited by bad actors to deliver PowerShell Backdoor. April 2019 Patch Tuesday security updates addressed a local privilege escalation flaw in Windows operating...
In mid-March, a suspicious Office document referencing the Ukraine elections appeared in the wild, is it related to APT28 and upcoming elections? Introduction In mid-March, a suspicious Office document referencing the Ukraine elections appeared...
According to a joint report published by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is using a new Trojan in attacks. According to a joint report issued...
Cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky Lab uncovered a highly sophisticated spyware framework dubbed TajMahal that was involved in cyberespionage campaign for at least last 5 years. Cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky discovered a highly sophisticated...
Security experts at FireEye observed the financially motivated group FIN6 adding the LockerGoga and Ryuk ransomware to its arsenal. According to cybersecurity experts at FireEye, the FIN6 cybercrime group is diversifying its activities and added...
The German chemicals giant Bayer confirmed that of a cyber attack, it confirmed the incident but clarified that no data has been stolen. The chemicals giant Bayer is the last victims of a cyber attack, it confirmed the incident, but pointed out the hackers...
The OceanLotus APT group, also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty, leverages a steganography-based loader to deliver backdoors on compromised systems. Security researchers at Cylance discovered that the OceanLotus APT (also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty,...
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Microsoft this week announced that it had taken control of 99 domains used by an Iran-linked APT group tracked by the company as Phosphorus. Microsoft has recently announced that it had taken control of 99 domains used by an Iran-linked APT group...
North Korea-linked Lazarus group made the headlines again, it has been leveraging PowerShell to target both Windows and macOS machines. The North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group made has been leveraging PowerShell to target both Windows and macOS machines...