Kaspersky researchers have found a new advanced backdoor used by the Platinum advanced persistent threat (APT) group in attacks in the wild. Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new backdoor, tracked as Titanium, that was used by the Platinum...
Kaspersky discovered a previously unknown APT group, tracked as DarkUniverse, by analyzing Shadow Brokers' "Lost in Translation" data dump. In 2017, a hacker group known as the Shadow Brokers stolen malware and hacking tools from the arsenal of the NSA-Linked...
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One of the two flaws in Chrome addressed by Google, CVE-2019-13720, was exploited in a campaign that experts attribute to Korea-linked threat actors. This week Google released security updates to address two high severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome...
China-linked APT41 group is targeting telecommunications companies with a new piece of malware used to spy on text messages of highly targeted individuals. Researchers at FireEye discovered a new backdoor tracked as MessageTap that China-linked APT41...
Russia-linked cyber-espionage group Fancy Bear has carried out multiple cyberattacks targeting sporting and anti-doping organizations across the world. Microsoft revealed that Russia-linked cyber-espionage group Fancy Bear (aka APT28, Sednit, Sofacy, Zebrocy,...
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Experts at Fortinet analyzed NukeSped malware samples that share multiple similarities with malware associated with North Korea-linked APTs. Fortinet has analyzed the NukeSped RAT that is believed to be a malware in the arsenal of the Lazarus North-Korea...
Czech police and intelligence services have identified a Russian espionage network operating having a nerve center in its Prague embassy. Czech police and intelligence services have dismantled a Russian espionage network operating that was operating...
Security experts have a new malware, dubbed skip-2.0 used by the China-linked APT group to establish a backdoor in Microsoft SQL Server systems. Security experts at ESET have discovered a new malware, dubbed skip-2.0, used by the Chinese Winnti...