Pierluigi Paganini
February 24, 2021
Ukraine ‘s government attributes a cyberattack on the government document management system to a Russia-linked APT group. The Ukraine ‘s government blames a Russia-linked APT group for an attack on a government document management system, the System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies (SEI EB). According to Ukrainian officials, the hackers aimed at disseminating malicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2021
FireEye experts linked a series of attacks targeting Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) servers to the cybercrime group UNC2546, aka FIN11. Security experts from FireEye linked a series of cyber attacks against organizations running Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) servers to the cybercrime group UNC2546, aka FIN11. “Starting in mid-December 2020, malicious actors that Mandiant […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2021
The Chinese APT group had access to an NSA Equation Group, NSA hacking tool and used it years before it was leaked online by Shadow Brokers group. Check Point Research team discovered that China-linked APT31 group (aka Zirconium.) used a tool dubbed Jian, which is a clone of NSA Equation Group ‘s “EpMe” hacking tool years […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2021
The US DOJ charged three members of the North Korea-linked Lazarus Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group. The U.S. Justice Department indicted three North Korean military intelligence officials, members of the Lazarus APT group, for their involvement in cyber-attacks, including the theft of $1.3 billion in money and crypto-currency from organizations around the globe. The indictment […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2021
French software firm Centreon announced this week that the recently disclosed supply chain attack did not impact its paid customers. The French security agency ANSSI recently warned of a series of attacks targeting Centreon monitoring software used by multiple French organizations and attributes them to the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. The first attack spotted by ANSSI experts dates […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2021
French agency ANSSI attributes a series of attacks targeting Centreon servers to the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. The French security agency ANSSI is warning of a series of attacks targeting Centreon monitoring software used by multiple French organizations and attributes them to the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. The first attack spotted by ANSSI experts dates back […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2021
Microsoft says it found 1,000-plus developers’ fingerprints on the SolarWinds attack Microsoftâs analysis of the SolarWinds supply chain attack revealed that the code used by the threat actors was the work of a thousand developers. Microsoft president Brad Smith provided further details about the investigation of the SolarWinds supply chain attack, the companyâs analysis of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2021
Lookout researchers provided details about two Android spyware families employed by an APT group tracked as Confucius. Researchers at mobile security firm Lookout have provided details about two recently discovered Android spyware families, dubbed Hornbill and SunBird, used by an APT group named Confucius. Confucius is a pro-India APT group that has been active since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2021
Iran-linked APT group Domestic Kitten, also tracked as APT-C-50, has been conducting widespread surveillance targeting over 1,000 individuals. Domestic Kitten, also tracked as APT-C-50, is an Iran-linked APT group that has been active at least since 2018. In 2018, researchers at security firm CheckPoint uncovered an extensive surveillance operation conducted by Domestic Kitten aimed at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2021
Alleged China-linked hackers have exploited a flaw in the SolarWinds Orion software to hack systems at the U.S. National Finance Center. FBI investigators discovered that allegedly China-linked hackers have exploited a flaw in the SolarWinds Orion software to break into the systems of the U.S. National Finance Center. The National Finance Center is a federal […]
