Iranian APT groups continue to very active, recently Charming Kitten cyber spies attempted to pose as an Israeli cyber-security firm that uncovered previous hacking campaigns. The Iranian Charming Kitten ATP group, aka Newscaster or Newsbeef, launched...
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new cyber espionage group tracked as RANCOR that has been targeting entities in South East Asia. According to the experts, the RANCOR APT group has been targeting political entities in Singapore,...
Security researchers at AlienVault uncovered a series of cyber attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges leveraging weaponized Hangul Word Processor HWP documents (Hangul Word Processor documents). The string of attacks involving the HWP documents has been...
SWIFT hackers continue to target banks worldwide, the last string of attacks hit financial institutions across Latin America. According to three people with knowledge of the matter cited by Cyberscoop the attacks were carried by North Korea-linked APT groups...
Symantec tracked a new APT group named Thrip that targeted0 satellite operators, telco companies and defense contractors in the US and Southeast Asia. Chinese APT groups are always very active, experts at Symantec have tracked a new APT group named Thrip that has...
Olympic Destroyer, the malicious code that was used in attacks against Winter Games in Pyeongchang, was involved in a new wave of cyber attacks. The same malware used in recent Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, tracked as Olympic Destroyer, has been...
Following the recent hack of a US Navy contractor security experts found evidence of very recent activity by the China-linked APT group tracked as APT15. The China-linked APT15 group (aka Ke3chang, Mirage, Vixen Panda, Royal APT and Playful Dragon)...
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Researchers observed a spike in the number of cyber-attacks targeting Singapore during the Trump-Kim Summit, from June 11 to June 12. Researchers at F5 Labs have observed a spike in the number of cyber-attacks targeting Singapore from June 11 to June...
Trend Micro spotted a new attack relying on weaponized Word documents and PowerShell scripts that appears related to the MuddyWater APT. Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted a new attack relying on weaponized Word documents and PowerShell...