APT

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2021
RedXOR, a new powerful Linux backdoor in Winnti APT arsenal

Intezer experts have spotted a new strain of Linux backdoor dubbed RedXOR that is believed to be part of the arsenal of China-linked Winniti APT. Researchers from Intezer have discovered a new sophisticated backdoor, tracked as RedXOR, that targets Linux endpoints and servers. The malware was likely developed by the China-linked cyber espionage group Winnti. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2021
Chinese hackers allegedly hit thousands of organizations using Microsoft Exchange

Thousands of organizations may have been victims of cyberattacks on Microsoft Exchange servers conducted by China-linked threat actors since January. At least tens of thousands of Microsoft customers may have been hacked by allegedly China-linked threat actors since January, including business and government agencies. The attacks started in January, but the attackers’ activity intensified in […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2021
GoldMax, GoldFinder, and Sibot, 3 new malware used by SolarWinds attackers

Microsoft experts continue to investigate the SolarWinds attack and spotted 3 new strains of malware used as second-stage payloads. Microsoft announced the discovery of three new pieces of malware that the threat actors behind the SolarWinds attack, tracked by the IT giant as Nobelium, used as second-stage payloads. Microsoft’s initial investigation revealed the existence of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2021
Alleged China-linked APT41 group targets Indian critical infrastructures

Recorded Future researchers uncovered a campaign conducted by Chinese APT41 group targeting critical infrastructure in India. Security researchers at Recorded Future have spotted a suspected Chinese APT actor targeting critical infrastructure operators in India. The list of targets includes power plants, electricity distribution centers, and seaports in the country. The attacks surged while relations between […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2021
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets defense industry with ThreatNeedle backdoor

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has targeted the defense industry with the custom-backdoor dubbed ThreatNeedle since 2020. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has targeted the defense industry with the backdoor dubbed ThreatNeedle since early 2020. The state-sponsored hackers targeted organizations from more than a dozen countries. The experts discovered the custom backdoor while investigating an […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2021
Ukraine: nation-state hackers hit government document management system

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 17, 2021
US DoJ charges three members of the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group

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 16, 2021
Hackers abusing the Ngrok platform phishing attacks

Researchers from threat intelligence Cyble have discovered threat actors abusing the Ngrok platform in a fresh phishing campaign. Researchers at the threat intelligence firm Cyble discovered a new wave of phishing attacks targeting multiple organizations that are abusing the ngrok platform, a secure and introspectable tunnel to the localhost. ngrok is a cross-platform application used to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2021
France agency ANSSI links Russia’s Sandworm APT to attacks on hosting providers

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
The malicious code in SolarWinds attack was the work of 1,000+ developers

Microsoft says it found 1,000-plus developers’ fingerprints on the SolarWinds attack Microsoft’s 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 company’s analysis of […]