Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2018
Security experts at Palo Alto Networks uncovered a new espionage campaign carried out by Russia-Linked APT group Sofacy. Russian Cyber espionage group Sofacy (aka APT28, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, Sednit, Tsar Team, and Strontium)) carried out a new cyber campaign aimed at government agencies in four continents in an attempt to infect them with malware. The campaign has been focusing on Ukraine and NATO […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2018
STOLEN PENCIL campaign – North Korea-linked APT group has been targeting academic institutions since at least May of this year. North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting academic institutions with spear phishing attacks. The phishing messages include a link to a website where a decoy document that attempts to trick users into installing a malicious Google Chrome […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2018
Malware researchers at Yoroi – Cybaze Z-Lab analyzed the MuddyWater Infection Chain observed in a last wave of cyber attacks. Introduction At the end of November, some Middle East countries have been targeted by a new wave of attacks related to the Iranian APT group known as “MuddyWater“: their first campaign was observed back in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 30, 2018
Security researchers at Trend Micro recently discovered PowerShell-based backdoor that resembles a malware used by MuddyWater threat actor. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a Powershell-based backdoor that is very similar to a malware used by MuddyWater APT group. The first MuddyWater campaign was observed in late 2017, then researchers from Palo Alto Networks were investigating a mysterious wave […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2018
The experts at Cybaze ZLab – Yoroi continue the analysis of new strain of malware used by the Russia-linked APT29 cyberespionage group (aka Cozy Bear) The experts at Cybaze ZLab – Yoroi continue the analysis of new strain of malware used by the Russia-linked APT29 cyberespionage group (aka The Dukes, Cozy Bear, and Cozy Duke). The researchers of Yoroi ZLab, on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 20, 2018
Security experts at Palo Alto Networks analyzed the method used by Iran-linked OilRig APT Group to test weaponized docs before use in attacks. Security researchers Palo Alto Networks have analyzed the techniques adopted by Iran-linked APT group OilRig (aka APT34) to test the weaponized documents before use in attacks. The OilRig hacker group is an Iran-linked APT that has been around since at least 2015, since then it targeted mainly […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2018
Kaspersky revealed that the CVE-2018-8589 Windows 0-day fixed by Microsoft Nov. 2018 Patch Tuesday has been exploited by at least one APT group in attacks in the Middle East. Kaspersky Lab experts revealed that the CVE-2018-8589 Windows zero-day vulnerability addressed by Microsoft November 2018 Patch Tuesday has been exploited by an APT group in targeted attacks against entities in the Middle East. Kaspersky […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 13, 2018
Security firm Cylance has uncovered a sophisticated state-sponsored campaign, tracked as Operation Shaheen, against the Pakistan Air Force. According to the experts the campaign was carried out by a nation-state actor tracked as the White Company with access to zero-day exploits and exploit developers. “The preliminary findings detail one of the group’s recent campaigns, a year-long espionage effort […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 11, 2018
Experts at Volexity discovered that a recently patched remote code execution flaw (CVE-2018-15961) affecting the Adobe ColdFusion has been exploited in the wild. Security experts from Volexity reported that attackers in the wild are exploiting a recently patched remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Adobe ColdFusion. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-15961, is an unrestricted file upload vulnerability, successful exploitation could lead to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 10, 2018
North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been using FastCash Trojan to compromise AIX servers to empty tens of millions of dollars from ATMs. Security experts from Symantec have discovered a malware, tracked as FastCash Trojan, that was used by the Lazarus APT Group, in a string of attacks against ATMs. The ATP group has been using this malware […]
