Cyber Espionage, APT34 is back with a new backdoor: SideTwist
CheckPoint cybersecurity experts: The Iranian threat actor, aka OilRig, used the malware in a campaign on a Lebanese target.
Cyber Espionage, North Korea’s hackers exploit military security magazines
ASEC cybersecurity experts: An APT uses the April issue of a monthly magazine in Word to distribute targeted malware.
Cyber Espionage, Facebook blocked Earth Empusa attacks on Uyghurs
The Chinese hackers (aka Evil Eye) targeted activists, journalists and dissidents with various TTPs to infect their devices with malware.
Cyber Espionage, an APT used at least 11 zero-days exploits in less than a year
The cybersecurity expert Maddie Stone: It used “watering hole” attacks to redirect specific targets to a pair of exploit servers delivering malware on Windows, iOS, and Android.
Cyber Espionage, Microsoft released mitigation measures for Exchange server
However, the company warns: Are not a remediation, nor are they full protection against attack. The APTs threat is still active.
Cybersecurity, Update Microsoft Exchange Now!
Many state sponsored APTs are exploiting the 4 vulnerabilities, despite Microsoft patched them, to attack servers in USA, Europe, Asia and Middle East.
Cybersecurity, Microsoft patches the last 0-day Exchange Server vulnerabilities
They have been used by the China state-sponsored APT Hafnium for cyber espionage purpose against US. Update the systems now!
Cyber Espionage, Lazarus targets Defense industry with ThreatNeedle
Kaspersky cybersecurity experts: The North Korea APT’s malware, a backdoor, moves laterally through infected networks and extracts confidential information.
Cyber Espionage, Ocean Lotus targeted Vietnamese human rights defenders
Amnesty International: The APT (aka APT32) is behind several spyware attacks between 2018 and November 2020.
Cyber Espionage, Confucius targets Pakistan via Android spyware
Lookout cybersecurity experts: The pro-India APT is using two malware: Hornbill and SunBird, delivered as fake apps.