Cyber Espionage, StrongPity targets Kurdish community in Syria
Bitdefender cyber security experts: The APT leveraged Trojanized popular tools and could be linked to Turkey. Victims are screened based on a targets list.
Cyber Warfare, NSA: Sandworm is exploiting a flaw in Exim MTA
The cyber security experts: Russia military cyber actors use the vulnerability to add privileged users, disable network security settings, execute additional scripts for further network exploitation.
Israel: We are in a new era of cyber warfare
National Cyber Security Directorate chief, Yigal Unna: The aggression against our water systems is a turning point. I fear cyber attacks will be aimed at humanitarian purposes.
Iran suffered a new cyber warfare attack: incident or a message?
Tehran confirms intrusion in port of Shahid Rajaei computers, but denies ties with Kornak incident. Analysts, however, speculate that events are correlated and linked to Strait of Hormuz threats.
Cyber Warfare, US expose new North Korea’s malware
The cyber security experts: They are COPPERHEDGE, TAINTEDSCRIBE, and PEBBLEDASH: a RAT and two trojans. Last February six other HIDDEN COBRA’s malicious codes were discovered.
Cyber Warfare, Lazarus galaxy and TTPs unveiled
Lexfo cyber security experts analyzed in depth the North Korea’s APT and it’s recurring patterns, from malware to communication. Including detection and mitigation techniques.
Cyber Warfare, UK: Russia is responsible for the cyber attacks against Georgia
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) assesses with the highest level of probability that on 28 October 2019 the GRU carried out large-scale, disruptive cyber-attacks.
Cyber Warfare, APT34/OilRig and APT33/Elfin cooperated in Fox Kitten Campaign
ClearSky cyber security experts: Iran-linked APTs hit dozens of companies and organizations around the world. They exploit vulnerabilities in systems with VPN-RDP services.
Cyber Espionage, last Gamaredon campaign on Ukraine exposed
Yoroi-ZLab cyber security experts analyzed in depth the Pterodo backdoor. A malware used to collect sensitive information or maintain access on compromised machines.
Terrorism, Anonymous cyber war against ISIS is still alive and ongoing
CtrSec: Islamic State’s propaganda “is back to a lowest level of activity, similar to 2018 after a surge in 2019”, but is not over. It supports Daesh kalifs and ops, “in a new era of war against ‘crusaders’”.