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Chinese APT Gelsemium Targets Linux Systems with New WolfsBane Backdoor
2024-11-21 15:50

The China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Gelsemium has been observed using a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane as part of cyber attacks likely targeting East and...

SideWinder APT Strikes Middle East and Africa With Stealthy Multi-Stage Attack
2024-10-17 10:15

An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor with suspected ties to India has sprung forth with a flurry of attacks against high-profile entities and strategic infrastructures in the Middle East and...

GoldenJackal APT group breaches air-gapped systems in Europe
2024-10-09 04:00

ESET researchers have discovered a series of attacks that took place in Europe from May 2022 to March 2024, where the attackers used a toolset capable of targeting air-gapped systems, in a...

Private US companies targeted by Stonefly APT
2024-10-03 10:49

Undeterred by the indictment issued against one of its alleged members, North Korean APT group Stonefly (aka APT45) continues to target companies in the US, Symantec threat analysts warned. About...

Iranian APT UNC1860 Linked to MOIS Facilitates Cyber Intrusions in Middle East
2024-09-20 10:11

An Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) threat actor likely affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) is now acting as an initial access facilitator that provides remote...

Microsoft confirms second 0-day exploited by Void Banshee APT (CVE-2024-43461)
2024-09-16 12:40

CVE-2024-43461, a spoofing vulnerability affecting Windows MSHTML – a software component used by various apps for rendering render web pages on Windows – “was exploited as a part of an attack...

Week in review: SonicWall critical firewalls flaw fixed, APT exploits WPS Office for Windows RCE
2024-09-01 08:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: SonicWall patches critical flaw affecting its firewalls (CVE-2024-40766) SonicWall has patched a...

APT-C-60 Group Exploit WPS Office Flaw to Deploy SpyGlace Backdoor
2024-08-28 13:48

A South Korea-aligned cyber espionage has been linked to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched critical remote code execution flaw in Kingsoft WPS Office to deploy a bespoke backdoor dubbed...

APT group exploits WPS Office for Windows RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-7262)
2024-08-28 09:00

ESET researchers discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in WPS Office for Windows (CVE-2024-7262). APT-C-60, a South Korea-aligned cyberespionage group, was exploiting it to target East...

Void Banshee APT exploited “lingering Windows relic” in zero-day attacks
2024-07-16 13:36

The zero-day exploit used to leverage CVE-2024-38112, a recently patched Windows MSHTML vulnerability, was wielded by an APT group dubbed Void Banshee to deliver malware to targets in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia, threat hunters with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative have shared. As previously explained by Check Point researcher Haifei Li, the attackers used files that were specially crafted to exploit the vulnerability but were made to look like PDFs. "The threat actor leveraged CVE-2024-38112 to execute malicious code by abusing the MHTML protocol handler and x-usc directives through internet shortcut files. Using this technique, the threat actor was able to access and run files directly through the disabled Internet Explorer instance on Windows machines," Trend Micro researchers noted.