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APT28 Hacker Group Targeting Europe, Americas, Asia in Widespread Phishing Scheme
2024-03-18 05:59

The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT28 has been linked to multiple ongoing phishing campaigns that employ lure documents imitating government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in...

Mustang Panda Targets Asia with Advanced PlugX Variant DOPLUGS
2024-02-21 13:03

The China-linked threat actor known as Mustang Panda has targeted various Asian countries using a variant of the PlugX (aka Korplug) backdoor dubbed DOPLUGS. "The piece of customized PlugX malware...

Crime gang targeted jobseekers across Asia, looted two million email addresses
2024-02-09 04:03

Singapore-based infosec firm Group-IB has detected a group that spent the last two months of 2023 stealing personal info from websites operated by jobs boards and retailers websites across Asia. The actors, dubbed "ResumeLooters" by Group-IB, used SQL injection and Cross-Site Scripting attacks to steal databases from the sites.

China’s gambling crackdown spawned wave of illegal online casinos and crypto-crime in Asia
2024-01-16 03:30

Global crime networks have set up shop in autonomous territories run by armed gangs across Southeast Asia, and are using them to host physical and online casinos that, in concert with crypto exchanges, have led to an explosion of money laundering, cyberfraud, and cybercrime across the region and beyond. The scenario above was outlined on Monday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in a new report [PDF] titled "Casinos, Money Laundering, Underground Banking, and Transnational Organized Crime in East and Southeast Asia: A Hidden and Accelerating Threat."

New FjordPhantom Android Malware Targets Banking Apps in Southeast Asia
2023-12-01 12:40

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new sophisticated Android malware called FjordPhantom that has been observed targeting users in Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Thailand, and...

Chinese Hackers Target Semiconductor Firms in East Asia with Cobalt Strike
2023-10-06 11:49

Threat actors have been observed targeting semiconductor companies in East Asia with lures masquerading as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) that are designed to deliver Cobalt...

GoldDigger Android Trojan Targets Banking Apps in Asia Pacific Countries
2023-10-05 09:56

A new Android banking trojan named GoldDigger has been found targeting several financial applications with an aim to siphon victims' funds and backdoor infected devices. "The malware targets more...

Cybercrime – big in Asia Pacific
2023-07-18 02:43

Sponsored Post Kroll's latest State of Incident Response: APAC report suggests that over half of all organizations in Asia Pacific have experienced a cyber incident, of which a third have suffered multiple incidents. Kroll's research indicates that 36 percent of the Asia Pacific organizations it surveyed appear not to have an incident response plan to mitigate and neutralize threats in place should incidents occur, which leaves them vulnerable to further attacks, predicts the company.

Darkweb credit card marts in decline across Asia, researchers claim
2023-06-09 03:31

The number of stolen Asian credit card numbers appearing on darkweb crime marts has fallen sharply, cyber security firm Group-IB told Singapore's ATxSG conference on Thursday. Out of 29 million compromised accounts found on sale on the dark web, over 12 million featured top level domains related to India.

Spotted: Suspected Russian malware designed to disrupt Euro, Asia energy grids
2023-05-25 21:07

Malware designed to disrupt electric power grids was likely developed by a Russian contractor, according to Mandiant's threat intel team that discovered the malicious software and dubbed it CosmicEnergy. The team say it's likely a contractor created the malware as a red-teaming tool for simulated power disruption exercises hosted by Rostelecom-Solar, a Russian cybersecurity company.