Security News

Researchers Uncover Cyber Espionage Operation Aimed At Indian Army
2020-09-30 08:00

The campaign's starting point is an email with an embedded malicious attachment - either in the form of a ZIP file containing an LNK file or a Microsoft Word document - that triggers an infection chain via a series of steps to download the final-stage payload. Aside from identifying three different infection chains, what's notable is the fact that one of them exploited template injection and Microsoft Equation Editor flaw, a 20-year old memory corruption issue in Microsoft Office, which, when exploited successfully, let attackers execute remote code on a vulnerable machine even without user interaction. What's more, the LNK files have a double extension and come with document icons, thereby tricking an unsuspecting victim into opening the file.

Researchers Uncover 6-Year Cyber Espionage Campaign Targeting Iranian Dissidents
2020-09-19 04:24

Capping off a busy week of charges and sanctions against Iranian hackers, a new research offers insight into what's a six-year-long ongoing surveillance campaign targeting Iranian expats and dissidents with an intention to pilfer sensitive information. The threat actor, suspected to be of Iranian origin, is said to have orchestrated the campaign with at least two different moving parts - one for Windows and the other for Android - using a wide arsenal of intrusion tools in the form of info stealers and backdoors designed to steal personal documents, passwords, Telegram messages, and two-factor authentication codes from SMS messages.

Hackers Exploit Autodesk Flaw in Recent Cyberespionage Attack
2020-08-26 16:09

Threat actors exploited a vulnerability in the popular 3D computer graphics Autodesk software in order to launch a recent cyber-espionage attack against an international architectural and video production company. Researchers said that further analysis of the attack points to a sophisticated, APT-style group that had prior knowledge of the company's security systems and used software applications, carefully planning their attack to infiltrate the company and exfiltrate data undetected.

Cyber-Espionage Group StrongPity Focuses on Kurdish Community
2020-07-01 03:34

Recent attacks associated with the threat actor known as StrongPity appear to focus on the Kurdish community in Turkey and Syria, Bitdefender security researchers say. Despite the publishing of several reports detailing its activities, the threat actor remains active and continues to target victims in various regions, including Colombia, India, Canada and Vietnam, Cisco Talos reveals.

Chafer APT Hits Middle East Govs With Latest Cyber-Espionage Attacks
2020-05-22 13:30

The Chafer APT has been active since 2014 and has previously launched cyber espionage campaigns targeting critical infrastructure in the Middle East. "Researchers have found attacks conducted by this actor in the Middle East region, dating back to 2018," according to a Thursday Bitdefender analysis.

This Asia-Pacific Cyber Espionage Campaign Went Undetected for 5 Years
2020-05-07 02:59

An advanced group of Chinese hackers has recently been spotted to be behind a sustained cyber espionage campaign targeting government entities in Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Brunei-which went undetected for at least five years and is still an ongoing threat. The group, named 'Naikon APT,' once known as one of the most active APTs in Asia until 2015, carried out a string of cyberattacks in the Asia-Pacific region in search of geopolitical intelligence.

This Asia-Pacific Cyber Espionage Campaign Went Undetected for 5 Years
2020-05-07 02:59

An advanced group of Chinese hackers has recently been spotted to be behind a sustained cyber espionage campaign targeting government entities in Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Brunei-which went undetected for at least five years and is still an ongoing threat. The group, named 'Naikon APT,' once known as one of the most active APTs in Asia until 2015, carried out a string of cyberattacks in the Asia-Pacific region in search of geopolitical intelligence.

Chinese Cyber-Espionage Group Targeted NGOs for Years
2020-01-08 05:33

Referred to as BRONZE PRESIDENT, the group may have been active since at least 2014, also targeting political and law enforcement organizations and using both proprietary and publicly available tools to monitor the activity of targeted organizations, discredit their work, or steal their intellectual property. BRONZE PRESIDENT targets NGOs that conduct research on issues relevant to China, the group's infrastructure is linked to entities in China, a subset of the group's operational infrastructure is linked to China-based Internet service providers, and the hackers leverage tools such as PlugX, which have historically been used by Chinese threat groups.

Cyberespionage Campaign Spreads: Report
2019-12-18 19:48

CyberX: Hackers Targeting Intellectual Property at Companies in South Korea and ElsewhereA new cyberespionage campaign has targeted hundreds of manufacturing and other industrial firms in South...

India Seeks Answers From WhatsApp After Cyberespionage
2019-10-31 18:41

India demanded answers from WhatsApp over a snooping scandal Thursday after coming under fire from critics who accused authorities of using malware installed on the Facebook-owned messaging...