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State-backed hacking groups have breached a U.S. aeronautical organization using exploits targeting critical Zoho ManageEngine and Fortinet vulnerabilities, a joint advisory published by CISA, the FBI, and the United States Cyber Command revealed on Thursday. CISA was part of the incident response between February and April and said the hacking groups had been in the compromised aviation organization's network since at least January after hacking an Internet-exposed server running Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and a Fortinet firewall.

State-backed hacking groups have breached a U.S. aeronautical organization using exploits targeting critical Zoho and Fortinet vulnerabilities, a joint advisory published by CISA, the FBI, and the United States Cyber Command revealed on Thursday. CISA was part of the incident response between February and April and said the hacking groups had been in the compromised aviation organization's network since at least January after hacking an Internet-exposed server running Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and a Fortinet firewall.

The USA and the United Kingdom have sanctioned eleven Russian nationals associated with the TrickBot and Conti ransomware cybercrime operations. After numerous takedown attempts by the U.S. government, the Conti ransomware gang took control of the TrickBot operation and its development, using it to enhance more advanced and stealthy malware, such as BazarBackdoor and Anchor.

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Suspected Chinese hackers disproportionately targeted and breached government and government-linked organizations worldwide in recent attacks targeting a Barracuda Email Security Gateway zero-day, with a focus on entities across the Americas. Barracuda warned customers that the vulnerability was being exploited to breach ESG appliances on May 20, when it also patched all vulnerable devices remotely.

The Cisco Talos report exposes new malware used by the group to target Internet backbone infrastructure and healthcare organizations in the U.K. and the U.S. Two reports from cybersecurity company Cisco Talos provide intelligence about a new attack campaign from the North Korean threat actor Lazarus. The researchers observed the Lazarus group successfully compromise an internet backbone infrastructure provider in the U.K. in early 2023, deploying a new malware dubbed QuiteRAT. The initial compromise was done via exploitation of the CVE-2022-47966 vulnerability, which affects Zoho's ManageEngine ServiceDesk.

Cofense, a U.S.-based email security company, released a new report about a massive QR code phishing campaign that targets numerous industries. QR codes are not often used in phishing campaigns; cybercriminals tend to use them more in day-to-day life, leaving QR codes in different places so curious people will scan them and possibly get scammed or infected by malware.

The U.S. Justice Department charged two Tornado Cash founders with helping criminals, including the notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group, launder over $1 billion worth of stolen cryptocurrency through their decentralized crypto mixing service. Tornado Cash was also used to launder more than $96 million after the June Harmony Bridge hack and at least $7.8 million following the August Nomad Heist.

The MOVEit hack was not the same as classic ransomware attacks for which groups like Clop initially gained notoriety. Emerging digital forensic analysis from the aftermath of MOVEit suggests the hackers knew about the zero-day flaw in MOVEit as far back as 2021 when they tested it out covertly to see how much access they could get.

In a new HiatusRAT malware campaign, threat actors have targeted a server belonging to the U.S. Department of Defense in what researchers described as a reconnaissance attack. The website's affiliation with contract proposals suggests that the attackers might be seeking publicly accessible information about military requisites or trying to find information on Defense Industrial Base-affiliated organizations.