C.A.S (Cyber Anarchy Squad) is a hacktivist group that has been attacking organizations in Russia and Belarus since 2022. Besides data theft, its goal is to inflict maximum damage, including reputational. To this end, the group’s attacks exploit vulnerabilities in publicly available services and make extensive use of free tools.
Kaspersky latest investigation unearthed new activity by the group, explored the attack stages, and analyzed the tools and malware used. In addition, we discovered links between C.A.S and other hacktivist groups, such as the Ukrainian Cyber Alliance and DARKSTAR. Like most hacktivist groups, C.A.S uses Telegram as a platform to spread information about victims. We found a channel that posts news and messages about the group’s attacks and ideology, as well as a chat hosting a discussion of its activities.
Read more…
Source: Kaspersky
Related:
- Cicada: Chinese APT Group Widens Targeting in Recent Espionage Activity
April 5, 2022
A Chinese state-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group is attacking organizations around the globe in a likely espionage campaign that has been ongoing for several months. Victims in this Cicada (aka APT10) campaign include government, legal, religious, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in multiple countries around the world, including in Europe, Asia, and North America. The wide ...
- MacOS SUHelper Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability: A Deep Dive Into CVE-2022-22639
April 4, 2022
Trend Micro researchers discovered a vulnerability in suhelperd, a helper daemon process for Software Update in macOS. A class inside suhelperd, SUHelper, provides an essential system service through the inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism. The process runs as root and is signed with special entitlements, such as com.apple.rootless.install, which grants the process permission to bypass System ...
- How Does Cybersecurity Impact Environmental Services and Infrastructure?
April 4, 2022
Environmental sustainability has become a significant concern for businesses today. Yet, many are not seeing the connection between sustainability efforts and cybersecurity. Despite how different they may seem, these two topics are intertwined. If environmental services and infrastructure don’t embrace better security, the consequences could be severe. If organizations hope to make a positive environmental impact, ...
- An In-Depth Look at ICS Vulnerabilities Part 2
April 4, 2022
In part one, Trend Micro researchers discussed ICS-CERT advisories from 2010 to 2021. Using MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) for ICS, determined the number of identified CVEs that affect the ICS environment. For this blog entry, Trend Micro look into the sectors affected, especially during 2021: Read more… Source: Trend Micro Related story: An In-Depth Look ...
- Borat RAT: Multiple threat of ransomware, DDoS and spyware
April 4, 2022
A new remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed “Borat” doesn’t come with many laughs but offers bad actors a menu of cyberthreats to choose from. RATs are typically used by cybercriminals to get full control of a victim’s system, enabling them to access files and network resources and manipulate the mouse and keyboard. Borat does all this ...
- Chinese hackers Deep Panda return with Log4Shell exploits, new Fire Chili rootkit
April 1, 2022
Deep Panda has launched new attacks this month that exploit Log4Shell to deploy the new Fire Chili rootkit. Deep Panda is a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) hacking group that has been active for at least a decade. The APT targets government, defense, healthcare, telecoms, and financial organizations, to name a few, for purposes including data ...