Invitation to a secret event: Uncovering Earth Yako’s campaigns

In 2021, Trend Micro researchers observed several targeted attacks against researchers of academic organizations and think tanks in Japan. Trend Micro have since been tracking this series of attacks and identified the new intrusion set we have named “Earth Yako”. Read More …

Australia: Fire Rescue Victoria confirms cyber attack from ‘external third party’ as outage continues

Fire Rescue Victoria [FRV] has confirmed it has been the victim of a cyber attack as it continues to deal with a widespread IT outage. FRV revealed on Thursday it was having to alert firefighters to emergencies by mobile phone Read More …

Hackers target Japanese politicians with new MirrorStealer malware

A hacking group tracked as MirrorFace has been targeting Japanese politicians for weeks before the House of Councilors election in July 2022, using a previously undocumented credentials stealer named ‘MirrorStealer.’ The campaign was discovered by ESET, whose analysts report they Read More …

Always Another Secret: Lifting the Haze on China-nexus Espionage in Southeast Asia

Mandiant Managed Defense recently identified cyber espionage activity that heavily leverages USB devices as an initial infection vector and concentrates on the Philippines. Mandiant tracks this activity as UNC4191 and we assess it has a China nexus. UNC4191 operations have Read More …

Australian Cyber Task Force Looks to “Hack the Hackers” After Data Breach Crime Wave

A recent string of data breaches has prompted rapid changes to Australia’s cybersecurity and data protection policies, and the latest development appears to be a cyber task force set to “hack back” and actively pursue what Minister for Home Affairs Read More …

Vanuatu: Hackers strand Pacific island government for over a week

Vanuatu’s government has been knocked offline for more than 11 days after a suspected cyber-attack on servers in the country. The hack has disabled the websites of the Pacific island’s parliament, police and prime minister’s office. It has also taken Read More …

Earth Preta Spear-Phishing Governments Worldwide

Trend Micro researchers have been monitoring a wave of spear-phishing attacks targeting the government, academic, foundations, and research sectors around the world. Based on the lure documents researchers observed in the wild, this is a large-scale cyberespionage campaign that began Read More …