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Last December, Kaspersky researchers discovered a new group targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware. Further investigation into this group’s activity suggests a connection to other groups currently targeting Russia. Kaspersky researchers have seen overlaps not only in indicators Read More …
In the last year, the cyber threat landscape continued to become more dangerous and complex. The malign actors of the world are becoming better resourced and better prepared, with increasingly sophisticated tactics, techniques, and tools that challenge even the world’s Read More …
SideWinder, aka T-APT-04 or RattleSnake, is one of the most prolific APT groups that began its activities in 2012 and was first publicly mentioned by us in 2018. Over the years, the group has launched attacks against high-profile entities in Read More …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and pertners are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to highlight the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by the Russian Federation’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) in recent cyber operations and provide network defenders Read More …
In the last five years, hackers managed to steal sensitive information from air-gapped systems belonging to different European governments on at least three separate occasions. An air-gapped system is a computer or network that is physically isolated from unsecured networks, Read More …
In recent months, adversaries have increasingly opted for the Havoc post‑exploitation framework. The tool is less popular compared to Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, and Sliver. According to BI.ZONE Threat Intelligence, this C2 framework is employed in an attempt to evade cybersecurity Read More …
In July 2021, a campaign was launched primarily targeting Russian government agencies and industrial enterprises. Shortly after the campaign started, Kaspersky began tracking it, and published three reports in August and September 2024 through their threat research subscription on the Read More …
A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of a swath of U.S. broadband providers, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests. For months or longer, the hackers might have held Read More …
While analyzing attacks on Russian organizations, Kaspersky team regularly encounters overlapping tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) among different cybercrime groups, and sometimes even shared tools. Kaspersky researchers recently discovered one such overlap: similar tools and tactics between two hacktivist groups Read More …
Since 2022, Mandiant has tracked and reported on IT workers operating on behalf of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). These workers pose as non-North Korean nationals to gain employment with organizations across a wide range of industries in Read More …
