Roaming Mantis reaches Europe

Roaming Mantis is a malicious campaign that targets Android devices and spreads mobile malware via smishing. Kaspersky researchers have been tracking Roaming Mantis since 2018, and they observed some new activities by Roaming Mantis in 2021, and some changes in Read More …

Russia’s Gamaredon aka Primitive Bear APT Group Actively Targeting Ukraine

Since November, geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine have escalated dramatically. It is estimated that Russia has now amassed over 100,000 troops on Ukraine’s eastern border, leading some to speculate that an invasion may come next. On Jan. 14, 2022, Read More …

Iranian APT MuddyWater targets Turkish users via malicious PDFs, executables

MuddyWater has conducted various campaigns against entities spread throughout the U.S.A, Europe, Middle East and South Asia. A typical TTP employed by the group is the heavy use of scripting in their infection chains using languages like PowerShell and Visual Read More …

Lazarus APT Uses Windows Update to Spew Malware

Lazarus Group is using Windows Update to spray malware in a campaign powered by a GitHub command-and-control (C2) server, researchers have found. On Thursday, the Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team reported that they discovered the North Korean state advanced persistent threat Read More …

German govt warns of APT27 hackers backdooring business networks

The BfV German domestic intelligence services (short for Bun­des­amt für Ver­fas­sungs­schutz) warn of ongoing attacks coordinated by the APT27 Chinese-backed hacking group. This active campaign is targeting German commercial organizations, with the attackers using the HyperBro remote access trojans (RAT) Read More …

Context and Recommendations to Protect Against Malicious Activity by Iranian Cyber Group Emennet Pasargad

This Private Industry Notice provides a historical overview of Iran-based cyber company Emennet Pasargad’s tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to enable recipients to identify and defend against the group’s malicious cyber activities. On 20 October 2021, a grand jury in Read More …

New MoonBounce UEFI malware used by APT41 in targeted attacks

Security analysts have discovered and linked MoonBounce, “the most advanced” UEFI firmware implant found in the wild so far, to the Chinese-speaking APT41 hacker group (also known as Winnti). APT41 is a notorious hacking group that has been active for Read More …