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The group is best-known for hacking the DNC ahead of the 2016 presidential election. A phishing campaign bent on espionage, believed to be launched by the nation-state threat group known as APT29, is targeting high-value targets across the think-tank, law Read More …
Southeast Asia is the most actively attacked region, accordingly to Cyber Security firm, Group-IB. Their annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends Report 2018 advises, “In just one year, 21 state-sponsored groups were detected in this area, which is more than in the Read More …
Microsoft released today its monthly roll-up of security patches known as Patch Tuesday. This month, the Redmond-based company has fixed 62 security flaws. Among the 62 fixes, there is also a fix for a zero-day vulnerability that was under active Read More …
In a new collection of extensive research reports, the Cylance Threat Intelligence Team profiles a new, likely state-sponsored threat actor called The White Company – in acknowledgement of the many elaborate measures they take to whitewash all signs of their Read More …
The Inception threat group has been observed exploiting the CVE-2017-11882 Microsoft Office memory corruption vulnerability and a PowerShell-based backdoor dubbed POWERSHOWER in their most recent multi-stage attack campaign during October 2018. Inception was seen in action since at least 2014, Read More …
After being exposed, the APT made minor adjustments in their tactics to stay off the security radar. The APT group behind the sophisticated malware known as StrongPity (a.k.a. Promethium) has changed its tactics, after various research groups analyzed the malware Read More …
A fresh wave of cyberattacks striking the US, South Korea, and Canada has been connected to an APT group with ties to the Chinese military. On Thursday, cybersecurity researchers from McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team said they have discovered a new campaign Read More …
The hacking group which took down Ukrainian power grids is systematically targeting critical infrastructure in Ukraine and beyond in what security researchers believe could be cyber espionage and reconnaissance ahead of future attacks. Dubbed GreyEnergy by researchers at ESET, the group Read More …
Two year since its launch, NCSC helped the UK against almost 1,200 cyber attacks, most carried out by hostile nation states The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has revealed that it helps the country fend off at least ten Read More …
Ministry of Defence secrets were exposed in dozens of breaches of military cyber security policy last year, as hostile nations and spy agencies continue to probe the UK’s defence sector. Heavily redacted reports obtained by Sky News have revealed that Read More …
