Onyx Sleet uses array of malware to gather intelligence for North Korea

On July 25, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted an individual linked to the North Korean threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Onyx Sleet. Microsoft Threat Intelligence collaborated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in tracking Read More …

North Korean hackers are targeting Apple Mac devices with updated malware

North Korean state-sponsored threat actors are once again setting up fake job interviews in a bid to infect unsuspecting victims with infostealing malware – but this time around, they are focusing on Apple users. Cybersecurity researcher Patrick Wardle recently discovered Read More …

APT41 Has Arisen From the DUST

Recently, Mandiant became aware of an APT41 intrusion where the malicious actor deployed a combination of ANTSWORD and BLUEBEAM web shells for persistence. These web shells were identified on a Tomcat Apache Manager server and active since at least 2023. Read More …

New Bugsleep Backdoor Deployed In Recent Muddywater Campaigns

MuddyWater, an Iranian threat group affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), is known to be active since at least 2017. During the last year, MuddyWater engaged in widespread phishing campaigns targeting the Middle East, with a particular Read More …

OilAlpha targets Arabic-speaking humanitarian NGOs in Yemen

OilAlpha continues to target Arabic-speaking entities, as well as those interested in humanitarian organizations and NGOs operating in Yemen. According to reports, users are lured to a deceptive web portal that mimics the generic login interfaces of humanitarian organizations such Read More …

DodgeBox Loader Loading MoonWalk Backdoor

Threat researchers recently discovered a new loader dubbed DodgeBox. This loader shares significant traits with StealthVector, which is associated with the Chinese APT group APT41 / Earth Baku. DodgeBox functions as a loader for a new backdoor named MoonWalk, which Read More …

APT40 Advisory PRC MSS tradecraft in action

The PRC state-sponsored cyber group has previously targeted organisationsin various countries, including Australia and the United States, and the techniques highlighted below are regularly used by other PRC state-sponsored actors globally. Therefore, the authoring agencies believe the group, and similar Read More …

CloudSorcerer – A new APT targeting Russian government entities

In May 2024, Kaspersky researchers discovered a new advanced persistent threat (APT) targeting Russian government entities that we dubbed CloudSorcerer. It’s a sophisticated cyberespionage tool used for stealth monitoring, data collection, and exfiltration via Microsoft Graph, Yandex Cloud, and Dropbox Read More …

SentinelLabs uncovers new CapraRAT spyware targeting Android users

A new report released today by SentinelLabs, warns of a resurgence of CapraRAT spyware targeting mobile gamers and weapons enthusiasts through malicious Android applications. CapraRAT is an Android remote-access trojan virus used by a Pakistan-linked threat actor called Transparent Tribe, Read More …