Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2025
Gamaredon targeted a foreign military mission in Ukraine with updated GammaSteel malware on Feb 26, 2025, per Symantec. Symantec Threat Hunter researchers reported that the Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon (a.k.a. Shuckworm, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, ACTINIUM, Callisto) targeted a foreign military mission based in Ukraine with an updated version of the GamaSteel infostealer. Shuckworm is known for targeting government, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2025
At least one APT group has exploited a vulnerability in ESET software to stealthily execute malware, bypassing security measures. Kaspersky researchers reported that an APT group, tracked as ToddyCat, has exploited a vulnerability in ESET software to stealthily execute malware, bypassing security. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-11859, is a DLL Search Order Hijacking issue that potentially allow […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 03, 2025
Ivanti addressed a critical remote code execution flaw in Connect Secure, which has been exploited since at least mid-March 2025. Ivanti released security updates to address a critical Connect Secure remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-22457. The vulnerability has been exploited by a China-linked threat actor since at least mid-March 2025. Ivanti did not disclose […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2025
China-linked APT Weaver Ant infiltrated the network of a telecommunications services provider for over four years. The China-linked threat actor Weaver Ant infiltrated the network of a telecom provider in Asia for over four years. During a forensic investigation, Sygnia researchers observed multiple alerts that revealed a re-enabled threat actor account by a service account […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 23, 2025
Cisco Talos found UAT-5918, active since 2023, using web shells and open-source tools for persistence, info theft, and credential harvesting. Cisco Talos uncovered UAT-5918, an info-stealing threat actor active since 2023, using web shells and open-source tools for persistence and credential theft. The APT UAT-5918 targets Taiwan, exploiting N-day vulnerabilities in unpatched servers for long-term […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2025
The U.S. Treasury is lifting sanctions on Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer accused of helping North Korea’s Lazarus Group launder illicit funds. The U.S. Treasury Department removed sanctions against the cryptocurrency mixer service Tornado Cash. In August 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the crypto mixer service Tornado Cash used by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2025
11 state-sponsored APTs exploit malicious .lnk files for espionage and data theft, with ZDI uncovering 1,000 such files used in attacks. At least 11 state-sponsored threat groups have been abusing Windows shortcut files for espionage and data theft, according to an analysis by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). Trend ZDI researchers discovered 1,000 malicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2025
North Korea-linked APT group ScarCruft used a new Android spyware dubbed KoSpy to target Korean and English-speaking users. North Korea-linked threat actor ScarCruft (aka APT37, Reaper, and Group123) is behind a previously undetected Android surveillance tool named KoSpy that was used to target Korean and English-speaking users. ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2025
Mandiant researchers warn that China-linked actors are deploying custom backdoors on Juniper Networks Junos OS MX routers. In mid-2024, Mandiant identified custom backdoors on Juniper Networks’ Junos OS routers, and attributed the attacks to a China-linked espionage group tracked as UNC3886. These TINYSHELL-based backdoors had various capabilities, including active and passive access and a script to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2025
The APT group SideWinder targets maritime and logistics companies across South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Kaspersky researchers warn that the APT group SideWinder (also known as Razor Tiger, Rattlesnake, and T-APT-04) is targeting maritime, logistics, nuclear, telecom, and IT sectors across South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. SideWinder (also […]
