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Hacker, Threats & Malware

Lazarus Group Exploits Zero-Day Vulnerability to Hack South Korean Financial Entity

March 8, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been observed weaponizing flaws in an undisclosed software to breach a financial business entity in South Korea twice within a span of a year. While the first attack in May 2022 entailed the use […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Law enforcement teams score major win against DoppelPaymer ransomware gang

March 6, 2023

Via: Help Net Security

In a joint effort, the German Regional Police, Ukrainian National Police, Europol, Dutch Police, and FBI joined forces on February 28, 2023, to take down the masterminds behind a notorious criminal organization responsible for unleashing devastating cyberattacks using the DoppelPaymer […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Dutch Police Arrest 3 Hackers Involved in Massive Data Theft and Extortion Scheme

February 27, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

The Dutch police announced the arrest of three individuals in connection with a “large-scale” criminal operation involving data theft, extortion, and money laundering. The suspects include two 21-year-old men from Zandvoort and Rotterdam and an 18-year-old man without a permanent […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Malicious actors push the limits of attack vectors

February 24, 2023

Via: Help Net Security

The war in Ukraine has seen the emergence of new forms of cyberattacks, and hacktivists became savvier and more emboldened to deface sites, leak information and execute DDoS attacks, according to Trellix. “Q4 saw malicious actors push the limits of […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

New Hacking Cluster ‘Clasiopa’ Targeting Materials Research Organizations in Asia

February 23, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Materials research organizations in Asia have been targeted by a previously unknown threat actor using a distinct set of tools. Symantec, by Broadcom Software, is tracking the cluster under the moniker Clasiopa. The origins of the hacking group and its […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Russian Found Guilty of Insider Trading in Hacking Case

February 15, 2023

Via: DataBreach Today

A U.S. jury returned a guilty verdict against a man who ran a criminal hacking scheme that earned $90 million via insider trading while running a Moscow-based IT services firm associated with the Russian government. After a 10-day trial, a […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

9 Scammers Busted for 5M Euro Phishing Fraud Ring

February 14, 2023

Via: Dark Reading

Nine suspects have been arrested — eight in Madrid and one in Miami — for their suspected participation in a cybercriminal organization accused of stealing more than 5 million euros from unsuspecting victims in less than a year. The joint […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Cybercriminals exploit fear and urgency to trick consumers

February 13, 2023

Via: Help Net Security

Cybercriminals remained active in spying and information stealing, with lottery-themed adware campaigns used as a tactic to obtain people’s contact details, according to Avast. Threats using social engineering to steal money, such as refund and invoice fraud and tech support […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Linked to Ryuk Ransomware

February 8, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

A Russian national on February 7, 2023, pleaded guilty in the U.S. to money laundering charges and for attempting to conceal the source of funds obtained in connection with Ryuk ransomware attacks. Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov, 30, was arrested in Amsterdam […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Hackers Exploit Vulnerabilities in Sunlogin to Deploy Sliver C2 Framework

February 7, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Threat actors are leveraging known flaws in Sunlogin software to deploy the Sliver command-and-control (C2) framework for carrying out post-exploitation activities. The findings come from AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC), which found that security vulnerabilities in Sunlogin, a remote […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

‘No Pineapple’ Hacking Campaign Reveals North Korean Toolkit

February 2, 2023

Via: DataBreach Today

A threat intelligence firm spotted North Korean hackers engaged in technological espionage in a campaign that betrayed recurring elements of the Pyongyang hacking toolkit. Cybersecurity firm WithSecure says it detected a campaign targeting the medical research and energy sectors that […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Lazarus Group Rises Again, to Gather Intelligence on Energy, Healthcare Firms

February 2, 2023

Via: Dark Reading

Security researchers on Feb. 2 reported that they have detected a cyberattack campaign by the North Korean Lazarus Group, targeting medical research and energy organizations for espionage purposes. The attribution was made by threat intelligence analysts for WithSecure, which discovered […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Threat actors abuse Microsoft’s “verified publisher” status to exploit OAuth privileges

January 31, 2023

Via: CSO Online

Researchers from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint claim to have discovered a new threat campaign involving malicious third-party OAuth apps that are used to infiltrate organizations’ cloud environments. According to a blog on the company’s website, threat actors satisfied Microsoft’s requirements for […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

FBI takes down Hive ransomware group in an undercover operation

January 27, 2023

Via: CSO Online

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) along with international partners have taken down the Hive ransomware group. The operation that began in July 2022 resulted in the FBI penetrating Hive’s computer networks, capturing its decryption keys, and offering them to […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Royal ransomware group actively exploiting Citrix vulnerability

January 13, 2023

Via: CSO Online

The Royal ransomware group is believed to be actively exploiting a critical security flaw affecting Citrix systems, according to the cyber research team at cyber insurance provider At-Bay. Announced by Citrix on November 8, 2022, the vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-27510, […]


Hacker, Mobile, Mobile security, Threats & Malware

StrongPity Hackers Distribute Trojanized Telegram App to Target Android Users

January 10, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

The advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as StrongPity has targeted Android users with a trojanized version of the Telegram app through a fake website that impersonates a video chat service called Shagle. “A copycat website, mimicking the Shagle service, […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Hackers are using ChatGPT to write malware

January 9, 2023

Via: TechRadar

ChatGPT continues filling the headlines – but this time for all the wrong reasons, experts have warned. Cybersecurity researchers from Check Point Research (CPR) have observed the tool being used by cybercriminals to improve – and sometimes build from scratch […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Russian Turla Cyberspies Leveraged Other Hackers’ USB-Delivered Malware

January 6, 2023

Via: Security Week

Active since at least 2006 and linked to the Russian government, the cyberespionage group is also tracked as Snake, Venomous Bear, Krypton, and Waterbug, and has been historically associated with the use of the ComRAT malware. Also known as Wauchos […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Ransomware gang apologizes for attack on children’s hospital

January 3, 2023

Via: TechRadar

Rarely do we see cybercriminals engage in brand crisis management but it’s 2023 now and anything’s possible. An affiliate of the infamous LockBit ransomware-as-a-service program recently attacked SickKids.ca – the Hospital for Sick Children. SickKids is a major pediatric teaching […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Port of Lisbon

December 30, 2022

Via: Security Affairs

The Port of Lisbon is the third-largest port in Portugal and one of the main European ports due to its strategic location. The website of the port was hit by a cyber attack on December 25, in response to the […]