A California resident phishing operator named Sercan Oyuntur has been indicted by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) for its malicious campaigns causing the US Department of Defense (DoD) to lose over $23.5 million in damages. The money swindled from the US DoD was meant for funding a jet fuel supplier. However, the phishing operator...Continue Reading
A new cyberespionage campaign carried out by the APT-C-23, also known as the AridViper APT group, has been observed by security experts, wherein high-ranking Israeli officials are being targeted. The advanced persistent threat (APT) group is a politically driven attack operator based in the Middle East and also goes by Desert Falcon and Two-tailed Scorpion....Continue Reading
Researchers revealed that malicious threat actors abuse short-lived malware to terrorize numerous industrial companies worldwide. The malware seeks corporate credentials and data to steal and sell it to other malicious entities for money. The researchers analysed the short-lived malware samples discovered in the first half of last year. About 21.2% of these malware samples were...Continue Reading
A cyberespionage campaign called DazzleSpy has recently been identified infecting macOS by exploiting a Safari browser’s flaw through a watering hole attack. Based on reports, the threat actors conducted the campaign to target Hong Kong-based politicians and are equipped with over-the-top technical capabilities. The threat actors targeted a legitimate website of a pro-democracy internet radio...Continue Reading
The recent SolarWinds cyberattack exposed a third-party supply chain weakness using exploitable vulnerabilities on other widely distributed and implemented software and system offerings available in the market. Still, many enterprises have little insight into the set of suppliers currently being used in their infrastructure systems. Based on a survey conducted by BlueVoyant, out of 1,500...Continue Reading
A widespread and highly persistent cyber-attack has been discovered by security researchers. The series of assaults conducted by APT10 hacking group were found to have been leveraging the Zerologon vulnerability of Windows, targeting mostly Japanese firms but has connections to attacks happening in more than 17 territories around the world. No particular industry was targeted,...Continue Reading
Three Nigerian nationals that are ostensibly pointed out as the Threat actors behind a malware distribution for phishing and other scams worldwide lead the joint force of INTERPOL, Nigeria Police Force cybercrime investigation, and Group-IB for their Operation Falcon in Lagos, Nigeria. There were reportedly 50,000 victims that were identified in an enormous Global Scam...Continue Reading
After few months working under the radar, cybersecurity experts again have unraveled the repurposed modus of the Iranian APT group dubbed as Charming Kitten. Their main targets are usually to perform cyber espionage to victims from the United States, Israel, and other countries who typically are prominent people from being an activist, entrepreneurs, government, and...Continue Reading
With their regular website and app scanning, Cybersecurity researcher spotted an unusual patch released by Zoom Company. Zoom is a popular application that is usually used for voice and video conferencing by many prominent businesses worldwide. The in-depth analysis confirmed that the patch was their resolution to the recently discovered vulnerability of the application. The...Continue Reading
Multiple high-profile and verified Twitter accounts were hacked on Wednesday by Cybercriminals that used the official accounts to spread a Cryptocurrency scam. The post lures the followers of high-profile accounts to send payment to a BTC Address within 30 minutes and “as payback” they will have the money back double in value – a common...Continue Reading
