Tag: apt
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Researchers unearth industrial sabotage malware that predated Stuxnet by 5 years
fast16.sys, is briefly mentioned in the 2017 Shadow Brokers leak of documents covering exploits and tools used by US National Security Agency cyber teams.”This 2005 attack is a harbinger for sabotage operations targeting ultra expensive high-precision computing workloads of national importance like advanced physics, cryptographic, and nuclear research workloads,” the SentinelOne researchers said in their…
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GopherWhisper: Ein neues Versteck voller Malware
ESET Research hat eine neue, von China unterstützte APT-Gruppe entdeckt, die wir GopherWhisper getauft haben. Sie zielt auf mongolische Regierungseinrichtungen ab. First seen on welivesecurity.com Jump to article: www.welivesecurity.com/de/eset-research/gopherwhisper-ein-neues-versteck-voller-malware/
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OilRig Hides C2 Config in Google Drive Image via LSB Steganography
APT-C-49 (OilRig), an Iranian state-sponsored advanced persistent threat group also known as APT34 and Helix Kitten, has deployed a sophisticated new attack campaign that conceals command-and-control configurations inside Google Drive images using LSB steganography. The group, which has been active since at least 2014, primarily targets government, energy, telecommunications, and financial sectors across the Middle…
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GopherWhisper: new China-linked APT targets Mongolia with Go-based malware
ESET found a new China-linked APT, tracked as GopherWhisper, targeting Mongolia using Go-based malware, loaders, and backdoors. ESET researchers uncovered a new China-aligned APT group called GopherWhisper, targeting government institutions in Mongolia. The group’s arsenal includes a range of tools mainly written in Go, such as loaders and injectors, which are used to deploy multiple…
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Harvester APT Goes Cross-Platform: New Linux Backdoor Abuses Microsoft Graph API
The post Harvester APT Goes Cross-Platform: New Linux Backdoor Abuses Microsoft Graph API appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/harvester-apt-linux-backdoor-microsoft-graph-api/
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Tropic Trooper APT Takes Aim at Home Routers, Japanese Targets
The Chinese state-sponsored cyber threat is known for moving fast and trying odd attack vectors; now it’s branching out in tools, victimology, and TTPs. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/tropic-trooper-apt-takes-aim-home-routers-japanese-targets
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Harvester APT Expands Spying Operations with New GoGra Linux Malware
New GoGra Linux malware linked to Harvester APT targets systems in South Asia, using fake PDFs and Microsoft APIs for covert command and control. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/harvester-apt-spying-new-gogra-linux-malware/
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Chinese APT Abuses Multiple Cloud Tools to Spy on Mongolia
The threat actor gave itself plenty of options to support command and control, tapping Microsoft Outlook, Slack, Discord, and file.io for online espionage. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/chinese-apt-abuses-cloud-tools-spy-mongolia
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New GopherWhisper APT group abuses Outlook, Slack, Discord for comms
A previously undocumented state-backed threat actor named GopherWhisper is using a Go-based custom toolkit and legitimate services like Microsoft 365 Outlook, Slack, and Discord in attacks against government entities. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-gopherwhisper-apt-group-abuses-outlook-slack-discord-for-comms/
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New GopherWhisper APT group abuses Outlook, Slack, Discord for comms
A previously undocumented state-backed threat actor named GopherWhisper is using a Go-based custom toolkit and legitimate services like Microsoft 365 Outlook, Slack, and Discord in attacks against government entities. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-gopherwhisper-apt-group-abuses-outlook-slack-discord-for-comms/
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Outlook Mailboxes Abused to Conceal Linux GoGra Backdoor Traffic
The Harvester APT group has quietly expanded its espionage arsenal with a new Linux variant of its GoGra backdoor, one that cleverly hides its command-and-control (C2) traffic within Microsoft Outlook mailboxes, making it significantly harder to detect with traditional network defenses. Researchers from Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team discovered the malware. They linked…
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GopherWhisper APT group hides command and control traffic in Slack and Discord
Attackers continue to lean on everyday collaboration platforms to hide command and control traffic inside normal enterprise noise. A newly identified China-aligned APT group … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/23/gopherwhisper-apt-group/
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Why AI-Driven Arms Race Needs Better Threat Intelligence
TrendAI’s Tom Kellermann on Defending Against Agentic Attacks, APT Collaboration. AI-driven threats now operate with speed, scale and persistence. Defenders need expanded telemetry, a global research team and an advanced XDR platform to predict and suppress adversaries defenders, said Tom Kellermann, vice president of AI security and threat intelligence at TrendAI. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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North Korea’s Lazarus APT stole $290M from Kelp DAO
North Korea-linked Lazarus Group stole $290M from Kelp DAO by abusing LayerZero. A second $95M attempt was stopped. Hackers tied to the North-Korea linked group Lazarus APT carried out a $290M crypto theft targeting Kelp DAO. Kelp DAO is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol built on the Ethereum ecosystem that focuses on a concept called…
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Chinese APT Targets Indian Banks, Korean Policy Circles
China is spying on India’s financial sector, for some reason, and it’s not putting much effort into it, judging by some stale TTPs. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/chinese-apt-indian-banks-korean-policy
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The thin gray line: Handala, CyberAv3ngers and Iran’s proxy ops
A state of perpetual interference: To understand how proxy insurgent groups such as Handala fit within Iran’s modern-day intelligence ecosystem, we first need to look at the historical development of the country’s intelligence operations.In 1953, the United States and Britain (via conduit operations of the CIA and MI6, respectively) instigated a coup in Iran that…
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BITTER APT Uses Signal, Google, and Zoom Lures to Spread ProSpy Spyware
BITTER APT spreads ProSpy and ToSpy via Signal, Google, and Zoom lures, targeting journalists through LinkedIn and iMessage spearphishing. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/bitter-apt-signal-google-zoom-prospy-spyware/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 572 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Censys finds 5,219 devices exposed to attacks by Iranian APTs, majority in U.S. GlassWorm evolves with…
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Censys finds 5,219 devices exposed to attacks by Iranian APTs, majority in U.S.
Tags: apt, attack, automation, cisa, cyberattack, data-breach, exploit, infrastructure, Internet, iran, technology, threatCensys researchers found 5,219 exposed Rockwell PLCs online, mostly in the U.S., urging defenders to secure or disconnect them. On April 7, 2026, U.S. agencies, including FBI, CISA, and NSA, warned of Iran-linked APTs exploiting internet-exposed Rockwell Automation PLCs. Threat actors are carrying out cyberattacks targeting internet-connected operational technology (OT) across multiple critical infrastructure sectors.…
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Iranian APT alert: 5,219 Rockwell PLCs exposed online
Censys has warned that more than 5,000 Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley PLCs are currently exposed to the internet as Iranian-affiliated APT actors actively target these devices across U.S. critical infrastructure. The same operators were previously associated with a November 2023 campaign that compromised at least 75 Unitronics PLCs in U.S. water and wastewater facilities, showing a continuing…
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Middle East Espionage Attack Uses Fake Secure Messaging Apps to Deliver ProSpy
Hackers are impersonating popular secure messaging apps to deploy a sophisticated Android spyware tool called ProSpy against journalists, activists, and political figures across the Middle East, in a hack”‘for”‘hire campaign linked to the BITTER APT group. The campaign has been active since at least 2022. It primarily targets civil society members and potentially government officials in countries…
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Russia’s ‘Fancy Bear’ APT Continues Its Global Onslaught
Victims don’t need to match the cybercrime group’s technical sophistication, experts say. But patching and some form of zero trust are now non-negotiable. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/russias-fancy-bear-apt-continues-global-onslaught
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Middle East HackHire Operation Traced to South Asian Cyber Espionage Group
A spear-phishing campaign which spread across the Middle East between 2023 and 2024 has now been linked to Bitter APT group First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/middle-east-hack-operation-bitter/
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Iran”‘linked PLC attacks cause real”‘world disruption at critical US infra sites
Tags: access, advisory, apt, attack, automation, ciso, control, cyber, group, healthcare, infrastructure, iran, switch, threatA recurring Iranian playbook: The advisory linked the current campaign to a pattern of Iranian state-affiliated targeting of US industrial control systems. The authoring agencies have previously reported similar activity by CyberAv3ngers, affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command, which compromised at least 75 Unitronics PLC devices across water, wastewater, and other…
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NSFOCUS Monthly APT Insights February 2026
Regional APT Threat Situation In February 2026, the global threat hunting system of FUYING Lab detected a total of 21 APT attack activities. These activities were primarily concentrated in regions including South Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia, as shown in the figure below. Regarding the activity levels of different groups, the most active APT…The…
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Chinesische APT nutzt CitrixDay – Salt Typhoon: Systematischer und verdeckter Angriff
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/salt-typhoon-systematischer-und-verdeckter-angriff-a-ce0e527281b7bb9a75b4623a5d628bb0/
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Cisco fixes critical IMC auth bypass present in many products
Tags: access, ai, api, apt, attack, authentication, cisco, computing, credentials, cybersecurity, dns, email, exploit, firewall, firmware, flaw, group, infrastructure, linux, malicious, monitoring, network, password, ransomware, risk, router, vulnerability, zero-day[ Related: More Cisco news and insights ] The Cisco IMC is a baseboard management controller (BMC), a dedicated controller embedded into server motherboards with its own RAM and network interface that gives administrators monitoring and management capabilities as if they were physically connected to the server with a keyboard, monitor, and mouse (KVM). Because BMCs run…
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Google links Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korea-linked APT UNC1069
Google links the Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korean threat group UNC1069, targeting financial gain. Google has attributed the recent Axios npm supply chain compromise to a North Korean threat group tracked as UNC1069. The attack, aimed at financial gain, exploited the package to target developers and organizations relying on Axios. John Hultquist…
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Operation »Epic Fury» und die digitale Reaktion
Die geopolitische Cyberlage in Europa hat sich seit dem 28. Februar 2026 grundlegend verschärft. Mit der militärischen »Epic Fury«- Operation gegen den Iran hat sich eine latente Bedrohung zu einem aktiven Cyberkonflikt entwickelt. Währenddessen positionieren sich chinesische APT-Gruppen unbemerkt in kritischen Infrastrukturen. Die Cybersecurity-Expertinnen und Experten von InfoGuard berichten in ihrem quartalsweisen Threat Report,… First…
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Iran Deploys ‘Pseudo-Ransomware,’ Revives Pay2Key Operations
Iranian APTs are blurring the lines between state-sponsored and cybercriminal activities to target high-impact US organizations. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/iran-pseudo-ransomware-pay2key-operations