Tag: group
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CRPx0 Ransomware Claims Hyundai Turkey Breach, Steals 1.5GB of Assessment Data
The double-extortion ransomware group CRPx0 has listed Hyundai’s Turkish operations on its dark web leak site, claiming to have exfiltrated 1.5 GB of sensitive personnel and recruitment data from the automaker’s assessment systems. According to CyberWatch, first flagged on its data-leak portal, the target is described as a >>Korean automotive manufacturer (Turkish operations)<< with the…
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North Korea’s APT Capabilities Are No Longer State-Exclusive
Tags: access, apt, cyber, finance, group, hacker, infrastructure, korea, lazarus, malware, military, north-korea, ransomware, skillsAhnLab Found Shared Malware, SSH Keys and Infrastructure Across Two Campaigns. Shared malware, infrastructure and access methods link Lazarus Group to Gunra ransomware activity, while former North Korean military hackers allegedly used state-trained skills to steal bank funds, exposing cyber capability diffusion and blowback inside the regime. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/north-koreas-apt-capabilities-are-no-longer-state-exclusive-a-32392
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South Korea Warns of State-Backed Watering Hole Attacks
South Korea warned that nation-state actors are using phishing and compromised websites to silently infect citizens and businesses. South Korea agencies (The National Intelligence Service, the National Police Agency, the Korea Internet & Security Agency, and the Financial Security Institute) jointly published an advisory warning that a state-backed hacking group is actively targeting South Korean…
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Researchers Report 84 Flaws in 4G and 5G Cores, Including a Session Hijacking Flaw
An academic study has disclosed a “widespread class” of security vulnerabilities impacting 4G and 5G core networks that, if successfully exploited, could trigger denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and even session hijacking, allowing an attacker to seize control of a user’s network session.The findings have been released by a group of researchers from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University…
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AWS Blames North Korean Group for Axios and Other npm Supply Chain Attacks
AWS has linked North Korea to the axios campaign to other attacks on npm libraries First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/aws-north-korea-axios-npm-supply/
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BCON Collective uncovers shared phishing infrastructure linked to ShinyHunters
Bridewell’s BCON Collective has uncovered an active phishing infrastructure spanning more than 100 malicious domains after investigating what initially appeared to be a routine blocked vishing attempt against one of its customers. The investigation found evidence suggesting the campaign is linked to the ShinyHunters cybercriminal group and revealed that the same phishing kit is being…
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BlackTech APT Uses New BlueShell Linux Backdoor in Attacks on Japanese Organizations
BlackTech, a long-running China-aligned APT group, has adopted a new Linux backdoor built on the BlueShell open-source RAT to conduct post-intrusion operations against Japanese organizations, signaling ongoing toolchain evolution and focused targeting of enterprise Linux environments. Originally published on GitHub with Chinese-language documentation, BlueShell has seen limited but consistent abuse by China-based threat actors, including…
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A Leaked Memo Ties Cyberattacks on Minnesota Water Utilities to Iran
A memo obtained by WIRED, issued by the water utilities information sharing group WaterISAC, links dozens of cyberattacks against Minnesota water utilities to Tehran. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/a-leaked-memo-ties-cyberattacks-on-minnesota-water-utilities-to-iran/
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Flailing Ransomware Hackers Resorting to Extreme Tactics
Silent Ransom Bucks Trend of Fewer Victims Paying, and Paying Less When They Do. Fewer ransomware victims are choosing to pay a ransom than ever before, bar some big payoffs that largely trace to high-profile law firms that got hit by a group called Silent Ransom, which the FBI says has a penchant for infiltrating…
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Authorities investigating a coordinated cyberattack against Minnesota water systems
The two-day attack comes days after federal officials warned of state-linked threat groups targeting a wider set of industrial devices. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/authorities-investigating-a-coordinated-cyberattack-against-minnesota-water/826427/
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Nimbus Manticore Deploys NightLedger and Turns Victim Systems Into Covert Relays
The Iranian state-backed hacking group tracked as Nimbus Manticore (aka GalaxyGato, Mirage Kitten, Smoke Sandstorm, Subtle Snail, and UNC1549) has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting entities across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.The intrusions involve the use of a previously undocumented Windows backdoor called NightLedger and two custom WebSocket tunnelers,…
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AWS to retire Shield Advanced L7 automatic mitigation on January 1, 2027
AWS Shield Advanced, a managed service that protects applications from external threats, is adding the Anti-DDoS managed rule group, designed for application-layer (L7) DDoS … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/28/aws-waf-anti-ddos-rule-group/
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ShinyHunters Claims EY Data Breach, Threatens to Leak Stolen Client Tax Data
ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for the data breach at Ernst & Young (EY) and is threatening to publish allegedly stolen client tax information unless the professional services firm engages in negotiations before July 31, 2026. The extortion group posted about EY on its dark web leak site, describing the deadline as a “final warning” and…
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FBI: Breaking Affiliate Trust Sped Along LockBit’s Takedown
An FBI agent explains how the mulitnational law-enforcement Operation Cronos was successful in disrupting the largest ransomware group of its time. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/fbi-breaking-affiliate-trust-lockbit-takedown
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NVIDIA Forms 37-Member Open Secure AI Alliance and Open-Sources NOOA Framework
Tags: ai, cisco, cloud, crowdstrike, framework, group, ibm, intelligence, linux, microsoft, network, nvidia, open-source, software, toolNVIDIA and 36 other organizations have formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop and share open technologies, techniques, and tools for securing software and artificial intelligence (AI) agents.The 37-member group spans cloud, security, enterprise software, and AI companies, including Microsoft, Cisco, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, Hugging Face, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, and the Linux…
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Clop Tied to PTC Product Lifecycle Management Software Hits
Signs Point to Cl0p Extortion Group Again Stealing Data and Holding It to Ransom. Digital extortion group Clop, aka Cl0p, has been tied to a fresh spate of supply-chain attacks, this time targeting users of popular Windchill and FlexPLM product lifecycle management software from PTC. Victims appear to at least span the aerospace, automotive, manufacturing…
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Insane Castle Hurricane: APT Codename Confusion Proliferates
Google Debuts Yet Another Way to Track State-Sponsored and Cybercrime Actors What do Castle, Ion, Neptune, Relic and Comet have in common? They’re among the codenames Google will begin assigning to threat groups, many of which already have a dozen different codenames assigned to them. In the words of one researcher: There is a massive…
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Tech industry giants say US must embrace openness, transparency in AI
Open-source and open-weight AI models are essential cybersecurity tools, two groups of major AI and security firms said. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-open-source-weights-tech-industry-promote/826240/
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Tech giants form alliance to put open AI in cyber defenders’ hands
NVIDIA and a group of tech companies have formed an alliance to promote the use of open AI models in cybersecurity, days after OpenAI disclosed that one of its own AI models … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/27/nvidia-open-secure-ai-alliance/
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Google changes how it names cyber threat actors
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has started using a new naming system for the threat actors it tracks. The change comes after Mandiant and Google’s Threat … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/27/google-threat-actors-naming-system/
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Cruciferra Crypter Uses BYOVD and Process Ghosting to Hide Windows Malware
The China-linked cybercrime group behind the use of income tax-related phishing lures targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams has been observed using a sophisticated crypter service called Cruciferra.According to a new analysis by Proofpoint, Cruciferra has been utilized by various unrelated cybercriminal threat clusters to deliver a wide array of remote First…
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Ransomware Groups Increasingly Deploy EDR Kill Techniques
Halcyon’s latest quarterly ransomware report showed that while ransomware attacks are declining, obfuscation techniques are getting harder to fight against First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ransomware-q2-2026-edr-kill/
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How the Gentlemen Ransomware Group Built a Multi-Region Attack Machine in H1 2026
Ransomware’s biggest story in the first half of 2026 was not only about established names maintaining dominance. A newer player, The Gentlemen ransomware group, emerged as one of the most geographically active operators, expanding its reach across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East & Africa, and the Americas. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/the-gentlemen-ransomware-group/
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BlueNoroff Fake Meeting Kit Captures Webcams, Disables Defender and Steals Cryptocurrency Credentials
BlueNoroff, a financially motivated threat cluster linked to the Lazarus Group, has been observed deploying a highly sophisticated “fake meeting” phishing kit. That goes far beyond traditional lures, enabling webcam capture, Microsoft Defender evasion, and targeted cryptocurrency credential theft. New research from JUMPSEC provides rare source-level visibility into the operation after attackers mistakenly exposed JavaScript…
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Inside the violent online network coercing children to self-harm – podcast
This year the FBI issued urgent warnings to parents about 764, a global online community where children are manipulated into acts of violence.<br><br>With hundreds of investigations under way worldwide, including in Australia, 764 and groups like it are accused of using coercion to turn vulnerable minors into victims and, in some cases, predators.<strong>Nour Haydar</strong> speaks…
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ShinyHunters data leaks fuel $2,000 sextortion email scam
Threat actors are using email addresses exposed in data breaches leaked by the ShinyHunters extortion group to send sextortion emails demanding $2,000 in Bitcoin. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-data-leaks-fuel-2-000-sextortion-email-scam/
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Google Launches Unified Cryptonym-Based Naming System for Threat Actors
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has introduced a unified cryptonym-based naming system for cyber threat actors, aiming to simplify attribution, improve analyst workflows, and eliminate inconsistencies between legacy tracking conventions used across Google’s security teams. The initiative follows the integration of Mandiant and Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) into GTIG. Before the merger, both organizations…
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Russian hackers exploit unpatched Zimbra servers to steal emails
Russian state-backed hacker group Laundry Bear has been breaking into government and commercial networks for at least a year by exploiting a vulnerability in the Zimbra … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/24/laundry-bear-zimbra-vulnerability-cve-2025-66376/
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Golden Chickens Launches Four Modular Malware Families to Steal Chrome Credentials and Hijack Browser Sessions
Golden Chickens, tracked as TAG-195 and also known as Venom Spider, has launched four new modular malware families designed to enhance credential theft, browser session hijacking, and post-exploitation flexibility. The newly identified families TinyEgg, ChonkyChicken, a modularized ChonkyChicken variant, and ChromEggscalator mark a clear architectural evolution in the group’s malware-as-a-service (MaaS) ecosystem, signaling a shift…
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Russian Hackers Used a Zimbra Zero-Day to Steal Emails Without Link Clicks
Russian hackers from the TA488 group exploited a Zimbra webmail flaw triggered when emails were opened or previewed, stealing credentials and up to 90 days of messages from victims. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/russian-hackers-zimbra-0-day-steal-emails-link-clicks/