Tag: group
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SideWinder Leverages ClickOnce Installer to Deliver StealerBot Malware
The notorious SideWinder advanced persistent threat (APT) group has evolved its cyber espionage tactics with a sophisticated new attack method, combining PDF lures with ClickOnce technology to deploy StealerBot malware against diplomatic targets across South Asia. SideWinder orchestrated a carefully planned phishing operation throughout 2025, deploying customized lures designed for specific diplomatic institutions. The campaign’s…
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New Malware Toolkit from MuddyWater Delivers Phoenix Backdoor to Global Targets
Group-IB Threat Intelligence has uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign orchestrated by the Iran-linked Advanced Persistent Threat group MuddyWater, targeting international organizations worldwide to gather foreign intelligence. The campaign demonstrates the threat actor’s evolving tactics and enhanced operational maturity in exploiting trusted communication channels to infiltrate high-value targets. MuddyWater launched the operation by accessing a compromised…
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How Lazarus Group used fake job ads to spy on Europe’s drone and defense sector
ESET researchers have uncovered a fresh wave of Operation DreamJob, a long-running campaign linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. This latest activity targeted several … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/23/eset-lazarus-operation-dreamjob/
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Lazarus Group Hunts European Drone Manufacturing Data
The campaign is the latest effort by the North Korean threat actor to collect data of strategic interest to Pyongyang. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/lazarus-group-hunts-european-drone-manufacturing-data
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Lazarus Group Hunts European Drone Manufacturing Data
The campaign is the latest effort by the North Korean threat actor to collect data of strategic interest to Pyongyang. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/lazarus-group-hunts-european-drone-manufacturing-data
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Iranian hackers targeted over 100 govt orgs with Phoenix backdoor
State-sponsored Iranian hacker group MuddyWater has targeted more than 100 government entities in attacks that deployed version 4 of the Phoenix backdoor. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iranian-hackers-targeted-over-100-govt-orgs-with-phoenix-backdoor/
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PhantomCaptcha targets Ukraine relief groups with WebSocket RAT in October 2025
PhantomCaptcha phishing campaign hit Ukraine relief groups with a WebSocket RAT on Oct 8, 2025, targeting Red Cross, UNICEF, and others. SentinelOne researchers uncovered PhantomCaptcha, a coordinated spear-phishing campaign on October 8, 2025, targeting Ukraine war relief groups, including Red Cross, UNICEF, NRC, and local administrations. Threat actors used fake emails to deploy a WebSocket-based…
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Russia’s Coldriver Ramps Up Malware Development After LostKeys Exposure
Google threat researchers in May publicized the Russian-based threat group Coldriver’s LostKeys credential-stealing malware. However, five days later, the bad actors launched three new malware families that they developed rapidly and used aggressively in their campaigns. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/russias-coldriver-ramps-up-malware-development-after-lostkeys-exposure/
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Bitter APT Exploiting Old WinRAR Vulnerability in New Backdoor Attacks
South Asian hacking group Bitter (APT-Q-37) is deploying a C# backdoor using two new methods: a WinRAR flaw and malicious Office XLAM files, targeting government and military sectors. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/bitter-apt-winrar-vulnerability-backdoor-attacks/
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Russia’s Coldriver Ramps Up Malware Development After LostKeys Exposure
Google threat researchers in May publicized the Russian-based threat group Coldriver’s LostKeys credential-stealing malware. However, five days later, the bad actors launched three new malware families that they developed rapidly and used aggressively in their campaigns. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/russias-coldriver-ramps-up-malware-development-after-lostkeys-exposure/
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WhatsApp Secures Ban on NSO Group After 6-Year Legal Battle
NSO Group must pay $4 million in damages and is permanently prohibited from reverse-engineering WhatsApp or creating new accounts after targeting users with spyware. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/whatsapp-ban-nso-group-legal-battle
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Iran-Linked MuddyWater Targets 100+ Organisations in Global Espionage Campaign
The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new campaign that has leveraged a compromised email account to distribute a backdoor called Phoenix to various organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including over 100 government entities.The end goal of the campaign is to infiltrate high-value targets and…
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Ukraine Aid Groups Targeted Through Fake Zoom Meetings and Weaponized PDF Files
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a coordinated spear-phishing campaign dubbed PhantomCaptcha targeting organizations associated with Ukraine’s war relief efforts to deliver a remote access trojan that uses a WebSocket for command-and-control (C2).The activity, which took place on October 8, 2025, targeted individual members of the International Red Cross, Norwegian Refugee First seen on thehackernews.com…
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MuddyWater Uses Compromised Mailboxes in Global Phishing Campaign
Group-IB has uncovered a phishing campaign by Iran-linked MuddyWater, exploiting compromised emails for foreign intelligence First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/muddywater-compromised-mailboxes/
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MuddyWater Targets 100+ Gov Entities in MEA with Phoenix Backdoor
The Iranian threat group is using a compromised mailbox accessed through NordVPN to send phishing emails that prompt recipients to enable macros. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/muddywater-100-gov-entites-mea-phoenix-backdoor
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Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack cost $2.5 billion, says monitoring group
The nonprofit Cyber Monitoring Centre says the cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is “the most economically damaging cyber event” to ever impact the United Kingdom. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/jaguar-land-rover-cyberattack-economic-impact
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Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack cost $2.5 billion, says monitoring group
The nonprofit Cyber Monitoring Centre says the cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is “the most economically damaging cyber event” to ever impact the United Kingdom. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/jaguar-land-rover-cyberattack-economic-impact
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‘I am not a robot’: Russian hackers use fake CAPTCHA lures to deploy espionage tools
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, captcha, ceo, communications, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, group, hacker, incident response, least-privilege, login, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, phishing, powershell, russia, strategy, tactics, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustEvolving tactics and strategies: Analysts said ColdRiver, which for years focused on credential theft and email account compromise, is shifting toward multi-stage intrusions that rely on users to execute malicious code.By using ClickFix pages that mimic CAPTCHA verification screens, the group can bypass email security filters and deliver malware directly to victims’ devices, increasing the…
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Bitter APT Exploits WinRAR Zero-Day Through Malicious Word Files to Steal Sensitive Data
In a newly uncovered campaign, the threat group known as Bitter”, also tracked as APT-Q-37″, has leveraged both malicious Office macros and a previously undocumented WinRAR path traversal vulnerability to deliver a C# backdoor and siphon sensitive information. Researchers at Qi’anxin Threat Intelligence Center warn that this dual-pronged attack illustrates the group’s evolving tactics and…
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Russia-linked COLDRIVER speeds up malware evolution after LOSTKEYS exposure
Russia-linked COLDRIVER rapidly evolved its malware since May 2025, refining tools just days after releasing its LOSTKEYS variant, says Google. The Russia-linked hacking group COLDRIVER has been quickly upgrading its malware since May 2025, when its LOSTKEYS malware was exposed. According to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, the hackers have been rolling out frequent updates and…
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New Salt Typhoon Attacks Leverage Zero-Days and DLL Sideloading
Salt Typhoon represents one of the most persistent and sophisticated cyber threats targeting global critical infrastructure today. Believed to be linked to state-sponsored actors from the People’s Republic of China, this advanced persistent threat group has executed a series of high-impact campaigns against telecommunications providers, energy networks, and government systems”, most notably across the United…
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Russia’s Coldriver Revamps Malware to Evade Detection
Russian Intel Hackers Flexible in Face of Detection. Russia-linked threat group COLDRIVER rapidly replaced its exposed malware with a stealthier PowerShell variant, using fake CAPTCHA prompts and cryptographic key-splitting to evade detection and escalate surveillance on NGOs, dissidents and policy experts, according to new research. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/russias-coldriver-revamps-malware-to-evade-detection-a-29776
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Salt Typhoon APT Targets Global Telecom and Energy Sectors, Says Darktrace
The China-linked Salt Typhoon APT group attacked a European telecom via a Citrix NetScaler vulnerability in July 2025, Darktrace reports. This follows past US Army and telecom breaches. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/salt-typhoon-apt-telecom-energy-sectors-darktrace/
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Google finds Russian state hackers replacing burned malware with new tools
A Russia-linked group tracked as Coldriver or Callisto is using three new pieces of malicious code to replace the LostKeys malware outed by Google earlier this year, the company said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/coldriver-callisto-russia-hackers-new-malware-google
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AI-fueled automation helps ransomware-asservice groups stand out from the crowd
Ransomware gangs that offer their affiliates customization and automation are growing faster than those that don’t, a new report finds. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-automation-ransomware-affiliates/803362/
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Singapore Officials Impersonated in Sophisticated Investment Scam
Group-IB has uncovered a scam operation impersonating Singapore officials using Google Ads and deepfakes First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/singapore-officials-investment-scam/
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Britisches Militär von Cyberattacke getroffen
Großbritannien wird immer häufiger Ziel von schwerwiegenden Cyberangriffen. Jetzt hat es das Militär getroffen.Laut einem Bericht der britischen Zeitung Daily Mail ist es russischen Hackern gelungen, Hunderte sensibler Militärdokumente zu ergaunern. Darunter befinden sich demnach Informationen zu acht Stützpunkten der Royal Air Force und der Royal Navy.Der von der Boulevardzeitung als ‘katastrophal” bezeichnete Sicherheitsvorfall geht auf…
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Russian State-Sponsored COLDRIVER Group Deploys New Malware After Exposure of LOSTKEYS
Following the public disclosure of its LOSTKEYS malware in May 2025, the Russian state-sponsored threat group known as COLDRIVER, also tracked under aliases such as UNC4057, Star Blizzard, and Callisto, has rapidly evolved its cyber operations. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/coldriver-new-malware-after-lostkeys-exposure/
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Britisches Militär von Cyberattacke getroffen
Großbritannien wird immer häufiger Ziel von schwerwiegenden Cyberangriffen. Jetzt hat es das Militär getroffen.Laut einem Bericht der britischen Zeitung Daily Mail ist es russischen Hackern gelungen, Hunderte sensibler Militärdokumente zu ergaunern. Darunter befinden sich demnach Informationen zu acht Stützpunkten der Royal Air Force und der Royal Navy.Der von der Boulevardzeitung als ‘katastrophal” bezeichnete Sicherheitsvorfall geht auf…