Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2018

Researchers from the Z-Lab at CSE Cybsec analyzed a new collection of malware allegedly part of a new espionage campaign conducted by the APT28 group. In particular, they noticed a malware sample submitted to Virus Total that was attributed by some experts to the Russian APT28 group.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2019

According to the media outlet, Chinese state-sponsored hackers used the Winnti trojan malware to infect the systems of the Company. The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. “In autumn 2016, TeamViewer was target of a cyber-attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A joint UK and US investigation has revealed that the Russian cyber espionage group Turla carried out cyber attacks masqueraded as Iranian hackers. In 2018, the US intelligence agencies reported that Russian state-sponsored hackers used false flag attacks to hit the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , South Korea.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

Experts analyzed tools and intrusion methods used by the China-linked cyber-espionage group Emissary Panda in attacks over the past 2 years. This morning I wrote about a large-scale cyber attack that hit the I nternational Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in November 2016, Emissary Panda was suspected to be the culprit.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

Today, many reports are describing how infamous attackers are abusing such an emergency time to lure people by sending thematic email campaigns or by using thematic IM within Malware or Phishing links. Following few of them that I believe would be a nice reading: New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Britain and the United governments blame Russia for being behind a destructive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019. The governments of Britain and the US declared that Russia’s military intelligence service GRU is behind the massive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2024

This group was also responsible for the 2015 cyber attack on the German Bundestag. These actions violate international cyber norms and require particular attention, especially during election years in many countries. The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs also condemned long-term cyber espionage activities by the group APT28.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

I think event leaves open yet another possibility, that perhaps we’ve had many little digital pearl harbors already, such as the massive denial of service attack against Estonia, but we didn’t realize it at the time. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. But most of us failed.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

This document actually is the first step of a more complex cyber attack. This Office password protection could be easily bypassed using the classic malware analysis tools and after the code extraction, it’s possible to analyze the plain-text code as follows. Figure 7: user agent set by malware.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

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