Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware. According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. We believe DePriMon is the first example of malware using this technique ever publicly described.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2020

The Tropic Trooper APT that has been active at least since 2011, it was first spotted in 2015 by security experts at Trend Micro when it targeted government ministries and heavy industries in Taiwan and the military in the Philippines. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Since 2011 it was employed in attacks aimed at Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in many countries, including Bahrain, Ethiopia, UAE, and more. It extracts the binary for the relevant architecture in /tmp/udev2 and executes it. Below the infection chain for the FinSpy for Linux, descrived by the researchers. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Still, with common configuration issues and other vulnerabilities becoming commonplace in AWS architecture, it’s important to understand how bad actors could exploit our environments by understanding the most common AWS privilege escalations used. Cloud Security Context. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten employed a new malware dubbed BellaCiao in attacks against victims in the U.S., The Charming Kitten used a new custom malware, dubbed BellaCiao, that is tailored to suit individual targets and is very sophisticated. Europe, the Middle East and India. Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2022

Justice Department (DoJ) indicted four members of the China-linked cyber espionage group APT40 (aka TEMP.Periscope , TEMP.Jumper , and Leviathan ) for hacking tens of government organizations, private businesses and universities around the world between 2011 and 2018.

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Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Government Media 94

Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) Integrations At Black Hat USA 2023, Cisco Secure was the official Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider. We also deployed ThousandEyes for Network Assurance. Or, is from a briefing or a demo in the Business Hall? This is something that changes every year.

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