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Russia-linked Sandworm APT compromised 11 Ukrainian telecommunications providers

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Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has hacked eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between since May 2023. The Russia-linked APT group Sandworm (UAC-0165) has compromised eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between May and September 2023, reported the Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA).

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Threat actors exploit Ivanti VPN bugs to deploy KrustyLoader Malware

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Threat actors are exploiting recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN devices to deliver KrustyLoader. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Synacktiv published a technical analysis of a Rust malware, named KrustyLoader, that was delivered by threat actors exploiting the above vulnerabilities.

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Cuttlefish malware targets enterprise-grade SOHO routers

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A new malware named Cuttlefish targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data. The malware creates a proxy or VPN tunnel on the compromised router to exfiltrate data, and then uses stolen credentials to access targeted resources.

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China-linked Alloy Taurus APT uses a Linux variant of PingPull malware

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The Chinese APT is known to be focused on telecommunications companies operating across Asia, Europe and Africa. This circumstance suggests that the threat actor is reusing existing source code to create new malware. ” reads the analysis published by Unit 42. org over port 8443 for C2. While investigating the yrhsywu2009.zapto[.]org

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Ukrainian police arrested Ransomware gang behind attacks on 50 companies

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The gang was targeting organizations via spam campaigns to spread ransomware, however, the police did not disclose the malware family used by the group in its attacks. The gang was also providing VPN-like services used by other cybercriminal organizations to carry out malicious activities used to deliver malware to the target organization.

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GALLIUM Threat Group targets global telcos, Microsoft warns

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The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. ” reads the warning published by Microsoft.

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Lapsus$ Ransomware Group is hiring, it announced recruitment of insiders

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Their scope of interests include – major telecommunications companies such as Claro, Telefonica and AT&T. Notably, the actors are looking to buy remote VPN access and asking potential insiders to contact them privately via Telegram, they then reward them by paying for the access granted.