Chinese Hackers Target Taiwanese Financial Institutions with a new Stealthy Backdoor
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been targeting Taiwanese financial institutions as part of a "persistent campaign" that lasted for at least 18 months.
The intrusions,...
Hackers Backdoored Systems at China’s National Games Just Before Competition
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Systems hosting content pertaining to the National Games of China were successfully breached last year by an unnamed Chinese-language-speaking hacking group.
Cybersecurity firm Avast, which dissected the intrusion,...
Hackers Exploited 0-Day Vulnerability in Zimbra Email Platform to Spy on Users
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A threat actor, likely Chinese in origin, is actively attempting to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra open-source email platform as part of spear-phishing campaigns that...
New Malware Used by SolarWinds Attackers Went Undetected for Years
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The threat actor behind the supply chain compromise of SolarWinds has continued to expand its malware arsenal with new tools and techniques that were deployed in attacks...
Reasons Why Every Business is a Target of DDoS Attacks
By: The Hacker News
DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks are making headlines almost every day. 2021 saw a 434% upsurge in DDoS attacks, 5.5 times higher than 2020. Q3...
Ukraine Continues to Face Cyber Espionage Attacks from Russian Hackers
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers on Monday said they uncovered evidence of attempted attacks by a Russia-linked hacking operation targeting a Ukrainian entity in July 2021.
Broadcom-owned Symantec, in a new...
QNAP Warns of DeadBolt Ransomware Targeting Internet-Facing NAS Devices
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Taiwanese company QNAP has warned customers to secure network-attached storage (NAS) appliances and routers against a new ransomware variant called DeadBolt.
"DeadBolt has been widely targeting all NAS...
North Korean Hackers Using Windows Update Service to Infect PCs with Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The notorious Lazarus Group actor has been observed mounting a new campaign that makes use of the Windows Update service to execute its malicious payload, expanding the...
Hackers Using New Evasive Technique to Deliver AsyncRAT Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A new, sophisticated phishing attack has been observed delivering the AsyncRAT trojan as part of a malware campaign that's believed to have commenced in September 2021.
"Through a...
Molerats Hackers Hiding New Espionage Attacks Behind Public Cloud Infrastructure
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An active espionage campaign has been attributed to the threat actor known as Molerats that abuses legitimate cloud services like Google Drive and Dropbox to host malware...
