Russian APT Hackers Used COVID-19 Lures to Target European Diplomats
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT29 targeted European diplomatic missions and Ministries of Foreign Affairs as part of a series of spear-phishing campaigns mounted in October...
Iranian Hackers Using New Marlin Backdoor in ‘Out to Sea’ Espionage Campaign
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group with ties to Iran has refreshed its malware toolset to include a new backdoor dubbed Marlin as part of a long-running...
How Attack Surface Management Preempts Cyberattacks
By: The Hacker News
The wide-ranging adoption of cloud facilities and the subsequent mushrooming of organizations' networks, combined with the recent migration to remote work, had the direct consequence of...
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...
Cynet’s Keys to Extend Threat Visibility
By: The Hacker News
We hear about the need for better visibility in the cybersecurity space – detecting threats earlier and more accurately. We often hear about the dwell time...
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...
