Assaf Dahan, Threat Research Lead at Cybereason’s Nocturnus team, delves into a recently discovered cyber-espionage campaign targeting the Defense, Energy, Aerospace, Biotech and Pharma industries conducted by the Winnti Group (APT 41, BARIUM,…
Tag: Advanced persistent threat
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Operation CuckooBees: Cybereason Uncovers Massive Chinese Intellectual Property Theft Operation
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
Cybersecurity often focuses on malware campaigns or the latest zero-day exploit. Surveys and reports reveal the average cost of a data breach or how much it typically costs to recover from a ransomware attack. Those are the attacks that make n…
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Operation CuckooBees: Cybereason Uncovers Massive Chinese Intellectual Property Theft Operation
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
Cybersecurity often focuses on malware campaigns or the latest zero-day exploit. Surveys and reports reveal the average cost of a data breach or how much it typically costs to recover from a ransomware attack. Those are the attacks that make n…
Exploits, Security Bloggers, Security Vendor News
Operation CuckooBees: Deep-Dive into Stealthy Winnti Techniques
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
In 2021, the Cybereason Nocturnus Incident Response Team investigated multiple intrusions targeting technology and manufacturing companies located in Asia, Europe and North America. Based on the findings of our investigation, it appears that t…
Exploits, Security Bloggers, Security Vendor News
Operation CuckooBees: Deep-Dive into Stealthy Winnti Techniques
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
In 2021, the Cybereason Nocturnus Incident Response Team investigated multiple intrusions targeting technology and manufacturing companies located in Asia, Europe and North America. Based on the findings of our investigation, it appears that t…
Exploits, Security Bloggers, Security Vendor News
Operation CuckooBees: A Winnti Malware Arsenal Deep-Dive
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
In part one of this research, the Cybereason Nocturnus Incident Response Team provided a unique glimpse into the Wintti intrusion playbook, covering the techniques that were used by the group from initial compromise to stealing the data, as ob…
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Operation CuckooBees: A Winnti Malware Arsenal Deep-Dive
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
In part one of this research, the Cybereason Nocturnus Incident Response Team provided a unique glimpse into the Wintti intrusion playbook, covering the techniques that were used by the group from initial compromise to stealing the data, as ob…
Security Bloggers, Security Vendor News
Advanced Persistent Threat Cyber Tools Targeting Industrial Control Systems and SCADA Devices
by Michael Zuckerman •
The Department of Energy (DOE), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that certain advanced persistent threat (APT) actors have exhibited the capability to gain full system access to multiple industrial control system (ICS)/supervisory control and […]
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Malicious Life Podcast: The Russia-Ukraine Cyberwar
by Malicious Life Podcast •
Before it invaded Ukraine, Russia was considered a cyber superpower–and rightfully so. But a month and a half into the war, the lights in Ukraine are still on, as well as cellular communications and other important infrastructure. Cybereaso…
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Operation Bearded Barbie: APT-C-23 Campaign Targeting Israeli Officials
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
Over the last several years, the Cybereason Nocturnus Team has been tracking different APT groups operating in the Middle East region, including two main sub-groups of the Hamas cyberwarfare division: Molerats and APT-C-23. Both groups are …
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Webinar March 29th: Assessing the Cyberattack Risk in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
by Cybereason Team •
The situation in Ukraine continues to be tenuous, and global intelligence sources are advising that the threat of Russian state-sponsored and state-condoned attacks targeting Western nations and organizations remains high. Cyberattacks by g…
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Malicious Life Podcast: Crypto AG Part 2 – The Death of Bo Jr.
by Malicious Life Podcast •
How did Boris Hagelin succeed in selling compromised cipher machines to half the world over more than 50 years? Some have speculated that it was some kind of backdoor – but no, it was more clever than that. And Bo Jr., Hagelin’s son, who be…
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Malicious Life Podcast: Why Do APTs Use Ransomware?
by Malicious Life Podcast •
Complex cybercrime attacks are increasingly showing more overlap with nation-state sponsored attacks, with some cybercriminal groups adopting more sophisticated TTPs and attack progressions, and some APTs adopting ransomware payloads to dis…
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Addressing the Risk from Cyberattacks in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
by Lior Div •
The situation in Ukraine continues to fluctuate, and U.S. intelligence sources are advising that Russia is preparing for an imminent invasion. Cyberattacks have already been observed in the conflict, and I expect diversions, distractions, a…
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Malicious Life Podcast: Crypto AG – The Greatest Espionage Operation Ever Part 1
by Malicious Life Podcast •
General McArthur, Egypt’s Anwar Sadat, and Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini: these are just a few of the dozens (likely hundreds) of targets in arguably the biggest, most ambitious hacking operation ever. A secret mission that lasted nearly a cent…
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Iranian Threat Actors Turn Up Heat on Cyber Cold War
by Lior Div •
Cybereason released new reports this week sharing discoveries made by our researchers related to two different Iranian threat actors. One of the keys to giving Defenders the tools they need to reverse the adversary advantage is understandin…
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Iranian Threat Actors Turn Up Heat on Cyber Cold War
by Lior Div •
Cybereason released new reports this week sharing discoveries made by our researchers related to two different Iranian threat actors. One of the keys to giving Defenders the tools they need to reverse the adversary advantage is understandin…
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StrifeWater RAT: Iranian APT Moses Staff Adds New Trojan to Ransomware Operations
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
Over the past months, the Cybereason Nocturnus Team has been tracking the Iranian hacker group known as Moses Staff. The group was first spotted in October 2021 and claims their motivation is to harm Israeli companies by leaking sensitive, …
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StrifeWater RAT: Iranian APT Moses Staff Adds New Trojan to Ransomware Operations
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
Over the past months, the Cybereason Nocturnus Team has been tracking the Iranian hacker group known as Moses Staff. The group was first spotted in October 2021 and claims their motivation is to harm Israeli companies by leaking sensitive, …
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PowerLess Trojan: Iranian APT Phosphorus Adds New PowerShell Backdoor for Espionage
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
Over the past months, the Cybereason Nocturnus Team observed an uptick in the activity of the Iranian attributed group dubbed Phosphorus (AKA Charming Kitten, APT35), known for previously attacking medical research organizations in the US a…
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PowerLess Trojan: Iranian APT Phosphorus Adds New PowerShell Backdoor for Espionage
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
Over the past months, the Cybereason Nocturnus Team observed an uptick in the activity of the Iranian attributed group dubbed Phosphorus (AKA Charming Kitten, APT35), known for previously attacking medical research organizations in the US a…
Security Bloggers, Security Vendor News
Malicious Life Podcast: How the Internet Changed the NSA
by Malicious Life Podcast •
From the late ’80s to early 2000s, the NSA transitioned from being a hardware-first organization – that is, creating and operating physical spying devices – to software-first: excelling in hacking networks, tracking people online, etc. That…
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Malicious Life Podcast: How the Internet Changed the NSA
by Malicious Life Podcast •
From the late ’80s to early 2000s, the NSA transitioned from being a hardware-first organization – that is, creating and operating physical spying devices – to software-first: excelling in hacking networks, tracking people online, etc. That…
Security Bloggers, Security Vendor News
Malicious Life Podcast: Shawn Carpenter – A Cyber Vigilante
by Malicious Life Podcast •
In 2003, Shawn Carpenter – an employee of Sandia National Laboratory – was at a crossroads: should he ignore a Chinese attack against U.S. targets, as his superiors ordered him to do, or do what he thinks is right and continue investigating…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
How an MSSP successfully fought off a major cyber attack
by Chris Gerritz •
Here at Infocyte, we are helping our customers and partners respond to major attacks on almost a weekly basis. When I say attack, I don’t mean an antivirus notification about a bad file that a user inadvertently downloaded. The attacks I am talking abo…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Malicious Life Podcast: Should the U.S. Ban Chinese and Russian Technology?
by Malicious Life Podcast •
Every year, seemingly, there’s a new story of some software like ‘Tik Tok’ or ‘FaceApp’ from a hostile country that may or may not be a security threat to us in the West. So what should be done in cases like this? What if the U.S. just banned all…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Commenting on the SANS Threat Intelligence Summit 2021 Presentations – An Analysis and Practical Recommendations
by Dancho Danchev •
Hi everyone,
I recently came across to the entire portfolio of SANS Threat Intelligence Summit presentations which are currently online at YouTube and I’ve decided to take the time and effort to go through them and offer practical and relevant threat…
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What is Driving the Surge of Ransomware Attacks?
by Cybereason Security Team •
Some major ransomware attacks have dominated the headlines recently. Back in the beginning of May, for instance, the Colonial Pipeline Company suspended its daily transportation of 100 million gallons of fuel between Houston, Texas and New York H…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Malicious Life Podcast: Understanding China’s Cyber Culture
by Malicious Life Podcast •
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Bill Hagestad examines how China’s culture and troubled history of western colonialism influenced its government views and actions regarding the global internet and its interactions with western technology companies such as Goo…