As per a new report from anti-malware vendor Kaspersky, a newly revealed advanced persistent threat (APT) drive is targeting legions of users in South Asia, including government organizations. Termed LuminousMoth, the activity comprises cyberespionage attacks on entities since at least October 2020 but, unlike similar attacks that are highly targeted, Continue Reading
ESET’s security experts have found a new malware that Russian cyber-espionage group Turla has been using in carrying out attacks against governments. Turla, which has been active since at least 2006, was recently seen targeting a European government with a combination of backdoors. Called Crutch, the lately recognized backdoor too was found Continue Reading
Technology giants Microsoft has said it has spotted three state-sponsored hacking operations, or APTs, that have targeted as many as seven leading companies involved in the research and manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines. The software behemoth traced the attacks back to one cybercriminal in Russia and two North Korean hacking groups. Continue Reading
An inexhaustible state-supported Chinese cyber spying operation began in 2020 with one of its major hacking movements, although the coronavirus lockdown in China seemed to have affected the group’s output. Extensively thought to related to the Chinese government, the global operation by hacking group APT 41, attacked telecom companies, manufacturing, healthcare, Continue Reading
CyberX researchers have uncovered an advanced persistent threat (APT) program targeting manufacturers of critical infrastructure equipment and other manufacturing companies largely in South Korea by using industry-themed spear-phishing emails and a free tool combination. This strategy works into the cyberespionage attackers ‘living off the land’ phenomenon, their dependency on custom and Continue Reading
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