ESET researchers have identified two active campaigns targeting Android users, where the threat actors behind the tool are attributed to the China-aligned APT group GREF. Most likely active since July 2020 and since July 2022, respectively, the campaigns have distributed the Android BadBazaar espionage code through the Google Play store, Samsung Galaxy Store, and dedicated
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Video ESET researchers uncover a Telegram bot that enables even less tech-savvy scammers to defraud people out of their money 25 Aug 2023 ESET researchers have found a toolkit that is implemented as a Telegram bot and helps less tech-savvy fraudsters scam people on online marketplaces. The toolkit, which ESET experts named Telekopye, creates template-based
ESET Research Listen as ESET’s Director of Threat Research Jean-Ian Boutin unravels the tactics, techniques and procedures of MoustachedBouncer, an APT group taking aim at foreign embassies in Belarus ESET Research 10 Aug 2023 Press play to learn about the intricate workings of MoustachedBouncer, an advanced persistent threat (APT) group discovered by ESET and first
Video ESET research uncovers active campaigns targeting Android users and spreading espionage code through the Google Play store, Samsung Galaxy Store and dedicated websites 31 Aug 2023 ESET researchers have uncovered two active campaigns targeting Android users and spreading the BadBazaar espionage code through the Google Play store, Samsung Galaxy Store, and dedicated websites. The
ESET researchers discovered a Ballistic Bobcat campaign targeting various entities in Brazil, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates, using a novel backdoor we have named Sponsor. We discovered Sponsor after we analyzed an interesting sample we detected on a victim’s system in Israel in May 2022 and scoped the victim-set by country. Upon examination, it
Business Security New reports from Europol and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) shed a light on how the battle against cybercrime is being fought Phil Muncaster 06 Sep 2023 • , 4 min. read Law enforcement remains an integral part of the fight against agile and increasingly well-resourced adversaries. Consumers and businesses, too, can
ESET Research Closing intrusion vectors force cybercriminals to revisit old attack avenues, but also to look for new ways to attack their victims ESET Research 12 Sep 2023 Sextortion emails and other text-based threats have been on a massive increase in H1 2023 and the question remains why. Are criminals just lazy? Are they trying
Video The update to X’s privacy policy has sparked some questions among privacy and security folks, including how long X will retain users’ biometric information and how the data will be stored and secured 08 Sep 2023 Will you give X your biometric data in order to help secure your account on the site? The
MGM Resorts International, a well-known name in the world of hotels and casinos, has experienced a cybersecurity incident. According to a post on X (formerly Twitter), the incident caused trouble for critical parts of the company, including its main website, online bookings and in-casino services such as ATMs, slot machines and card payment machines. “MGM
Sep 12, 2023THNSoftware Security / Vulnerability A new vulnerability disclosed in GitHub could have exposed thousands of repositories at risk of repojacking attacks, new findings show. The flaw “could allow an attacker to exploit a race condition within GitHub’s repository creation and username renaming operations,” Checkmarx security researcher Elad Rapoport said in a technical report
Investigations have begun into a massive ransomware attack that has affected Sri Lanka’s government cloud system, Lanka Government Cloud (LGC). The investigation is being conducted by the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team and Coordination Center (CERT|CC). Sri Lanka’s Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) confirmed the attack to several local news outlets on September
Sep 11, 2023THNPrivacy / Online Security Google has officially begun its rollout of Privacy Sandbox in the Chrome web browser to a majority of its users, nearly four months after it announced the plans. “We believe it is vital to both improve privacy and preserve access to information, whether it’s news, a how-to-guide, or a
Security researchers at Cisco Talos have uncovered a scheme that preys on graphic designers and 3D modelers. Cyber-criminals are using cryptocurrency-mining malware to hijack the Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) commonly used in these fields. According to an advisory published by Cisco Talos on Thursday, this campaign has been active since at least November 2021. The
Sep 09, 2023THNMalware / Hacking A legitimate Windows tool used for creating software packages called Advanced Installer is being abused by threat actors to drop cryptocurrency-mining malware on infected machines since at least November 2021. “The attacker uses Advanced Installer to package other legitimate software installers, such as Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk 3ds Max, and SketchUp
China has unveiled a new cyber capability powered by artificial intelligence, enabling the automatic generation of images for influence operations. These operations aim to mimic US voters across the political spectrum, fueling controversy along racial, economic and ideological lines. The findings come from a new report released by Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) on Thursday.
Sep 09, 2023THNMobile Security / Spyware Spyware masquerading as modified versions of Telegram have been spotted in the Google Play Store that’s designed to harvest sensitive information from compromised Android devices. According to Kaspersky security researcher Igor Golovin, the apps come with nefarious features to capture and exfiltrate names, user IDs, contacts, phone numbers, and
The UK’s data protection regulator is set to review how period and fertility tracking applications process user information, after revealing that many women have concerns. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it has contacted the developers of many of these apps to find out more. It also wants users to come forward and share their
Sep 08, 2023THNZero Day / Cyber Attack Threat actors associated with North Korea are continuing to target the cybersecurity community using a zero-day bug in unspecified software over the past several weeks to infiltrate their machines. The findings come from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which found the adversary setting up fake accounts on social
A left-leaning think tank has urged a new UK Labour government to place cybersecurity front-and-center of its policymaking, borrowing from the Biden administration playbook where necessary. Progressive Britain’s new paper, CyberSecuronomics: Cybersecurity and Labour’s Modern Industrial Strategy, argued that the current Conservative government’s commitment to cyber is “insufficiently ambitious.” It said the UK still invests
Sep 07, 2023THNBotnet / Cyber Threat A Mirai botnet variant called Pandora has been observed infiltrating inexpensive Android-based TV sets and TV boxes and using them as part of a botnet to perform distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Doctor Web said the compromises are likely to occur either during malicious firmware updates or when applications for
Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) issued an alert on September 5, 2023, about a cyber-attack attempted by Russian threat actor APT28 against a Ukrainian critical power infrastructure facility. The perpetrators planned to implement their intent using bulk emails from a fake address and a link to a ZIP archive, which, when opened, could have
Sep 06, 2023THNVulnerability / ICS Nine security flaws have been disclosed in electric power management products made by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL). “The most severe of those nine vulnerabilities would allow a threat actor to facilitate remote code execution (RCE) on an engineering workstation,” Nozomi Networks said in a report published last week. The issues,
A north London school and a Berkshire schools group have become the latest victims of serious cyber-attacks ahead of the new term, according to local reports. Highgate Wood School in Crouch End will now begin accepting pupils on September 11 rather than September 5 as originally intended. The secondary school, which serves local students aged 11–16, appears
Sep 05, 2023THNSocial Media / Disinformation Meta has disclosed that it disrupted two of the largest known covert influence operations in the world from China and Russia, blocking thousands of accounts and pages across its platform. “It targeted more than 50 apps, including Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Pinterest, Medium, Blogspot, LiveJournal,
Gigabytes of sensitive data related to British military and intelligence sites have been exposed by the infamous LockBit ransomware group. Zaun, a Wolverhampton-based manufacturer of fencing systems, has revealed it was hit by a cyber-attack carried out by LockBit on August 5-6. “In an otherwise up-to-date network, the breach occurred through a rogue Windows 7
Malicious actors associated with the Vietnamese cybercrime ecosystem are leveraging advertising-as-a-vector on social media platforms such as Meta-owned Facebook to distribute malware. “Threat actors have long used fraudulent ads as a vector to target victims with scams, malvertising, and more,” WithSecure researcher Mohammad Kazem Hassan Nejad said. “And with businesses now leveraging the reach of
SapphireStealer, an open-source information stealer, has emerged as a growing threat since its public debut last year. This malware is designed to pilfer sensitive data, including corporate credentials, and has since seen active usage and modifications by various threat actors. SapphireStealer was initially released on GitHub on December 25 2022. The malware targets browser credential databases
Sep 03, 2023THNNetwork Security / Vulnerability Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been made available for a recently disclosed and patched critical flaw impacting VMware Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight). The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-34039, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10 for severity and has been described as a case
A Chinese-speaking cyber-criminal group named “Smishing Triad” has been observed conducting a large-scale smishing campaign targeting US citizens. This campaign has skillfully impersonated various postal and delivery services, including Royal Mail (UK), New Zealand Postal Service, Correos (Spain), PostNord (Sweden), Poste Italiane, Italian Revenue Service, USPS, Poczta Polska (Poland), J&T Express (Indonesia) and New Zealand Post.
Sep 02, 2023THNCyber Attack / Social Engineering Identity services provider Okta on Friday warned of social engineering attacks orchestrated by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. “In recent weeks, multiple US-based Okta customers have reported a consistent pattern of social engineering attacks against IT service desk personnel, in which the caller’s strategy was to
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