Tag: Cyber Espionage
Feds Confirm Remote Killing of Volt Typhoon’s SOHO Botnet
US law enforcement has disrupted the infrastructure of the notorious China-sponsored cyberattack group known as Volt Typhoon.The advanced persistent threat (APT), which FBI Director...
SolarWinds Files Motion to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit
In a new filing with the US Southern District Court of New York, SolarWinds argued that the Securities and Exchange Commission was outside of...
Newly ID’ed Chinese APT Hides Backdoor in Software Updates
Since 2018, a previously unknown Chinese threat actor has been using a novel backdoor in adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) cyber-espionage attacks against Chinese and Japanese targets.Specific...
Chinese Spies Exploited Critical VMware Bug for Nearly 2 Years
One of the most serious VMware vulnerabilities in recent memory was secretly being exploited by a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) for years before...
Volt Typhoon Ramps Up Malicious Activity Against Critical Infrastructure
China-backed cyber espionage group Volt Typhoon is systematically targeting legacy Cisco devices in a sophisticated and stealthy campaign to grow its attack infrastructure.In many...
Pilfered Data From Iranian Insurance and Food Delivery Firms Leaked Online
Cybercriminals broke into the systems of 23 leading Iranian insurance firms and SnappFood, Iran's leading online food ordering service, dumping millions of user profiles.The...
Iran-Linked ‘OilRig’ Cyberattackers Target Israel’s Critical Infrastructure, Over & Over
Prolific Iranian advanced persistent threat group (APT) OilRig has repeatedly targeted several Israeli organizations throughout 2022 in cyberattacks that were notable for leveraging a...
Iran-Linked ‘OilRig’ Cyberattackers Target Israel’s Critical Infrastructure, Over & Over
Prolific Iranian advanced persistent threat group (APT) OilRig has repeatedly targeted several Israeli organizations throughout 2022 in cyberattacks that were notable for leveraging a...
Shadowy Hack-for-Hire Group Behind Sprawling Web of Global Cyberattacks
A security vendor’s 11-month long review of non-public data obtained by investigative journalists at Reuters has corroborated previous reports tying an Indian hack-for-hire group...
Iranian Hacker Group Wage Cyber Espionage Campaign In The Middle-East
Tyler Cross Published on: November 3, 2023 The Israeli cybersecurity firm, Check Point, recently discovered a cyber espionage...
Could the Next Black Swan Event be a Cyberthreat?
The rarity,
unpredictability, and substantial challenges that Black Swan occurrences offer
to financial institutions distinguish them. Black Swan incidents in the past
have included the 2008 financial...
Could the Next Black Swan Event be a Cyberthreat?
The rarity,
unpredictability, and substantial challenges that Black Swan occurrences offer
to financial institutions distinguish them. Black Swan incidents in the past
have included the 2008 financial...