Since January 2023, European foreign affairs entities have become the target of a series of advanced attacks, and these attacks have been attributed to the Chinese nation-state actor named Mustang Panda. Check Point researchers, Itay Cohen and Radoslaw Madej, have conducted an analysis of these intrusions, uncovering a specially crafted firmware implant exclusively created for TP-Link routers.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/chinas-mustang-panda-hackers-exploit-tp.html
In a recent collaboration with NK News, SentinelLabs, a renowned cybersecurity firm, has uncovered a targeted social engineering campaign orchestrated by the North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group known as Kimsuky.
The United States and South Korean governments have issued a joint advisory [PDF] warning that North Korean threat actors are conducting a phishing campaign targeting
A malicious actor is selling a tool called Terminator that they claim can bypass antivirus and EDR software.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claims to have discovered an elaborate American espionage operation that compromised thousands of iPhones using sophisticated surveillance software. Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab confirmed that several of its employees’ devices were compromised during the operation.
A new strain of malware, dubbed COSMICENERGY, has been discovered that is designed to penetrate and disrupt critical systems in industrial environments. The malware is capable of exploiting an industrial communication protocol called IEC-104 to issue commands to RTUs, which could potentially cause power disruption. There is no evidence that the malware has been used in attacks, but its discovery is a reminder of the threat posed by malicious software to critical infrastructure.
Universal Health Services of Delaware, Inc. (UHS) has suffered a major data breach, compromising the protected health information of over 130,000 patients, with potentially more affected nationwide.
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