N. Korean Kimsuky Targeting South Korean Research Institutes with Backdoor Attacks Dec 08, 2023NewsroomCyber Espionage / Cryptocurrency The North Korean threat actor known as Kimsuky has been observed targeting research institutes in South Korea as part of a spear-phishing campaign with the ultimate goal of distributing backdoors on compromised systems. Read more…
Agent Racoon Backdoor Targets Organizations in Middle East, Africa, and U.S. Organizations in the Middle East, Africa, and the U.S. have been targeted by an unknown threat actor to distribute a new backdoor called Agent Racoon. “This malware family is written using the .NET framework and leverages the domain name service Read more…
Hamas-Linked Cyberattacks Using Rust-Powered SysJoker Backdoor Against Israel Nov 24, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a Rust version of a cross-platform backdoor called SysJoker, which is assessed to have been used by a Hamas-affiliated threat actor to target Israel amid the ongoing war in the Read more…
‘Effluence’ Backdoor Persists Despite Patching Atlassian Confluence Servers Nov 10, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a stealthy backdoor named Effluence that’s deployed following the successful exploitation of a recently disclosed security flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server. “The malware acts as a persistent backdoor Read more…
Turla Updates Kazuar Backdoor with Advanced Anti-Analysis to Evade Detection Nov 01, 2023NewsroomCyber Threat / Malware The Russia-linked hacking crew known as Turla has been observed using an updated version of a known second-stage backdoor referred to as Kazuar. The new findings come from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which Read more…