Russian-Speaking Attackers Target Ethereum Devs with Fake Hardhat npm Packages Cybersecurity researchers have revealed several malicious packages on the npm registry that have been found impersonating the Nomic Foundation’s Hardhat tool in order to steal sensitive data from developer systems. “By exploiting trust in open source plugins, attackers have infiltrated Read more…
HubPhish Exploits HubSpot Tools to Target 20,000 European Users for Credential Theft Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new phishing campaign that has targeted European companies with an aim to harvest account credentials and take control of the victims’ Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. The campaign has been codenamed HubPhish by Palo Read more…
APT29 Hackers Target High-Value Victims Using Rogue RDP Servers and PyRDP The Russia-linked APT29 threat actor has been observed repurposing a legitimate red teaming attack methodology as part of cyber attacks leveraging malicious Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration files. The activity, which has targeted governments and armed forces, think tanks, Read more…
New Investment Scam Leverages AI, Social Media Ads to Target Victims Worldwide Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new kind of investment scam that leverages a combination of social media malvertising, company-branded posts, and artificial intelligence (AI) powered video testimonials featuring famous personalities, ultimately leading to financial and data Read more…
Hackers Target Uyghurs and Tibetans with MOONSHINE Exploit and DarkNimbus Backdoor A previously undocumented threat activity cluster dubbed Earth Minotaur is leveraging the MOONSHINE exploit kit and an unreported Android-cum-Windows backdoor called DarkNimbus to facilitate long-term surveillance operations targeting Tibetans and Uyghurs. “Earth Minotaur uses MOONSHINE to deliver the DarkNimbus Read more…
Russia-Linked Turla Exploits Pakistani Hackers' Servers to Target Afghan and Indian Entities The Russia-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Turla has been linked to a previously undocumented campaign that involved infiltrating the command-and-control (C2) servers of a Pakistan-based hacking group named Storm-0156 to conduct its own operations since Read more…
North Korean Hackers Target macOS Using Flutter-Embedded Malware Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK aka North Korea) have been found embedding malware within Flutter applications, marking the first time this tactic has been adopted by the adversary to infect Apple macOS devices. Jamf Threat Read more…
AndroxGh0st Malware Integrates Mozi Botnet to Target IoT and Cloud Services Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Vulnerability The threat actors behind the AndroxGh0st malware are now exploiting a broader set of security flaws impacting various internet-facing applications, while also deploying the Mozi botnet malware. “This botnet utilizes remote code Read more…
Malicious NPM Packages Target Roblox Users with Data-Stealing Malware Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananOpen Source / Malware A new campaign has targeted the npm package repository with malicious JavaScript libraries that are designed to infect Roblox users with open-source stealer malware such as Skuld and Blank-Grabber. “This incident highlights the alarming Read more…
IcePeony and Transparent Tribe Target Indian Entities with Cloud-Based Tools Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence High-profile entities in India have become the target of malicious campaigns orchestrated by the Pakistan-based Transparent Tribe threat actor and a previously unknown China-nexus cyber espionage group dubbed IcePeony. The intrusions linked Read more…