State-sponsored ‘hacktivist’ activity poised to have a banner year
Though they may have been out of the headlines in recent years, hacktivist groups that operate in alliance with the nation-state interests are as active and ever, and the coming year could see attacks reach new heights
Widespread Fortune 500 firm infiltration conducted by North Koreans
CyberScoop reports that hundreds of Fortune 500 companies were noted by Mandiant Consulting Chief Technology Officer Charles Carmakal to have been penetrated by North Korean IT workers seeking to compromise firms' IT infrastructure and data from the...
Multi-stage malware attacks launched by Nebulous Mantis APT
The U.S. and other NATO members countries' critical infrastructure, government, and defense organizations have been targeted by Russian cyberespionage operation Nebulous Mantis, also known as Storm-0978, UNC2596, Cuba, and Tropical Scorpius, multi...
IPv6 SLAAC exploited by Chinese APT for AitM attacks
Adversary-in-the-middle intrusions have been conducted by Chinese advanced persistent threat operation TheWizards using the Spellbinder lateral movement tool that enables IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration spoofing and malicious software update...
Updated DarkWatchman malware sets sights on Russia
Telecommunications, energy, finance, media, biotechnology, and tourism organizations across Russia have been subjected to attacks involving a new DarkWatchman malware version as part of a Hive0117 phishing campaign that is believed to not have any...