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ESET Research: Espionage honey-trap targets officials in various countries

March 7, 2023

ESET Research has discovered a campaign by the Transparent Tribe APT group that mainly targets citizens of India, Pakistan, Russia, Oman, and Egypt, possibly those with a military or political background. ESET researchers have analysed a cyberespionage campaign distributing CapraRAT backdoors through trojanized and supposedly “secure” Android messaging apps that exfiltrate sensitive information. This campaign … More ESET Research: Espionage honey-trap targets officials in various countries

Barcelona’s Hospital Clinic hit by ransomware cyberattack

March 7, 2023

According to Euro Weekly, according to experts a cyberattack on Barcelona hospital originated from outside of Spain. This was announced in a press conference by Sergi Marcen, the Secretary for Telecommunications and Digital Transformation of the medical facility who described the attack as ‘complex and transversal’ and explained that it came from a cybercrime company called Ransom … More Barcelona’s Hospital Clinic hit by ransomware cyberattack

What does $5,000 buy you on a hacking forum?

March 6, 2023

For a mere $5,000, you can buy a UEFI bootkit called BlackLotus that can run even on fully up-to-date Windows 11 systems with UEFI Secure Boot enabled. This week, ESET researchers published their analysis of BlackLotus that caused them to conclude that the bootkit they had discovered in the wild is indeed the BlackLotus bootkit … More What does $5,000 buy you on a hacking forum?

Major new crypto wallet phishing campaign targets Trezor users

March 3, 2023

Techradar reports A new phishing campaign has been discovered targeting cryptocurrency hardware wallet firm Trezor. These wallets allow crypto users to store their funds offline, rather than in a “hot wallet” (a mobile or desktop app), or with a third party (an exchange, a custodial service, or a lending/borrowing firm). Hardware wallets, also known as … More Major new crypto wallet phishing campaign targets Trezor users

ESET Research: Mustang Panda’s latest backdoor targets Europe, Asia, and Australia

March 2, 2023

ESET researchers have analyzed MQsTTang, a new custom backdoor that we attribute to the Mustang Panda APT group. ESET researchers have just analyzed MQsTTang, a new custom backdoor that we attribute to the Mustang Panda APT group. This backdoor is part of an ongoing campaign that ESET can trace back to early January 2023. ESET … More ESET Research: Mustang Panda’s latest backdoor targets Europe, Asia, and Australia