Collaborate Disseminate
What were the most interesting developments in terms of APT activity throughout the year and what can we learn from them? Not an easy question to answer. Still, with the benefit of hindsight, let’s try to approach the problem from different angles to get a better understanding of what went on. Continue reading APT review of the year
The past year has been extremely eventful in terms of the digital threats faced by financial institutions: cybercrime groups have used new infiltration techniques, and the geography of attacks has become more extensive. Continue reading Cyberthreats to financial institutions 2019: overview and predictions
By David Balaban
According to a report from Recorded Future, it seems the ruling elite in North Korea are now using the Internet more and more to take advantage of money-making opportunities and avoid various economic sanctions. Not only is the Kim reg… Continue reading Elite North Koreans aren’t opposed to exploiting internet for financial gain
The DoJ said a DPRK spy, Park Jin-hyok, was involved in “a conspiracy to conduct multiple destructive cyberattacks around the world.” Continue reading U.S. Ties Lazarus to North Korea and Major Hacking Conspiracy
By Waqas
Lazarus Group is believed to be backed by the North Korean government and now it is using AppleJeus MacOS Malware. Security researchers from the Global Research and Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab have discovered the first-ever Lazarus deployed… Continue reading Lazarus Group’s AppleJeus MacOS malware targeting cryptocurrency exchanges
Microsoft has released patches for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 that update the microcode for some Intel microprocessors to address CPU vulnerabilities, including the recently announced Foreshadow flaws. Foreshadow, or L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF), … Continue reading Microsoft Pushes Microcode Updates for Foreshadow CPU Flaws
While investigating a cryptocurrency exchange attacked by Lazarus, we made an unexpected discovery. The victim had been infected with the help of a trojanized cryptocurrency trading application, which had been recommended to the company over email. Continue reading Operation AppleJeus: Lazarus hits cryptocurrency exchange with fake installer and macOS malware
Most of Pyongyang’s highest-profile cyberattacks over the past decade were cobbled together with bits of reused code, overlapping networking infrastructure and the indelible fingerprint of North Korean military hackers, a pair of researchers have found. North Korea has come a long way since it first emerged on the global stage as a nascent cyber threat. As it grew in power, hit new targets and conducted malicious activities, Pyongyang didn’t need to reinvent the wheel. Instead, it built on previous successes, leveraging code from previous campaigns to build out future malware. After months of code analysis, Christiaan Beek and Jay Rosenberg, the two researchers, published blog posts outlining their findings, which trace reused code all the way from a DDoS attacks launched by a fledging outfit of North Korean hackers in 2009 all the way to WannaCry, one of the world’s most crippling cyberattacks launched last year by a North Korea-backed hacking group. […]
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Just days after the two countries signed a joint agreement at their unprecedented talks, the US Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning about more malware being used by the North Korean government against US organisations.
Read more in my … Continue reading US Government warns of more North Korean malware attacks
By Waqas
The IT security researchers at McAfee have discovered that the Lazarus
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lazarus Group is back, targeting Banks & Bitcoin users with phishing scam
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