Research reveals vulnerabilities in routers that left 700,000-plus exposed

ForeScout said one of them warranted rating at the maximum severity level, although DrayTek has issued patches.

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DuneQuixote campaign targets Middle Eastern entities with “CR4T” malware

New unattributed DuneQuixote campaign targeting entities in the Middle East employs droppers disguised as Total Commander installer and CR4T backdoor in C and Go. Continue reading DuneQuixote campaign targets Middle Eastern entities with “CR4T” malware

Pro-Palestinian TA402 APT Using IronWind Malware in New Attack

By Deeba Ahmed
As per cybersecurity researchers at Proofpoint, the APT group TA402 operates in support of Palestinian espionage objectives, with a primary focus on intelligence collection.
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Iran’s Scarred Manticore Targets Middle East with LIONTAIL Malware

By Deeba Ahmed
Researchers believe that the primary goal behind this campaign is espionage.
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UAE-Linked APT Targets Middle East Government With New ‘Deadglyph’ Backdoor

UAE-linked APT group Stealth Falcon has used the new Deadglyph backdoor in an attack targeting a governmental entity in the Middle East.
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Deadglyph: A New Backdoor Linked to Stealth Falcon APT in the Middle East

By Waqas
Stealth Falcon APT group is notorious for its cyber-espionage campaigns in the Middle East.
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Pro-Houthi hacking group linked to spyware operation on Arabian Peninsula

A group that appears to support the Houthis in Yemen is targeting organizations working in the region with malicious Android-based apps.

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Threat Actors Spreading NjRAT in New “Earth Bogle” Campaign

By Deeba Ahmed
The campaign is active, and currently, threat actors are targeting victims with NjRAT (also known as Bladabindi) in the Middle East and North Africa.
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FBI, CISA, Cyber Command take aim at cyber-espionage by Iran’s MuddyWater group

U.S. and U.K. government agencies called out Iranian government-affiliated hackers Thursday, accusing them of being behind cyber-espionage targeting the defense, local government, oil and natural gas and telecommunications sectors across the globe. The joint alert points a finger at MuddyWater, which the U.S. government for the first time last month attributed directly to Tehran. In the latest warning, the government agencies said that they have observed MuddyWater on the move in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America since 2018. “MuddyWater actors are positioned both to provide stolen data and accesses to the Iranian government and to share these with other malicious cyber actors,” reads the alert. The bulletin is the joint work of the the FBI, Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the U.S. Cyber Command Cyber National Mission Force and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre. MuddyWater has a long history of allegedly spying on primarily […]

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