CyberSecure Specialist

24 Sep

Stealth Falcon preying over Middle Eastern skies with Deadglyph

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For years, the Middle East has maintained its reputation as a fertile ground for advanced persistent threats (APTs). In the midst of routine monitoring of suspicious activities on the systems of high-profile customers, some based in this region, ESET Research stumbled upon a very sophisticated and unknown backdoor that we have named Deadglyph. We derived the name from artifacts found in the backdoor (such as 0xDEADB001, shown also in Table 1), coupled with the presence…

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24 Sep

ESET’s cutting-edge threat research at LABScon – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Video Two ESET malware researchers took to the LABScon stage this year to deconstruct sophisticated attacks conducted by two well-known APT groups 22 Sep 2023 The lineup of speakers at this year’s edition of LABScon featured two ESET malware researchers who took to the stage to deconstruct sophisticated attacks conducted by two well-known APT groups. On Thursday, Zuzana Hromcová delivered a talk on two cyberespionage campaigns that OilRig, an Iran-aligned threat group, conducted throughout 2021…

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23 Sep

Researchers Discover Attempt to Infect Leading Egyptian Opposition Politician With Predator Spyware

Information, News

A leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with spyware after announcing a presidential bid, security researchers reported Friday. They said Egyptian authorities were likely behind the attempted hack. Discovery of the attempt last week by researchers at Citizen Lab and Google’s Threat Analysis Group prompted Apple to rush out operating system updates for iPhones, iPads, Mac computers and Apple Watches to patch the associated vulnerabilities. Citizen Lab said in a blog post that recent attempts…

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22 Sep

LastPass: ‘Horse Gone Barn Bolted’ is Strong Password

Data Breaches, Information, Insights

The password manager service LastPass is now forcing some of its users to pick longer master passwords. LastPass says the changes are needed to ensure all customers are protected by their latest security improvements. But critics say the move is little more than a public relations stunt that will do nothing to help countless early adopters whose password vaults were exposed in a 2022 breach at LastPass. LastPass sent this notification to users earlier this…

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22 Sep

In Other News: New Analysis of Snowden Files, Yubico Goes Public, Election Hacking

Information, News

SecurityWeek is publishing a weekly cybersecurity roundup that provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar. We provide a valuable summary of stories that may not warrant an entire article, but are nonetheless important for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape. Each week, we will curate and present a collection of noteworthy developments, ranging from the latest vulnerability discoveries and emerging attack techniques to significant policy changes and…

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22 Sep

China’s Offensive Cyber Operations in Africa Support Soft Power Efforts

Information, News

Chinese state-sponsored threat groups have targeted telecommunications, financial and government organizations in Africa in support of Beijing’s soft power agenda in the region, according to SentinelOne. Earlier this year, SentinelOne reported seeing a Chinese cyberespionage group targeting telecoms providers in the Middle East as part of an operation dubbed Tainted Love. The cybersecurity firm revealed on Thursday that the same threat actor, which could be linked to China’s APT41 group, has also been observed targeting…

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22 Sep

OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes

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ESET researchers have analyzed two campaigns by the OilRig APT group: Outer Space (2021), and Juicy Mix (2022). Both of these cyberespionage campaigns targeted Israeli organizations exclusively, which is in line with the group’s focus on the Middle East, and used the same playbook: OilRig first compromised a legitimate website to use as a C&C server and then used VBS droppers to deliver a C#/.NET backdoor to its victims, while also deploying a variety of…

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21 Sep

New ‘Sandman’ APT Group Hitting Telcos With Rare LuaJIT Malware

Information, News

A new and mysterious APT group has been spotted targeting telco service providers in Europe and Asia as part of what appears to be a cyberespionage campaign, according to a joint investigation by SentinelLabs and QGroup GmbH. According to SentinelLabs researcher Aleksandar Milenkoski, the shadowy APT group is using a sophisticated modular backdoor based on Lua, the lightweight cross-platform programming language designed primarily for embedded use in applications. “Sandman has deployed a novel modular backdoor…

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21 Sep

ISC Releases Security Advisories for BIND 9

Attacks, Insights, Malware

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released security advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting ISC’s Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) 9. A malicious cyber actor could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial-of-service conditions. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following ISC advisories and apply necessary updates or workarounds: CVE-2023-4236: named may terminate unexpectedly under high DNS-over-TLS query load CVE-2023-3341: A stack exhaustion flaw in control channel code may cause named to terminate unexpectedly

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21 Sep

Atlassian Releases September Security Bulletin

Attacks, Insights, Malware

Atlassian has released its security bulletin for September 2023 to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A malicious cyber actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Atlassian’s September 2023 Security Bulletin and apply the necessary updates.

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