A relatively new cyber-espionage group is using an intriguing custom arsenal of tools and techniques to compromise companies and governments in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and southern Africa, with attacks aimed at collecting intelligence from targeted organizations. According to an analysis published on Tuesday by cybersecurity firm ESET, the hallmark of the group, which is dubbed Worok, is its use of custom tools not seen in other...
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Researchers have identified functional similarities between a malicious component used in the Raspberry Robin infection chain and a Dridex malware loader, further strengthening the operators' connections to the Russia-based Evil Corp group. The findings suggest that "Evil Corp is likely using Raspberry Robin infrastructure to carry out its attacks," IBM Security X-Force researcher Kevin Henson said in a Thursday analysis. Raspberry Robin (aka QNAP Worm), first discovered...
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LastPass, maker of a popular password management application, revealed Thursday that an unauthorized party gained access to its development environment through a compromised developer account and stole some source code and proprietary technical information. An initial probe of the incident has revealed no evidence that customer data or encrypted password vaults were accessed by the intruder, CEO Karim Toubba stated in a company blog post. Toubba...
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Iranian state-sponsored actors are leaving no stone unturned to exploit unpatched systems running Log4j to target Israeli entities, indicating the vulnerability's long tail for remediation. Microsoft attributed the latest set of activities to the umbrella threat group tracked as MuddyWater (aka Cobalt Ulster, Mercury, Seedworm, or Static Kitten), which is linked to the Iranian intelligence apparatus, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). The attacks are notable...
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Cyberattackers have compromised the internal systems of LastPass, making off with source code and intellectual property. The password management company said it detected anomalous activity in its development environment two weeks ago. After digging into the forensic data, investigators determined that someone (or someones) compromised a developer account to gain access to the network, taking "portions of source code and some proprietary LastPass technical information," according...
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According to the Cloud Security Alliance's 2021 report, "State of Cloud Security Concerns, Challenges and Incidents," 41% of participants were "unsure" whether they had experienced a cloud security incident in the recent year. And that percentage doubled since 2019. Cloud security threats are on the rise, and more organizations are using two or more public cloud providers to meet organizational needs. These cloud environments typically host sensitive...
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