Posts for category: Global Weekly Executive Summaries

Silver Fox APT Attack Taiwan

Executive Summary The Silver Fox Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group uses Winos 4.0 malware in phishing attacks to impersonate Taiwan’s National Taxation Bureau. These attacks lead to data ...

Russian Hackers Target Signal Messenger App

Executive Summary Russian State sponsored hackers have been targeting the Signal messaging app. The group targets accounts of Ukrainian military personnel and government officials through the ...

Lazarus Group Steals $1.5 Billion

Executive Summary On February 21, 2025, the North Korean linked cybercriminal gang called Lazarus Group used a sophisticated attack on one of Bybit’s cold wallets. The band orchestrated and ...

Pro-Russain Group Attacks Italian Government

Executive Summary The pro-Russian hacking group Noname057 committed a series of cyberattacks on about 20 of the Italian government’s websites. The negative impact was the disruption of public ...

North Korean Hackers Attack Using PowerShell

Executive Summary Kimsuky Group, a North Korean linked threat actor, used a new tactic using PowerShell to execute Cyberattack. Kimsuky has a history of employing a number of techniques to ...

SA Weather Service Hacked

Executive Summary The South African Weather Service (SAWS) suffered a significant cyber attack which disrupted operations. The services affected were critical services which included aviation and ...

U.S. Treasury Hack

Executive Summary In December 2024, there was a significant cybersecurity breach against the U.S. Department of Treasury. The state-sponsored actor is believed to be from China. The hackers gained ...

China Hacks Telecom Companies

Executive Summary On December 3, 2024, NBC News, a mainstream American broadcast television network, reported that state-sponsored Chinese hackers had attacked major American telecom companies [1]. ...

Decade-Old Root Access Vulnerability Found in Ubuntu

Executive Summary On Wednesday, November 19, 2024, the Qualys Threat Research Unit identified and reported five easily exploitable full root access vulnerabilities in Ubuntu servers’ ...

North Korean APT Caught Experimenting With macOS Malware

Executive Summary On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, Jamf Threat Labs, a company specializing in securing Apple devices, published a report claiming the discovery of macOS-targeted malware which had ...