Defense Contractor, Japan Aviation Electronics, Falls Victim to a Cyber Attack
Executive Summary: Japan Aviation Electronics (JAE), a prominent aerospace and electronics manufacturer and defense contractor, has recently become the target of a cyber-attack. The attack, which ...
North Korea Infiltrates Remote US Jobs to Fund Weapons
Executive Summary: The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and The Department of Justice (DOJ) have uncovered a sophisticated operation involving North Korea deploying thousands of IT workers to ...
Anonymous Sudan Targets Israel’s Critical Infrastructure
Executive Summary: The Russian-affiliated hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan has recently pledged solidarity with Hamas, considering the conflict occurring in Israel and Palestine. This affiliation ...
ALPHV: Hackers Reveal Details of MGM Cyber Attack
Executive Summary In September 2023, MGM Resorts, a prominent hotel and casino chain, faced a cyber attack launched by hacker groups ALPHV and Scattered Spider. The hacker groups used social ...
Killnet: Russian Hacktivists DDoS US Airports, Government Websites
Executive Summary KillNet, a Russian-sympathizers and hacktivist group founded in January 2022 and known to attack Western governments and infrastructure, has launched a distributed denial of ...
RatMilad: Iranian Hackers Deploy Novel Spyware
Executive Summary As Iranian hacking groups grow in number and proliferation, the use of spyware is becoming increasingly common. The latest malware to be publicized was discovered by the zLabs team ...
Shikitega: New Malware Targets Linux Systems
Executive Summary Shikitega is the moniker given to a new malware payload that is designed to target Linux operating systems. The attack can take control of many different Linux distributions, not ...
iOS Critical Security Update 15.6.1
Co-Authored By: Johnathan Means Executive Summary On August 17, 2022, Apple Inc. released an update that patched two security holes that were potentially major vulnerabilities, one existing ...
MILITARY POWER: NORTH KOREA Cyberwarfare Profile
Executive Summary The North Korean dictatorship, headed by Kim Jong-un, is behind some of the most nefarious cyberwarfare operations active on the global stage. Since the ending of the Korean War ...
Advanced Persistent Threat “Naikon” Deploys New Malware
Executive Summary Well known Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group “Naikon” has made headlines again recently for an attack that has been in the wild unnoticed for two years. The threat ...