ProjectSauron APT Platform Used to Spy on Government Agencies and Critical Industries
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/08/09/top-level-cyber-espionage-group/, https://threatpost.com/projectsauron-apt-on-par-with-equation-flame-duqu/119725/ Kaspersky Lab and Symantec ...
India-Linked Threat Actor Targets Military, Political Entities Worldwide
Source: http://www.securityweek.com/india-linked-threat-actor-targets-military-political-entities-worldwide There is a new threat actor known as Patchwork, that has been targeting victims ...
Malware Offers Backdoor to Critical Infrastructure Targets
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/07/13/malware-backdoor-critical-infrastructure-targets/, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/12/scada_malware/ Security researchers at SentinelOne ...
Chinese Hacks on FDIC Covered Up by CIO
Source: http://www.securityweek.com/chinese-attacks-fdic-covered-cio, https://threatpost.com/congressional-report-china-hacked-fdic-and-agency-covered-it-up/119276/ This week a report has been ...
Chinese Ad Firm Raking in $300K a Month Through Adfraud, Android Malware
Source: https://threatpost.com/chinese-ad-firm-raking-in-300k-a-month-through-adfraud-android-malware/119030/ According to researchers at Check Point a group dubbed Yingmob has been running a ...
Exploit Generator Shows Links Between Chinese APT Malware
Source: http://www.securityweek.com/exploit-generator-shows-links-between-chinese-apt-malware MNkit is a document exploit generator used by many threat actors to leverage a vulnerability in Office ...
US Customs Wants to Know Traveler’s Social Media Account Names
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/06/27/us-customs-social-media-account-names/ The US Customs and Border Protection agency has put in a request to the Office of Management and Budget, ...
Voter Database Leak Exposes 154 Million Sensitive Records
Source: https://threatpost.com/voter-database-leak-exposes-154-million-sensitive-records/118901/ A white hat hacker Chris Vickery discovered a database of 154 million U.S. voter profiles on an ...
Singapore Blocking Internet Access on Government Computers
Source: http://www.securityweek.com/singapore-blocking-internet-access-government-computers It was confirmed that Singapore will be cutting of internet access to a select group of public service ...