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2024-03-14 15:00:00 | La violation de données de l'agence d'emploi française pourrait affecter 43 millions de personnes French Employment Agency Data Breach Could Affect 43 Million People (lien direct) |
L'agence d'emploi de la France a subi une violation massive, exposant les données des utilisateurs qui se sont inscrits au cours des 20 dernières années
France\'s employment agency suffered a massive breach, exposing the data of users who registered over the past 20 years |
Data Breach | APT 19 | ★★★ |
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2024-02-13 12:07:03 | Molly White Reviews Blockchain Livre Molly White Reviews Blockchain Book (lien direct) |
Molly White & # 8212; of & # 8220; web3 va bien & # 8221;FAME & # 8212; critiques Chris Dixon & # 8217; s Blockchain Solutions Livre: lisez écrire propre :
En fait, tout au long du livre, Dixon ne parvient pas à identifier un projet de blockchain qui a réussi à fournir un service non spécifique à tout type.Le plus proche qu'il arrive, c'est quand il parle de la façon dont & # 8220; Pendant des décennies, les technologues ont rêvé de construire un fournisseur d'accès Internet de base & # 8221;.Il décrit un projet qui est obtenu plus loin que quiconque & # 8221;: Helium.Il est raisonnable, tant que vous ignorez le fait que l'hélium fournissait à Lorawan, pas Internet, qu'au moment où il écrivait son livre, les hotspots d'hélium avaient depuis longtemps passé la phase où ils pourraient générer encore assez de jetons pour leurs opérateurs pour leurs opérateursPour se casser même, et que le réseau s'arrête dans environ 1 150 $ de frais d'utilisation par mois malgré le fait que l'entreprise soit évaluée à 1,2 milliard de dollars.Oh, et que l'entreprise avait largement menti au public sur ses supposés clients de renom, et que ses dirigeants ont été accusés d'avoir thésaurigeant le jeton du projet pour s'enrichir.Mais bon, A16Z a coulé des millions d'hélium (un fait que Dixon ne mentionne jamais), donc aussi bien essayer de stimuler un nouvel intérêt! ...
Molly White—of “Web3 is Going Just Great” fame—reviews Chris Dixon’s blockchain solutions book: Read Write Own: In fact, throughout the entire book, Dixon fails to identify a single blockchain project that has successfully provided a non-speculative service at any kind of scale. The closest he ever comes is when he speaks of how “for decades, technologists have dreamed of building a grassroots internet access provider”. He describes one project that “got further than anyone else”: Helium. He’s right, as long as you ignore the fact that Helium was providing LoRaWAN, not Internet, that by the time he was writing his book Helium hotspots had long since passed the phase where they might generate even enough tokens for their operators to merely break even, and that the network was pulling in somewhere around $1,150 in usage fees a month despite the company being valued at $1.2 billion. Oh, and that the company had widely lied to the public about its supposed big-name clients, and that its executives have been accused of hoarding the project’s token to enrich themselves. But hey, a16z sunk millions into Helium (a fact Dixon never mentions), so might as well try to drum up some new interest!... |
APT 17 | ★★★ | |
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2023-11-28 00:00:00 | Enquêter sur le risque de références compromises et d'actifs exposés à Internet explorez le rapport révélant les industries et les tailles d'entreprise avec les taux les plus élevés d'identification compromises et d'actifs exposés à Internet.En savoir plus Investigating the Risk of Compromised Credentials and Internet-Exposed Assets Explore the report revealing industries and company sizes with the highest rates of compromised credentials and internet-exposed assets. Read More (lien direct) |
IntroductionIn this report, Kovrr collected and analyzed data to better understand one of the most common initial access vectors (1) - the use of compromised credentials (Valid Accounts - T1078) (2) to access internet-exposed assets (External Remote Services - T113) (3). The toxic combination of these two initial access vectors can allow malicious actors to gain a foothold in company networks before moving on to the next stage of their attack, which can be data theft, ransomware, denial of service, or any other action. There are numerous examples of breaches perpetrated by many attack groups that have occurred using this combination, for example, breaches by Lapsus (4) and APT39 (5), among others. âThis report seeks to demonstrate which industries and company sizes have the highest percentage of compromised credentials and number of internet-exposed assets and face a higher risk of having their networks breached by the toxic combination of the initial access vectors mentioned above.âIt should be noted that having an asset exposed to the internet does not inherently pose a risk or indicate that a company has poor security. In our highly digitized world, companies are required to expose services to the internet so their services can be accessed by customers, vendors, and remote employees. These services include VPN servers, SaaS applications developed by the company, databases, and shared storage units. However, there are some common cases when having an asset exposed to the internet can be extremely risky, for example:âWhen a company unintentionally exposes an asset due to misconfiguration.When a malicious third party obtains compromised credentials of a legitimate third party and accesses an exposed asset.  âTo limit unnecessary internet exposure, companies should employ the following possible mitigations:âUse Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for any services or assets that require a connection so that compromised credentials on their own will not be enough to breach an exposed asset.Limit access to the asset to only specific accounts, domains, and/or IP ranges.Segment the internal company network and isolate critical areas so that even if a network is breached through access to an external asset, attackers will not be able to use that access to reach wider or more sensitive areas of the company network. âSummaryâThe following are the main findings from the collected data:âThe Services industry is by far the most exposed to attackers. Companies from that industry have the highest percentage of compromised credentials (74%). However, they have a relatively low amount of internet-exposed assets per company (34%). However, given that an average cyber loss in this industry has been shown to be about $45M, this is highly concerning (6). The Services industry (SIC Division I) is followed by Division E (Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services, with an average loss of around $58M), which is followed by Division D (Manufacturing, with an average loss of around $25M). The revenue range for companies with the highest number of compromised credentials is $1M-$10M, followed by $10M-$50M. A similar trend is also observed when evaluating company size by the number of employees. Indeed, companies with fewer employees have a higher share of compromised credentials. On average, the larger the company (both in terms of revenue and number of employees (7)), the greater the number of internet-exposed assets.There is a correlation between the industries and revenue ranges of companies targeted by ransomware and those with the highest share of compromised credentials.   âMethodologyâThe data for this research was collected as follows:âData regarding compromised credentials was first collected from Hudson Rock, a provider of various cybercrime data. Data was collected for the previous six months, beginning March 2023. This data | Ransomware Threat Studies Prediction Cloud | APT 39 APT 39 APT 17 | ★★★ |
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2023-10-24 08:07:41 | Cloud de confiance : la vision environnementale du Cigref (lien direct) | Le Cigref a retravaillé le volet " environnement " de son référentiel du cloud de confiance. Comment se présente-t-il désormais ? | Cloud | APT 15 | ★★ |
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2023-10-20 10:19:43 | Métiers IT – Scrum Master : fonction, formation et salaire (lien direct) | Le Scrum Master anime une équipe pluridisciplinaire, composé de développeurs et de product owners, et met en oeuvre les pratiques Scrum pour développer un projet IT. | APT 15 | ★★ | |
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2023-10-10 20:05:50 | L'acteur de la triade de la triade saliss Smishing Triad Threat Actor Sets Its Sights on the UAE (lien direct) |
Resesecurity avertit que l'acteur de la triade de smirage a «largement élargi son empreinte d'attaque» aux Émirats arabes unis (EAU).
Resecurity warns that the Smishing Triad threat actor has “vastly expanded its attack footprint” in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). |
Threat | APT 15 | ★★★ |
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2023-09-01 13:43:32 | Un groupe d\'espionnage aligné avec les intérêts chinois usurpant Signal et Telegram (lien direct) | Des chercheurs identifient deux campagnes actives ciblant les utilisateurs d’Android. L'acteur opérant ces outils d'espionnage pour Telegram et Signal sont attribués au groupe APT GREF, aligné sur les intérêts de la Chine. Très probablement actives depuis juillet 2020 et depuis juillet 2022, respectivement pour chaque application malveillante, les campagnes ont distribué le code d’espionnage Android … Continue reading Un groupe d'espionnage aligné avec les intérêts chinois usurpant Signal et Telegram | Tool | APT 15 | ★★★ |
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2023-08-31 09:18:59 | ESET découvre un groupe d\'espionnage aligné avec les intérêts chinois usurpant les applications Signal et Telegram (lien direct) | ESET découvre un groupe d'espionnage aligné avec les intérêts chinois usurpant les applications Signal et Telegram Télémétrie ESET pour les applications trojanisées. ● ESET Research a découvert des applications Signal et Telegram trojanisées pour Android, nommées Signal Plus Messenger et FlyGram, sur Google Play et Samsung Galaxy Store ; les deux applications ont ensuite été supprimées de Google Play. ● Signal Plus Messenger représente le premier cas documenté d'espionnage des communications Signal en liant secrètement et automatiquement l'appareil compromis à l'appareil Signal de l'attaquant. ● Le code malveillant trouvé dans ces applications est attribué à la famille de logiciels malveillants BadBazaar, qui a été utilisée dans le passé par un groupe APT aligné sur les intérêts de la Chine, nommé GREF. ● Des milliers d'utilisateurs ont téléchargé les applications d'espionnage. La télémétrie d'ESET a signalé des détections sur des appareils Android dans plusieurs pays de l'UE, aux États-Unis, en Ukraine et dans d'autres endroits du monde. ● Le malware BadBazaar a déjà été utilisé pour cibler les Ouïghours et d'autres minorités ethniques turques. Le malware FlyGram a également été vu partagé dans un groupe Telegram ouïghour, ce qui correspond au ciblage précédent de la famille de logiciels malveillants BadBazaar. - Malwares | Malware | APT 15 | ★★ |
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2023-08-30 19:13:00 | Les logiciels espions Android BadBazaar liés à la Chine ciblant les utilisateurs de signaux et de télégrammes China-Linked BadBazaar Android Spyware Targeting Signal and Telegram Users (lien direct) |
Des chercheurs en cybersécurité ont découvert des applications Android malveillantes pour Signal et Telegram distribuées via le Google Play Store et le Samsung Galaxy Store, conçues pour diffuser le logiciel espion BadBazaar sur les appareils infectés.
La société slovaque ESET a attribué la campagne à un acteur lié à la Chine appelé GREF.
"Très probablement actives respectivement depuis juillet 2020 et depuis juillet 2022, les campagnes
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious Android apps for Signal and Telegram distributed via the Google Play Store and Samsung Galaxy Store that are engineered to deliver the BadBazaar spyware on infected devices. Slovakian company ESET attributed the campaign to a China-linked actor called GREF. "Most likely active since July 2020 and since July 2022, respectively, the campaigns |
APT 15 APT 15 | ★★ | |
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2023-08-30 16:00:00 | Le groupe chinois APT GREF utilise BadBazaar pour l'espionnage Android Chinese APT Group GREF Use BadBazaar in Android Espionage (lien direct) |
ESET a déclaré que BadBazaar était disponible via le Google Play Store, le Samsung Galaxy Store et divers sites d'applications.
ESET said BadBazaar was available via the Google Play Store, Samsung Galaxy Store and various app sites |
APT 15 APT 15 | ★★★ | |
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2023-08-30 11:16:48 | Les applications Trojanized Signal et Telegram sur Google Play ont livré des logiciels espions Trojanized Signal and Telegram apps on Google Play delivered spyware (lien direct) |
Des applications de chevaux de Troie Signal et Telegram contenant le logiciel espion BadBazaar ont été téléchargées sur Google Play et Samsung Galaxy Store par un groupe de piratage APT chinois connu sous le nom de GREF.[...]
Trojanized Signal and Telegram apps containing the BadBazaar spyware were uploaded onto Google Play and Samsung Galaxy Store by a Chinese APT hacking group known as GREF. [...] |
APT 15 | ★★★ | |
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2023-08-30 09:30:18 | L'outil d'espionnage Badbazaar cible les utilisateurs d'Android via des applications de signaux et de télégrammes trojanisés BadBazaar espionage tool targets Android users via trojanized Signal and Telegram apps (lien direct) |
Les chercheurs de l'ESET ont découvert des campagnes actives liées au groupe APT aligné par la Chine connu sous le nom de GREF, distribuant un code d'espionnage qui a déjà ciblé les Ouïghours
ESET researchers have discovered active campaigns linked to the China-aligned APT group known as GREF, distributing espionage code that has previously targeted Uyghurs |
Tool | APT 15 | ★★ |
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2023-08-19 10:07:14 | Les pirates utilisent le certificat de code VPN Provider \\ pour signer des logiciels malveillants Hackers use VPN provider\\'s code certificate to sign malware (lien direct) |
Le groupe APT (Advanced Advanced Persistance Menace) aligné en Chine connu sous le nom de \\ 'Bronze Starlight \' a été vu ciblant l'industrie du jeu d'Asie du Sud-Est avec des logiciels malveillants signés en utilisant un certificat valide utilisé par le fournisseur IVACY VPN.[...]
The China-aligned APT (advanced persistent threat) group known as \'Bronze Starlight\' was seen targeting the Southeast Asian gambling industry with malware signed using a valid certificate used by the Ivacy VPN provider. [...] |
Malware | APT 10 | ★★★ |
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2023-08-16 06:46:45 | Rapport de tendance des menaces sur les groupes APT & # 8211;Juin 2023 Threat Trend Report on APT Groups – June 2023 (lien direct) |
Tendances du groupe APT & # 8211;Juin 2023 1) Andariel 2) APT28 3) Cadet Blizzard (Dev-0586) 4) Camaro Dragon 5) Chicheau charmant (Mint Sandstorm) 6) Gamaredon (Shuckworm) 7) Ke3Chang (Apt15, Nickel) 8) Kimsuky 9) Lazarus 10) Eau boueuse 11) Mustang Panda 12) Oceanlotus 13) Patchwork (éléphant blanc) 14) REd Eyes (APT37) 15) Sharp Panda 16) Sidecopy 17) Soldat Stealth ATIP_2023_JUN_THREAT Rapport de tendance sur les groupes APT
APT Group Trends – June 2023 1) Andariel 2) APT28 3) Cadet Blizzard (DEV-0586) 4) Camaro Dragon 5) Charming Kitten (Mint Sandstorm) 6) Gamaredon (Shuckworm) 7) Ke3chang (APT15, Nickel) 8) Kimsuky 9) Lazarus 10) Muddy Water 11) Mustang Panda 12) OceanLotus 13) Patchwork (White Elephant) 14) Red Eyes (APT37) 15) Sharp Panda 16) SideCopy 17) Stealth Soldier ATIP_2023_Jun_Threat Trend Report on APT Groups |
Threat Prediction | APT 38 APT 37 APT 37 APT 35 APT 35 APT 32 APT 32 APT 28 APT 28 APT 15 APT 15 APT 25 | ★★ |
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2023-08-02 10:00:00 | Code Mirage: Comment les cybercriminels exploitent le code halluciné AI pour les machinations malveillantes Code Mirage: How cyber criminals harness AI-hallucinated code for malicious machinations (lien direct) |
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Introduction:
The landscape of cybercrime continues to evolve, and cybercriminals are constantly seeking new methods to compromise software projects and systems. In a disconcerting development, cybercriminals are now capitalizing on AI-generated unpublished package names also known as “AI-Hallucinated packages” to publish malicious packages under commonly hallucinated package names. It should be noted that artificial hallucination is not a new phenomenon as discussed in [3]. This article sheds light on this emerging threat, wherein unsuspecting developers inadvertently introduce malicious packages into their projects through the code generated by AI.
AI-hallucinations:
Artificial intelligence (AI) hallucinations, as described [2], refer to confident responses generated by AI systems that lack justification based on their training data. Similar to human psychological hallucinations, AI hallucinations involve the AI system providing information or responses that are not supported by the available data. However, in the context of AI, hallucinations are associated with unjustified responses or beliefs rather than false percepts. This phenomenon gained attention around 2022 with the introduction of large language models like ChatGPT, where users observed instances of seemingly random but plausible-sounding falsehoods being generated. By 2023, it was acknowledged that frequent hallucinations in AI systems posed a significant challenge for the field of language models.
The exploitative process:
Cybercriminals begin by deliberately publishing malicious packages under commonly hallucinated names produced by large language machines (LLMs) such as ChatGPT within trusted repositories. These package names closely resemble legitimate and widely used libraries or utilities, such as the legitimate package ‘arangojs’ vs the hallucinated package ‘arangodb’ as shown in the research done by Vulcan [1].
The trap unfolds:
When developers, unaware of the malicious intent, utilize AI-based tools or large language models (LLMs) to generate code snippets for their projects, they inadvertently can fall into a trap. The AI-generated code snippets can include imaginary unpublished libraries, enabling cybercriminals to publish commonly used AI-generated imaginary package names. As a result, developers unknowingly import malicious packages into their projects, introducing vulnerabilities, backdoors, or other malicious functionalities that compromise the security and integrity of the software and possibly other projects.
Implications for developers:
The exploitation of AI-generated hallucinated package names poses significant risks to developers and their projects. Here are some key implications:
Trusting familiar package names: Developers commonly rely on package names they recognize to introduce code snippets into their projects. The presence of malicious packages under commonly hallucinated names makes it increasingly difficult to distinguish between legitimate and malicious options when relying on the trust from AI generated code.
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Tool | APT 15 ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★★ |
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2023-07-19 16:09:41 | IA générative : les tuyaux du Cigref (lien direct) | Fournisseurs, développeurs, sous-traitants, utilisateurs finaux... Le Cigref a compilé quelques observations sur le sujet de l'IA générative. | APT 15 | ★★★ | |
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2023-07-13 00:00:00 | Le Ransomware Threat Landscape H1-23 Ce rapport fournit une analyse complète de toutes les attaques de ransomwares connues qui ont été signalées au cours des deux premiers trimestres de 2023. The Ransomware Threat Landscape H1-23This report provides a comprehensive analysis of all known ransomware attacks that were reported during the first two quarters of 2023.Read More (lien direct) |
IntroductionâIn this comprehensive report, Kovrr collected and analyzed data on all known ransomware attacks reported during the first two quarters of 2023. The data was collected from multiple sources, all aggregated and updated regularly in Kovrrâs Threat Intelligence Database. The database includes data on many different types of cyber incidents, but this report includes only data on ransomware attacks, excluding data on any other type of attacks. The ransomware groups covered in this report all operate as a RaaS (Ransomware as a Service), a business model through which the ransomware binary and operation are sold or leased to operators, called affiliates. This means that a ransomware operation is composed of many different individuals, with separate roles, and the extortion profits are divided between them. Some individuals are responsible for initial access to the targets, others to lateral movement to interesting and profitable areas in the victim network, while others are responsible for the ransomware infection itself, and others negotiate with the victim after infection. âSummaryâThese are the main insights from the collected data:There is a 32% drop in attack amounts in H1-23 compared to H2-22. It is important to note that this drop can also be due to delayed reporting of cyber incidents by attacked companies.The top ten most active groups observed during the first half of 2023 are AvosLocker, Bianlian, BlackBasta, BlackCat, Clop, Lockbit 3.0, MedusaLocker, Play, Royal, and ViceSociety. All 10 actors accounted for 87% of attacks during this period, while the top 3 groups (Lockbit 3.0, BlackCat, and Clop) accounted for 53% of all claimed attacks during this period. The average lifespan of a ransomware group is 262 days, while the median is 167 days. In an average month, 18.3 different ransomware groups are active.The most targeted industry is the Services industry, while companies with a revenue of $10M-$50M are the most common targets. âData Collection Methods and Possible BiasesâThe data for this research was collected from Kovrrâs Threat Intelligence Database, that collects data from multiple sources, and includes information on different types of cyber incidents. Specifically for this report, data was collected mainly from ransomware leak sites, public filings of attacked companies, and news reports on ransomware attacks. The data from ransomware leak sites was collected mainly from Double Extortion (https://doubleextortion.com), a data source providing up to date information from ransomware leak sites. The rest of the data was collected using proprietary sources and methods. This data was then combined with additional sources to collect company business information and is limited to ransomware attacks that occurred and were reported in the first two quarters of 2023, between January 1st 2023 and June 31st 2023. There are several possible biases in the data that may affect the results presented in the report. Data collection for this research relied either on a company filing a notification on a ransomware attack, or a ransomware group uploading information about a victim. Therefore, in the case that a company decided not to file a notice of a ransomware attack, for example due to not being legally required to do so, it will not be included in our data. This means that companies located in countries that require data breach notifications, such as companies in the United States or the European Union, are expected to have a higher representation in our data. This is also true for companies in more regulated industries, such as healthcare. Regarding data retrieved from ransom group sites, there may be cases where an attacker did not upload data on the attack victim, as the victim paid the ransom, or for other reasons. This means that some victims that have quickly paid ransoms following an attack might not appear in our data. Additionally,, we have previously researched | Ransomware Data Breach Vulnerability Threat Cloud | APT 17 | ★★★ |
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2023-07-07 16:00:00 | L'utilisateur de Twitter expose la fuite de données nickelodeon Twitter User Exposes Nickelodeon Data Leak (lien direct) |
Les rapports sur les réseaux sociaux suggèrent qu'une personne prétendument vide environ 500 Go de fichiers d'animation
Social media reports suggest an individual allegedly dumped approximately 500GB of animation files |
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2023-07-06 22:45:12 | Nickelodeon sonde les affirmations de fuite de données massives alors que les fans de Bob éponge se réjouissent Nickelodeon probes claims of massive data leak as SpongeBob fans rejoice (lien direct) |
TV Network \'s Attorneys \\ 'Sur un Rampage DMCA \' ... êtes-vous sûr que vous êtes prêt, les enfants? Nickelodeon dit qu'il a sondé les affirmations que "Des décennies "Matériel a été volée et a divulgué en ligne.Cela suit des rapports sur les réseaux sociaux selon lesquels quelqu'un avait jeté 500 Go de fichiers d'animation arrachés.L'hilarité, et de nombreux mèmes de squarepants d'éponge, ont suivi.…
TV network\'s attorneys \'on a DMCA rampage\' ... are you sure you\'re ready, kids? Nickelodeon says it is probing claims that "decades old" material was stolen from it and leaked online. This follows reports on social media that someone had dumped 500GB of snatched animation files. Hilarity, and many SpongeBob SquarePants memes, ensued.… |
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2023-07-06 19:11:00 | Nickelodeon dit que certaines des données prétendument volées \\ 'semble avoir des décennies \\' Nickelodeon says some of allegedly stolen data \\'appears to be decades old\\' (lien direct) |
Le géant de la télévision des enfants, Nickelodeon, a déclaré qu'il enquêtait sur une violation présumée après que les pirates aient prétendu avoir volé 500 Go de données.Pendant des jours, les experts en cybersécurité ont averti que pirates partagent des documents volés du réseau qui comprenait des fuites du département d'animation Nickellodeon.Certaines des informations auraient remonté des décennies.[Captures d'écran du
Children\'s television giant Nickelodeon said it is investigating an alleged breach after hackers claimed to have stolen 500 GB of data. For days, cybersecurity experts have warned that hackers are sharing stolen documents from the network that included leaks from the Nickelodeon animation department. Some of the information allegedly dates back decades. [Screenshots of the |
APT 15 | ★★ | |
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2023-07-06 11:03:36 | Nickelodeon enquête sur la violation après la fuite de \\ 'DÉCÉSION \\' DONNÉES Nickelodeon investigates breach after leak of \\'decades old\\' data (lien direct) |
Nickelodeon a confirmé que les données divulguées à partir d'une violation présumée de l'entreprise étaient légitimes, mais elle semble avoir des décennies.[...]
Nickelodeon has confirmed that the data leaked from an alleged breach of the company is legitimate but it appears to be decades old. [...] |
APT 15 | ★★ | |
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2023-06-27 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 26 [Eyes Open] La FTC révèle les cinq dernières escroqueries par SMS CyberheistNews Vol 13 #26 [Eyes Open] The FTC Reveals the Latest Top Five Text Message Scams (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #26 | June 27th, 2023
[Eyes Open] The FTC Reveals the Latest Top Five Text Message Scams
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published a data spotlight outlining the most common text message scams. Phony bank fraud prevention alerts were the most common type of text scam last year. "Reports about texts impersonating banks are up nearly tenfold since 2019 with median reported individual losses of $3,000 last year," the report says.
These are the top five text scams reported by the FTC:
Copycat bank fraud prevention alerts
Bogus "gifts" that can cost you
Fake package delivery problems
Phony job offers
Not-really-from-Amazon security alerts
"People get a text supposedly from a bank asking them to call a number ASAP about suspicious activity or to reply YES or NO to verify whether a transaction was authorized. If they reply, they\'ll get a call from a phony \'fraud department\' claiming they want to \'help get your money back.\' What they really want to do is make unauthorized transfers.
"What\'s more, they may ask for personal information like Social Security numbers, setting people up for possible identity theft."
Fake gift card offers took second place, followed by phony package delivery problems. "Scammers understand how our shopping habits have changed and have updated their sleazy tactics accordingly," the FTC says. "People may get a text pretending to be from the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, or UPS claiming there\'s a problem with a delivery.
"The text links to a convincing-looking – but utterly bogus – website that asks for a credit card number to cover a small \'redelivery fee.\'"
Scammers also target job seekers with bogus job offers in an attempt to steal their money and personal information. "With workplaces in transition, some scammers are using texts to perpetrate old-school forms of fraud – for example, fake \'mystery shopper\' jobs or bogus money-making offers for driving around with cars wrapped in ads," the report says.
"Other texts target people who post their resumes on employment websites. They claim to offer jobs and even send job seekers checks, usually with instructions to send some of the money to a different address for materials, training, or the like. By the time the check bounces, the person\'s money – and the phony \'employer\' – are long gone."
Finally, scammers impersonate Amazon and send fake security alerts to trick victims into sending money. "People may get what looks like a message from \'Amazon,\' asking to verify a big-ticket order they didn\'t place," the FTC says. "Concerned |
Ransomware Spam Malware Hack Tool Threat | FedEx APT 28 APT 15 ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★ |
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2023-06-23 21:30:46 | CISOS de plus en plus préoccupés par les menaces mobiles CISOs Increasingly Concerned About Mobile Threats (lien direct) |
> Un nouvel avertissement de Verizon de la montée en puissance des smirs, des messages texte et des escroqueries par texte et du FBI signalent 10,3 milliards de dollars de fraude sur Internet l'année dernière, les CISO sont de plus en plus préoccupés par les menaces mobiles ciblant les employés et l'impact sur leur organisation.La montée en puissance du smirage, des messages texte de spam et des escroqueries par texte.Dans une enquête récente [& # 8230;]
Le post CISOS de plus en plus préoccupé par les menaces mobiles : //slashnext.com "> slashnext .
>A new warning from Verizon about the rise of smishing, spam text messages and text scams and the FBI reporting $10.3 billion in internet fraud last year, CISOs are increasingly concerned about mobile threats targeting employees and the impact to their organization. The rise of smishing, spam text messages and text scams. In recent survey […] The post CISOs Increasingly Concerned About Mobile Threats first appeared on SlashNext. |
Spam | APT 15 | ★★ |
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2023-06-21 21:35:00 | L'APT15 chinois de 20 ans trouve une nouvelle vie dans les attaques du ministère des Affaires étrangères 20-Year-Old Chinese APT15 Finds New Life in Foreign Ministry Attacks (lien direct) |
Le célèbre APT15 a utilisé des outils de logiciels malveillants communs et une porte dérobée "graphique" personnalisée de troisième génération pour poursuivre ses exploits de collecte d'informations, cette fois contre les ministères étrangères.
The notorious APT15 used common malware tools and a third-generation custom "Graphican" backdoor to continue its information gathering exploits, this time against foreign ministries. |
Malware | APT 15 APT 15 | ★★ |
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2023-06-21 18:00:00 | Emerging Ransomware Group 8base Doxxes PMBS Globalement Emerging Ransomware Group 8Base Doxxes SMBs Globally (lien direct) |
Une menace dont vous n'avez jamais entendu parler est d'utiliser des attaques à double extorsion dans les magasins mom-and-pop à travers le monde.
A threat you\'ve never heard of is using double extortion attacks on mom-and-pop shops around the globe. |
Ransomware Threat | APT 17 | ★★ |
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2023-06-21 17:13:00 | Le groupe de piratage expérimenté en Chine a un nouvel outil de porte dérobée, disent les chercheurs Experienced China-based hacking group has new backdoor tool, researchers say (lien direct) |
Le groupe de cyber-espionnage chinois connu sous le nom de nickel ou APT15 a utilisé une porte dérobée auparavant invisible pour attaquer mercredi des ministères des affaires étrangères en Amérique centrale et du Sud.Dans la campagne qui s'est déroulée de la fin de 2022 au début de 2023, les pirates ont ciblé un département des finances du gouvernement et une société anonyme ainsi que les affaires étrangères
The Chinese cyber-espionage group known as Nickel or APT15 used a previously unseen backdoor to attack ministries of foreign affairs in Central and South America, researchers reported Wednesday. In the campaign that ran from late 2022 into early 2023, hackers targeted a government finance department and an unnamed corporation as well as the foreign affairs |
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2023-06-21 06:00:00 | Les pirates chinois APT15 refont surface avec de nouveaux logiciels malveillants graphiques Chinese APT15 hackers resurface with new Graphican malware (lien direct) |
Le groupe de piratage chinois parrainé par l'État suivi comme APT15 a été observé à l'aide d'une nouvelle porte dédominale nommée \\ 'graphican \' dans une nouvelle campagne entre la fin 2022 et le début de 2023. [...]
The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT15 has been observed using a novel backdoor named \'Graphican\' in a new campaign between late 2022 and early 2023. [...] |
Malware | APT 15 APT 15 | ★★★ |
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2023-06-20 08:37:46 | Quelques clés d\'analyse de la performance des DSI (lien direct) | Avec quelques exemples à l'appui, dont celui de la SNCF, le Cigref fournit des pistes pour l'évaluation de la performance des DSI. | APT 15 | ★★★ | |
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2023-05-30 22:00:00 | Rat Seroxen à vendre SeroXen RAT for sale (lien direct) |
This blog was jointly written with Alejandro Prada and Ofer Caspi.
Executive summary
SeroXen is a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that showed up in late 2022 and is becoming more popular in 2023. Advertised as a legitimate tool that gives access to your computers undetected, it is being sold for only $30 for a monthly license or $60 for a lifetime bundle, making it accessible.
Key takeaways:
SeroXen is a fileless RAT, performing well at evading detections on static and dynamic analysis.
The malware combines several open-source projects to improve its capabilities. It is a combination of Quasar RAT, r77-rootkit and the command line NirCmd.
Hundreds of samples have shown up since its creation, being most popular in the gaming community. It is only a matter of time before it is used to target companies instead of individual users.
Analysis
Quasar RAT is a legitimate open-source remote administration tool. It is offered on github page to provide user support or employee monitoring. It has been historically associated with malicious activity performed by threat actors, APT groups (like in this Mandiant report from 2017), or government attacks (in this report by Unit42 in 2017).
It was first released in July 2014 as “xRAT” and renamed to “Quasar” in August 2015. Since then, there have been released updates to the code until v1.4.1 in March 2023, which is the most current version. As an open-source RAT tool with updates 9 years after its creation, it is no surprise that it continues to be a common tool used by itself or combined with other payloads by threat actors up to this day.
In a review of the most recent samples, a new Quasar variant was observed by Alien Labs in the wild: SeroXen. This new RAT is a modified branch of the open-source version, adding some modifications features to the original RAT. They’re selling it for monthly or lifetime fee. Figure 1 contains some of the features advertised on their website.
Figure 1. SeroXen features announced on its website.
This new RAT first showed up on a Twitter account, established in September 2022. The person advertising the RAT appeared to be an English-speaking teenager. The same Twitter handle published a review of the RAT on YouTube. The video approached the review from an attacking/Red Team point of view, encouraging people to buy the tool because it is worth the money. They were claiming to be a reseller of the tool.
In December 2022, a specific domain was registered to market/sell the tool, seroxen[.]com. The RAT was distributed via a monthly license for $30 USD or a lifetime license of $60 USD. It was around that time that the malware was first observed in the wild, appearing with 0 detections on VirusTotal.
After a few months, on the 1st of February, the YouTuber CyberSec Zaado published a video alerting the community about the capabilities of the RAT from a defensive perspective. In late February, the RAT was advertised on social media platforms such as TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, and several cracking forums, including hackforums. There were some conversations on gaming forums complaining about being infected by malware after downloading some video games. The artifacts described by the users matched with SeroXen RAT.
The threat actor updated the domain name to seroxen[.]net by the end of March. This domain name was registered on March 27th |
Malware Tool Threat | Uber APT 10 | ★★ |
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2023-05-29 09:42:08 | RSE et projets IT : le Cigref pousse un outil de scoring (lien direct) | À partir d'un modèle émanant d'Enedis, le Cigref propose un outil d'évaluation a priori des projets informatiques. | APT 15 | ★★★ | |
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2023-05-17 07:28:14 | Release: Harita Group (510 GB) (lien direct) | Courriels du conglomérat indonésien impliqué dans le nickel, le charbon et l'exploitation minière de bauxite, les fonderies de ferronickel, les raffineries d'alumine, l'exploitation forestière et les plantations d'huile de palme.
Emails from the Indonesian conglomerate involved in nickel, coal, and bauxite mining, ferronickel smelters, alumina refineries, logging, and palm oil plantations. |
APT 15 | ★★ | |
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2023-05-05 12:00:43 | Faire l'authentification plus rapidement que jamais: Passkeys vs mots de passe Making authentication faster than ever: passkeys vs. passwords (lien direct) |
Silvia Convento, Senior UX Researcher and Court Jacinic, Senior UX Content DesignerIn recognition of World Password Day 2023, Google announced its next step toward a passwordless future: passkeys. Passkeys are a new, passwordless authentication method that offer a convenient authentication experience for sites and apps, using just a fingerprint, face scan or other screen lock. They are designed to enhance online security for users. Because they are based on the public key cryptographic protocols that underpin security keys, they are resistant to phishing and other online attacks, making them more secure than SMS, app based one-time passwords and other forms of multi-factor authentication (MFA). And since passkeys are standardized, a single implementation enables a passwordless experience across browsers and operating systems. Passkeys can be used in two different ways: on the same device or from a different device. For example, if you need to sign in to a website on an Android device and you have a passkey stored on that same device, then using it only involves unlocking the phone. On the other hand, if you need to sign in to that website on the Chrome browser on your computer, you simply scan a QR code to connect the phone and computer to use the passkey.The technology behind the former (“same device passkey”) is not new: it was originally developed within the FIDO Alliance and first implemented by Google in August 2019 in select flows. Google and other FIDO members have been working together on enhancing the underlying technology of passkeys over the last few years to improve their usability and convenience. This technology behind passkeys allows users to log in to their account using any form of device-based user verification, such as biometrics or a PIN code. A credential is only registered once on a user\'s personal device, and then the device proves possession of the registered credential to the remote server by asking the user to use their device\'s screen lock. The user\'s biometric, or other screen lock data, is never sent to Google\'s servers - it stays securely stored on the device, and only cryptographic proof that the user has correctly provided it is sent to Google. Passkeys are also created and stored on your devices and are not sent to websites or apps. If you create a passkey on one device the Google Password Manager can make it available on your other devices that are signed into the same system account.Learn more on how passkey works under the hoo | APT 38 APT 15 APT 10 Guam | ★★ | |
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2023-04-26 16:11:23 | Microsoft reconnaît Katie Nickels pour son impact sur la communauté de la sécurité Microsoft recognizes Katie Nickels for her impact on the security community (lien direct) |
Microsoft a décerné au directeur des opérations de renseignement de Red Canary \\ son prix de la sécurité du Changemaker de Security lors de ses prix d'excellence en matière de sécurité 2023.
Microsoft has awarded Red Canary\'s Director of Intelligence Operations its Security Changemaker award at its 2023 Security Excellence Awards. |
APT 15 | ★★ | |
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2023-04-12 23:37:00 | Une attaque de ransomwares qui a forcé un comté de New York à retour à la plume et au papier a commencé en 2021, dit officiel Ransomware attack that forced a New York county back to pen and paper began in 2021, official says (lien direct) |
Le comté de Suffolk de New York a conclu une enquête sur une attaque de ransomware déstabilisatrice qui a forcé les travailleurs du gouvernement à s'appuyer sur des télécopies et des archives papier, découvrant des déficiences marquantes dans les pratiques de cybersécurité du greffier du comté.Steven Bellone du comté de Suffolk [a tenu une conférence de presse] (https://www.facebook.com/stevebellone/videos/550329996987344/) mercredi pour dévoiler les résultats de l'enquête médico-légale sur le septembre
New York\'s Suffolk County has concluded an investigation into a destabilizing ransomware attack that forced government workers to rely on fax machines and paper records, discovering stark deficiencies in the county clerk\'s cybersecurity practices. Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone [held a press conference](https://www.facebook.com/SteveBellone/videos/550329996987344/) Wednesday to unveil the findings of the forensic investigation into the September |
Ransomware | APT 15 | ★★ |
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2023-02-22 16:34:23 | Gestion de crise cyber : l\'approche du Cigref en 7 chiffres (lien direct) | Communication, remédiation, gestion des équipes... Voici quelques-unes des recommandations que le Cigref fournit en matière de gestion de crise cyber. | APT 15 | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-20 16:33:54 | Métiers IT : " la technologie a besoin de femmes " (lien direct) | Femmes@Numérique, Cigref et d'autres formulent 14 propositions issues des Assises nationales de la féminisation des métiers et filières numérique. | APT 15 | ★★ | |
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2023-02-17 17:00:00 | EU Cybersecurity Agency Warns Against Chinese APTs (lien direct) | The document directly mentions APT27, APT30, APT31, Ke3chang, Gallium and Mustang Panda | APT 30 APT 27 APT 15 APT 25 APT 31 | ★★ | |
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2023-02-17 08:29:11 | Fortinet enrichit son offre de services et de formations pour aider les équipes SOC à mieux anticiper et déjouer les cybermenaces (lien direct) | Fortinet enrichit son offre de services et de formations pour aider les équipes SOC à mieux anticiper et déjouer les cybermenaces L'approche pluridisciplinaire de Fortinet reflète l'engagement de l'éditeur à pallier le déficit de compétences en cybersécurité - Formations des Instituts privés et public | APT 15 | ★★ | |
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2023-02-08 14:15:09 | CVE-2022-41620 (lien direct) | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SeoSamba for WordPress Webmasters plugin | Vulnerability | APT 19 | |
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2023-01-24 16:30:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Roaming Mantis Changes DNS on Wi-Fi Routers, Hook Android Banking Trojan Has Device Take-Over Capabilities, Ke3chang Targeted Iran with Updated Turian Backdoor (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Banking trojans, DNS hijacking, China, Infostealers, Malvertising, Phishing, and Smishing. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Roaming Mantis Implements New DNS Changer in Its Malicious Mobile App in 2022
(published: January 19, 2023)
In December 2022, a financially-motivated group dubbed Roaming Mantis (Shaoye) continued targeting mobile users with malicious landing pages. iOS users were redirected to phishing pages, while Android users were provided with malicious APK files detected as XLoader (Wroba, Moqhao). Japan, Austria, France, and Germany were the most targeted for XLoader downloads (in that order). All but one targeted country had smishing as an initial vector. In South Korea, Roaming Mantis implemented a new DNS changer function. XLoader-infected Android devices were targeting specific Wi-Fi routers used mostly in South Korea. The malware would compromise routers with default credentials and change the DNS settings to serve malicious landing pages from legitimate domains.
Analyst Comment: The XLoader DNS changer function is especially dangerous in the context of free/public Wi-Fi that serve many devices. Install anti-virus software for your mobile device. Users should be cautious when receiving messages with a link or unwarranted prompts to install software.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] T1078.001 - Valid Accounts: Default Accounts | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1584 - Compromise Infrastructure
Tags: actor:Roaming Mantis, actor:Shaoye, file-type:APK, detection:Wroba, detection:Moqhao, detection:XLoader, malware-type:Trojan-Dropper, DNS changer, Wi-Fi routers, ipTIME, EFM Networks, Title router, DNS hijacking, Malicious app, Smishing, South Korea, target-country:KR, Japan, target-country:JP, Austria, target-country:AT, France, target-country:FR, Germany, target-country:DE, VK, Mobile, Android
Hook: a New Ermac Fork with RAT Capabilities
(published: January 19, 2023)
ThreatFabric researchers analyzed a new Android banking trojan named Hook. It is a rebranded development of the Ermac malware that was based on the Android banker Cerberus. Hook added new capabilities in targeting banking and cryptocurrency-related applications. The malware also added capabilities of a remote access trojan and a spyware. Its device take-over capabilities include being able to remotely view and interact with the screen of the infected device, manipulate files on the devices file system, simulate clicks, fill text boxes, and perform gestures. Hook can start the social messaging application WhatsApp, extract all the messages present, and send new ones.
Analyst Comment: Users should take their mobile device security seriously whether they use it for social messaging or actually provide access to their banking accounts and/or cryptocurrency holdings. Similar to its predecessors, Hook will likely be used by many threat actors (malware-as-as-service model). It means the need to protect from a wide range of attacks: smishing, prompts to install malicious apps, excessive |
Malware Tool Threat Guideline | APT 15 APT 25 | ★★★ |
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2023-01-23 20:14:17 | Blast from the Past: How Attackers Compromised Zimbra With a Patched Vulnerability (lien direct) | Last year, I worked on a vulnerability in Zimbra (CVE-2022-41352 - my AttackerKB analysis for Rapid7) that turned out to be a new(-ish) exploit path for a really old bug in cpio - CVE-2015-1194. But that was patched in 2019, so what happened? (I posted this as a tweet-thread awhile back, but I decided to flesh it out and make it into a full blog post!) cpio is an archive tool commonly used for system-level stuff (firmware images and such). It can also extract other format, like .tar, which we'll use since it's more familiar. cpio has a flag (--no-absolute-filenames), off by default, that purports to prevent writing files outside of the target directory. That's handy when, for example, extracting untrusted files with Amavis (like Zimbra does). The problem is, symbolic links can point to absolute paths, and therefore, even with --no-absolute-filenames, there was no safe way to extract an untrusted archive (outside of using a chroot environment or something similar, which they really ought to do). Much later, in 2019, the cpio team released cpio version 2.13, which includes a patch for CVE-2015-1194, with unit tests and everything. Some (not all) modern OSes include the patched version of cpio, which should be the end of the story, but it's not! I'm currently writing this on Fedora 35, so let's try exploiting it. We can confirm that the version of cpio installed with the OS is, indeed, the fixed version: ron@fedora ~ $ cpio --version cpio (GNU cpio) 2.13 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Phil Nelson, David MacKenzie, John Oleynick, and Sergey Poznyakoff. That means that we shouldn't be able to use symlinks to write outside of the target directory, so let's create a .tar file that includes a symlink and a file written through that symlink (this is largely copied from this mailing list post: ron@fedora ~ $ mkdir cpiotest ron@fedora ~ $ cd cpiotest ron@fedora ~/cpiotest $ ln -s /tmp/ ./demo ron@fedora ~/cpiotest $ echo 'hello' > demo/imafile ron@fedora ~/cpiotest $ tar -cvf demo.tar demo demo/imafile demo demo/imafile ron@fedora ~/cpiotest $ | Tool Vulnerability | APT 17 | ★★★★ |
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2023-01-19 04:27:00 | Chinese hackers targeted Iranian government entities for months: Report (lien direct) | Chinese advanced persistent threat actor, Playful Taurus, targeted several Iranian government entities between July and December 2022, according to a Palo Alto Networks report. The Chinese threat actor also known as APT15, KeChang, NICKEL, BackdoorDiplomacy, and Vixen Panda, was observed attempting to connect government domains to malware infrastructure previously associated with the APT group, according to the report.“Playful Taurus continues to evolve their tactics and their tooling. Recent upgrades to the Turian backdoor and new C2 infrastructure suggest that these actors continue to see success during their cyber espionage campaigns,” Palo Alto Networks said in a blog. To read this article in full, please click here | Malware Threat | APT 15 APT 25 | ★★★ |
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2023-01-18 18:00:00 | Chinese APT Group Vixen Panda Targets Iranian Government Entities (lien direct) | The claims come from cybersecurity researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 | APT 15 APT 25 | ★★★ | |
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2023-01-09 10:58:20 | Low-code : Enedis, Pierre Fabre et la STIME témoignent (lien direct) | Pierre Fabre, STIME, Enedis : trois retex agrémentent le dernier rapport du Cigref sur le développement low code / no code. | APT 15 | ★★ | |
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2023-01-09 09:34:59 | Low-code : le Cigref pose la question des coûts (lien direct) | La question des coûts émaille la réflexion du Cigref à propos des solutions de développement low code et no code. | APT 15 | ★★ | |
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2023-01-01 08:00:00 | Comment enlever un watermark d\'une photo ? (lien direct) | Quand on a un site web, il faut l’illustrer. La plupart des webmasters se contentent de pomper des photos depuis Google Images. Pour ma part, j’utilisais jusqu’à présent une banque d’images, mais également des photos libres de droits sur différents sites comme Unsplash. Mais depuis quelques mois, je reçois des … Suite | APT 19 | ★★★ | |
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2022-12-17 13:15:09 | CVE-2022-4584 (lien direct) | A vulnerability was found in Axiomatic Bento4. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component mp42aac. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-216170 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. | Vulnerability Guideline | APT 17 | |
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2022-12-09 16:00:00 | Cobalt Mirage Affiliate Uses GitHub to Relay Drokbk Malware Instructions (lien direct) | Secureworks said the malicious code is written in .NET and comprises a dropper and a payload | Malware | APT 15 | ★★★ |
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2022-12-09 11:17:25 | Un groupe soutenu par l\'Iran utilise Github pour relayer les instructions de logiciels malveillants (lien direct) | Un groupe soutenu par l'Iran utilise Github pour relayer les instructions de logiciels malveillants Un sous-groupe du groupe iranien Cobalt Mirage, Cluster B, cible les organisations américaines avec un malware Drokbk personnalisé - Malwares | Malware | APT 15 | ★★ |
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2022-12-09 04:00:00 | Drokbk Malware Uses GitHub as Dead Drop Resolver (lien direct) | Type: BlogsDrokbk Malware Uses GitHub as Dead Drop ResolverA subgroup of the Iranian COBALT MIRAGE threat group leverages Drokbk for persistence.A subgroup of the Iranian COBALT MIRAGE threat group leverages Drokbk for persistence. | Malware Threat | APT 15 | ★★ |
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