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2025-01-31 19:21:04 | Hackers From China, North Korea, Iran & Russia Are Using Google’s AI For Cyber Ops (lien direct) | Google\'s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has issued a warning regarding cybercriminals from China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea, and over a dozen other countries are using its artificial intelligence (AI) application, Gemini, to boost their hacking capabilities. According to Google\'s TIG report, published on Wednesday, state-sponsored hackers have been using the Gemini chatbot to improve their productivity in cyber espionage, phishing campaigns, and other malicious activities. Google examined Gemini activity linked to known APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) actors and discovered that APT groups from over twenty countries have been using large language models (LLMs) primarily for research, target reconnaissance, the development of malicious code, and the creation and localization of content like phishing emails. In other words, these hackers seem to primarily use Gemini as a research tool to enhance their operations rather than develop entirely new hacking methods. Currently, no hacker has successfully leveraged Gemini to develop entirely new cyberattack methods. “While AI can be a useful tool for threat actors, it is not yet the gamechanger it is sometimes portrayed to be. While we do see threat actors using generative AI to perform common tasks like troubleshooting, research, and content generation, we do not see indications of them developing novel capabilities,” Google said in its report. Google tracked this activity to more than ten Iran-backed groups, more than twenty China-backed groups, and nine North Korean-backed groups. For instance, Iranian threat actors were the biggest users of Gemini, using it for a wide range of purposes, including research on defense organizations, vulnerability research, and creating content for campaigns. In particular, the group APT42 (which accounted for over 30% of Iranian APT actors) focused on crafting phishing campaigns to target government agencies and corporations, conducting reconnaissance on defense experts and organizations, and generating content with cybersecurity themes. Chinese APT groups primarily used Gemini to conduct reconnaissance, script and develop, troubleshoot code, and research how to obtain deeper access to target networks through lateral movement, privilege escalation, data exfiltration, and detection evasion. North Korean APT hackers were observed using Gemini to support multiple phases of the attack lifecycle, including researching potential infrastructure and free hosting providers, reconnaissance on target organizations, payload development, and help with malicious scripting and evasion methods. “Of note, North Korean actors also used Gemini to draft cover letters and research jobs-activities that would likely support North Korea’s efforts to place clandestine IT workers at Western companies,” the company noted. “One North Korea-backed group utilized Gemini to draft cover letters and proposals for job descriptions, researched average salaries for specific jobs, and asked about jobs on LinkedIn. The group also used Gemini for information about overseas employee exchanges. Many of the topics would be common for anyone researching and applying for jobs.” Meanwhile, Russian APT actors demonstrated limited use of Gemini, primarily for coding tasks such as converting publicly available malware into different programming languages and incorporating encryption functions into existing code. They may have avoided using Gemini for operational security reasons, opting to stay off Western-controlled platforms to avoid monitoring their activities or using Russian-made AI tools. Google said the Russian hacking group’s use of Gemini has been relatively limited, possibly because it attempted to prevent Western platforms from monitoring its activities | Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Legislation Cloud | APT 42 | ★★★ |
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2025-01-29 14:00:00 | Adversarial Misuse of Generative AI (lien direct) | Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are unlocking new possibilities for the way we work and accelerating innovation in science, technology, and beyond. In cybersecurity, AI is poised to transform digital defense, empowering defenders and enhancing our collective security. Large language models (LLMs) open new possibilities for defenders, from sifting through complex telemetry to secure coding, vulnerability discovery, and streamlining operations. However, some of these same AI capabilities are also available to attackers, leading to understandable anxieties about the potential for AI to be misused for malicious purposes. Much of the current discourse around cyber threat actors\' misuse of AI is confined to theoretical research. While these studies demonstrate the potential for malicious exploitation of AI, they don\'t necessarily reflect the reality of how AI is currently being used by threat actors in the wild. To bridge this gap, we are sharing a comprehensive analysis of how threat actors interacted with Google\'s AI-powered assistant, Gemini. Our analysis was grounded by the expertise of Google\'s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), which combines decades of experience tracking threat actors on the front lines and protecting Google, our users, and our customers from government-backed attackers, targeted 0-day exploits, coordinated information operations (IO), and serious cyber crime networks. We believe the private sector, governments, educational institutions, and other stakeholders must work together to maximize AI\'s benefits while also reducing the risks of abuse. At Google, we are committed to developing responsible AI guided by our principles, and we share | Ransomware Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Studies Legislation Mobile Industrial Cloud Technical Commercial | APT 41 APT 43 APT 42 | ★★★ |
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2024-06-06 20:46:03 | Nouveau Flaw Emailgpt met les données utilisateur en danger: supprimez l'extension maintenant New EmailGPT Flaw Puts User Data at Risk: Remove the Extension NOW (lien direct) |
Synopsys met en garde contre un nouveau hack d'injection rapide impliquant une vulnérabilité de sécurité dans EmailGpt, un e-mail populaire de l'IA & # 8230;
Synopsys warns of a new prompt injection hack involving a security vulnerability in EmailGPT, a popular AI email… |
Hack Vulnerability | APT 42 | ★★ |
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2024-05-13 13:30:14 | Faits saillants hebdomadaires, 13 mai 2024 Weekly OSINT Highlights, 13 May 2024 (lien direct) |
## Instantané La semaine dernière, les rapports de \\ de OSINT mettent en évidence une gamme de cyber-menaces et de tactiques d'attaque en évolution orchestrée par des acteurs de menace sophistiqués.Les articles discutent d'une variété de vecteurs d'attaque, notamment l'exploitation des vulnérabilités logicielles (comme dans les appliances VPN Secure Ivanti Secure et Laravel), le malvertissant via Google Search Ads et les invites de mise à jour de navigateur trompeuses utilisées pour distribuer des logiciels malveillants comme Socgholish.Les acteurs de la menace identifiés dans ces rapports, y compris des groupes APT comme APT42 (Mint Sandstorm) et Kimsuky (Emerald Sleet), démontrent des tactiques d'ingénierie sociale avancées, des portes dérobées et des efforts de reconnaissance persistants ciblant les ONG, les organisations de médias et les entreprises.Les attaquants exploitent les sites Web compromis, les plateformes de médias sociaux et les outils de gestion du système pour établir des anciens et exécuter des commandes distantes, soulignant la nécessité de défenses de cybersécurité robustes et une vigilance accrue pour lutter efficacement ces menaces en évolution. ## Description 1. ** [Nouvelle chaîne d'infection associée à Darkgate Malware] (https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/1db83f2c) **: Les chercheurs de McAfee Labs ont découvert une nouvelle chaîne d'infection liée à Darkgate, une télécommandeAccès à Trojan (rat) commercialisé sur un forum de cybercriminalité en langue russe.Darkgate utilise des fonctionnalités diverses comme l'injection de processus, le keylogging et le vol de données, et il échappe à la détection en utilisant des tactiques d'évasion comme le contournementMicrosoft Defender SmartScreen. 2. ** [Évolution du chargeur de logiciels malveillants Hijackloader] (https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/Articles / 8c997d7c) **: Zscaler rapporte sur l'évolution de Hijackloader, un chargeur de logiciels malveillants modulaire avec de nouvelles techniques d'évasion ciblant l'antivirus Windows Defender et le contrôle des comptes d'utilisateurs (UAC).Hijackloader offre diverses familles de logiciels malveillants comme Amadey, Lumma Stealer et Remcos Rat grâce à des techniques impliquant des images PNG et un décryptage. 3. ** [Kimsuky Group \'s (Emerald Sleet) Sophistiqué Espionage Tactics] (https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/6e7f4a30) **: Kimsuky (suivi sous le nom de Sleet Emerald par Microsoft)Emploie les plateformes de médias sociaux et les outils de gestion des systèmes pour l'espionnage, ciblant les individus des droits de l'homme et des affaires de la sécurité nord-coréennes.Ils utilisent de faux profils Facebook, de faux entretiens d'embauche et des fichiers malveillants de la console de gestion Microsoft (MMC) pour exécuter des commandes distantes et établir des canaux de commande et de contrôle (C2). 4. ** [Distribution des logiciels malveillants via Google Search Ads Exploitation] (https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/1f1ae96f): ** Les acteurs de la menace tirent parti des annonces de recherche Google pour distribuer des logiciels malveillants via des packages MSI, la mascarradagecomme un logiciel légitime comme la notion.Lors de l'interaction, les scripts PowerShell s'exécutent pour injecter des logiciels malveillants Zgrat, démontrant des techniques sophistiquées pour contourner les mesures de sécurité et contrôler les systèmes infectés. 5. **[Exploitation of Ivanti Pulse Secure VPN Vulnerabilities](https://security.microsoft.com/intel-explorer/articles/2d95eb1b):** Attackers exploit vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887) In Ivanti Pulse Secure VPN Appliances pour livrer le botnet Mirai et d'autres logiciels malveillants.Ces vulnérabilités permettent l'exécution du code distant et le contournement des mécanismes d'authentification, ce qui constitue des menaces importantes à la sécurité du réseau à l'échelle mondia | Spam Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Cloud | APT 42 | ★★ |
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2024-05-06 19:54:46 | Uncharmed: les opérations APT42 de l'Iran démêle Uncharmed: Untangling Iran\\'s APT42 Operations (lien direct) |
#### Géolocations ciblées - Moyen-Orient - Amérique du Nord - Europe de l'Ouest #### Industries ciblées - agences et services gouvernementaux - Organisation non gouvernementale ## Instantané Mandiant discute des activités de l'APT42, acteur iranien de cyber-espionnage parrainé par l'État, ciblant les ONG occidentales et moyen-orientales, les organisations médiatiques, les universités, les services juridiques et les militants. ** Les activités de l'APT42 se chevauchent avec le suivi de Microsoft \\ de Mint Sandstorm.[En savoir plus ABOut Mint Sandstorm ici.] (https://sip.security.microsoft.com/intel-profiles/05c5c1b864581c264d955df783455ecadf9b98471e408f32947544178e7bd0e3) ** ## descript APT42 utilise des programmes d'ingénierie sociale améliorés pour gagner en confiance et fournir des invitations aux conférences ou aux documents légitimes, leur permettant de récolter des informations d'identification et d'obtenir un accès initial aux environnements cloud.Les opérations récentes impliquent l'utilisation de délais personnalisés tels que NiceCurl et Tamecat, livrés via le phishing de lance. Les opérations cloud d'APT42 \\ impliquent une exfiltration d'exfiltration secrète des environnements Microsoft 365 victimes, en utilisant des schémas d'ingénierie sociale améliorés pour obtenir un accès initial et contourner l'authentification multi-facteurs.L'acteur de menace se précipita comme des ONG légitimes, se fait passer pour le personnel de haut rang et déploie du matériel de leurre pour gagner la confiance de la victime.APT42 déploie également diverses méthodes pour contourner l'authentification multi-facteurs, notamment en utilisant de fausses pages duo et en servant des sites de phishing pour capturer les jetons MFA. APT42 déploie des logiciels malveillants personnalisés tels que Tamecat et NiceCurl pour cibler les ONG, le gouvernement ou les organisations intergouvernementales gantant les problèmes liés à l'Iran et au Moyen-Orient.Ces délais offrent aux opérateurs APT42 un accès initial aux cibles et à une interface de code-Exécution flexible. ## Recommandations Les techniques utilisées par les sous-ensembles de la tempête de menthe peuvent être atténuées à travers les actions suivantes: ### durcissant les actifs orientés Internet et compréhension de votre périmètre Les organisations doivent identifier et sécuriser les systèmes de périmètre que les attaquants pourraient utiliser pour accéder au réseau.Les interfaces de balayage publique, telles que Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, peuvent être utilisées pour améliorer les données. Les vulnérabilités observées dans les campagnes récentes attribuées aux sous-groupes de sable à la menthe que les défenseurs peuvent identifier et atténuer: inclure: - IBM ASPERA FASPEX affecté par CVE-2022-47986: Les organisations peuvent corriger CVE-2022-47986 en mettant à niveau vers FASPEX 4.4.2 Niveau 2 du patch 2 ou en utilisant FasPex 5.x qui ne contient pas cette vulnérabilité. - Zoho ManageEngine affecté par CVE-2022-47966: les organisations utilisant des produits Zoho Manage Engine vulnérables au CVE-2022-47966 devraient télécharger et appliquer des mises à niveau de l'avis officiel dès que possible.Le correctif de cette vulnérabilité est utile au-delà de cette campagne spécifique, car plusieurs adversaires exploitent le CVE-2022-47966 pour l'accès initial. - Apache Log4j2 (aka log4shell) (CVE-2021-44228 et CVE-2021-45046): [Microsoft \\ S GOIDANCE pour les organisations utilisant des applications vulnérables à l'exploitation de log4.com / en-us / security / blog / 2021/12/11 / guidance-for-préventing-détectant et chasseur-pour-CVE-2021-44228-LOG4J-2-Exploitation /) Cette direction est utile pour toutOrganisation avec des applications vulnérables et utile au-delà de cette campagne spécifique, car plusieurs adversaires exploitent Log4Shell pour obten | Malware Vulnerability Threat Patching Cloud | APT 42 | ★★★ |
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2024-04-25 10:00:00 | Pole Voûte: cyber-menaces aux élections mondiales Poll Vaulting: Cyber Threats to Global Elections (lien direct) |
Written by: Kelli Vanderlee, Jamie Collier
Executive Summary The election cybersecurity landscape globally is characterized by a diversity of targets, tactics, and threats. Elections attract threat activity from a variety of threat actors including: state-sponsored actors, cyber criminals, hacktivists, insiders, and information operations as-a-service entities. Mandiant assesses with high confidence that state-sponsored actors pose the most serious cybersecurity risk to elections. Operations targeting election-related infrastructure can combine cyber intrusion activity, disruptive and destructive capabilities, and information operations, which include elements of public-facing advertisement and amplification of threat activity claims. Successful targeting does not automatically translate to high impact. Many threat actors have struggled to influence or achieve significant effects, despite their best efforts. When we look across the globe we find that the attack surface of an election involves a wide variety of entities beyond voting machines and voter registries. In fact, our observations of past cycles indicate that cyber operations target the major players involved in campaigning, political parties, news and social media more frequently than actual election infrastructure. Securing elections requires a comprehensive understanding of many types of threats and tactics, from distributed denial of service (DDoS) to data theft to deepfakes, that are likely to impact elections in 2024. It is vital to understand the variety of relevant threat vectors and how they relate, and to ensure mitigation strategies are in place to address the full scope of potential activity. Election organizations should consider steps to harden infrastructure against common attacks, and utilize account security tools such as Google\'s Advanced Protection Program to protect high-risk accounts. Introduction The 2024 global election cybersecurity landscape is characterized by a diversity of targets, tactics, and threats. An expansive ecosystem of systems, administrators, campaign infrastructure, and public communications venues must be secured against a diverse array of operators and methods. Any election cybersecurity strategy should begin with a survey of the threat landscape to build a more proactive and tailored security posture. The cybersecurity community must keep pace as more than two billion voters are expected to head to the polls in 2024. With elections in more than an estimated 50 countries, there is an opportunity to dynamically track how threats to democracy evolve. Understanding how threats are targeting one country will enable us to better anticipate and prepare for upcoming elections globally. At the same time, we must also appreciate the unique context of different countries. Election threats to South Africa, India, and the United States will inevitably differ in some regard. In either case, there is an opportunity for us to prepare with the advantage of intelligence. |
Ransomware Malware Hack Tool Vulnerability Threat Legislation Cloud Technical | APT 40 APT 29 APT 28 APT 43 APT 31 APT 42 | ★★★ |
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2023-03-14 17:32:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Xenomorph Automates The Whole Fraud Chain on Android, IceFire Ransomware Started Targeting Linux, Mythic Leopard Delivers Spyware Using Romance Scam (lien direct) |
Anomali Cyber Watch: Xenomorph Automates The Whole Fraud Chain on Android, IceFire Ransomware Started Targeting Linux, Mythic Leopard Delivers Spyware Using Romance Scam, and More.
The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: Android, APT, DLL side-loading, Iran, Linux, Malvertising, Mobile, Pakistan, Ransomware, and Windows. 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.
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Xenomorph V3: a New Variant with ATS Targeting More Than 400 Institutions
(published: March 10, 2023)
Newer versions of the Xenomorph Android banking trojan are able to target 400 applications: cryptocurrency wallets and mobile banking from around the World with the top targeted countries being Spain, Turkey, Poland, USA, and Australia (in that order). Since February 2022, several small, testing Xenomorph campaigns have been detected. Its current version Xenomorph v3 (Xenomorph.C) is available on the Malware-as-a-Service model. This trojan version was delivered using the Zombinder binding service to bind it to a legitimate currency converter. Xenomorph v3 automatically collects and exfiltrates credentials using the ATS (Automated Transfer Systems) framework. The command-and-control traffic is blended in by abusing Discord Content Delivery Network.
Analyst Comment: Fraud chain automation makes Xenomorph v3 a dangerous malware that might significantly increase its prevalence on the threat landscape. Users should keep their mobile devices updated and avail of mobile antivirus and VPN protection services. Install only applications that you actually need, use the official store and check the app description and reviews. Organizations that publish applications for their customers are invited to use Anomali's Premium Digital Risk Protection service to discover rogue, malicious apps impersonating your brand that security teams typically do not search or monitor.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] T1417.001 - Input Capture: Keylogging | [MITRE ATT&CK] T1417.002 - Input Capture: Gui Input Capture
Tags: malware:Xenomorph, Mobile, actor:Hadoken Security Group, actor:HadokenSecurity, malware-type:Banking trojan, detection:Xenomorph.C, Malware-as-a-Service, Accessibility services, Overlay attack, Discord CDN, Cryptocurrency wallet, target-industry:Cryptocurrency, target-industry:Banking, target-country:Spain, target-country:ES, target-country:Turkey, target-country:TR, target-country:Poland, target-country:PL, target-country:USA, target-country:US, target-country:Australia, target-country:AU, malware:Zombinder, detection:Zombinder.A, Android
Cobalt Illusion Masquerades as Atlantic Council Employee
(published: March 9, 2023)
A new campaign by Iran-sponsored Charming Kitten (APT42, Cobalt Illusion, Magic Hound, Phosphorous) was detected targeting Mahsa Amini protests and researchers who document the suppression of women and minority groups i |
Ransomware Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Guideline Conference | APT 35 ChatGPT ChatGPT APT 36 APT 42 | ★★ |
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