One of the most prolific state-sponsored Iranian cyber espionage groups is targeting researchers from different fields by setting up sophisticated spear-phishing lures in which they use multiple fake personas inside the same email thread for increased credibility. Security firm Proofpoint tracks the group as TA453, but it overlaps with activity that other companies have attributed […]
Hackers believed to be operating out of Russia have targeted Texas-based IT management solutions provider SolarWinds as part of a sophisticated operation that allowed the attackers to breach the system of hundreds of high-profile organizations. The threat group used trojanized updates for SolarWinds’ Orion monitoring product to deliver a piece of malware named Sunburst. This […]
Hackers hack hackers. There’s no surprise there. Big fish eat little fish. In the past, money mule recruiters have been known to use their recruitment adverts as a lure to get targets to visit a malicious site; while more recently it is suggested that cyberspies hack cyberspies. Read More
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