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Chinese APT group Mustang Panda targets European and Russian organizations

05

May

2022

A cyberespionage group whose targeting has historically been aligned with China’s geopolitical interests has been targeting European and Russian entities using topical spear-phishing lures connected to the war in Ukraine. The group, tracked as Mustang Panda, RedDelta, Bronze President or TA416 by different cybersecurity firms, has been active since at least 2012 and over the […]

Category Cyber warfare Cyber-crime Written by Csoonline 0 Comments

‘DarkWatchman’ RAT Shows Evolution in Fileless Malware

16

Dec

2021

A novel remote access trojan (RAT) being distributed via a Russian-language spear-phishing campaign is using unique manipulation of Windows Registry to evade most security detections, demonstrating a significant evolution in fileless malware techniques. Dubbed DarkWatchman, the RAT – discovered by researchers at Prevailion’s Adversarial Counterintelligence Team (PACT) – uses the registry on Windows systems for […]

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4 steps to prevent spear phishing

16

Jun

2021

It seems like not a day goes by without another ransomware attack making headlines. And where do many of these attacks start? In your users’ email inboxes. By now you know that your users are both your first line of defense and your weakest link and you need to not only add additional spam filtering […]

Category Cyber-crime Email security Phishing Security Written by Csoonline 0 Comments

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