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NEW TECH: DataLocker introduces encrypted flash drive — with key pad

The Last Watchdog

Co-founder Jay took a business trip to South Korea in the fall of 2007. DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. Park: The trend nowadays is to move everything to the cloud.

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Russia-linked APT28 used post-compromise tool GooseEgg to exploit CVE-2022-38028 Windows flaw

Security Affairs

Microsoft has observed APT28 using GooseEgg in post-compromise activities against various targets, including government, non-governmental, education, and transportation sector organizations in Ukraine, Western Europe, and North America. This tool modifies a JavaScript constraints file and executes it with SYSTEM-level permissions.

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Financially motivated Earth Lusca threat actors targets organizations worldwide

Security Affairs

A sophisticated threat actor, tracked as Earth Lusca, is targeting government and private organizations worldwide as for financial purposes. The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007.

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Operators behind Dark Caracal are still alive and operational

Security Affairs

The Bandook was spotted last time in 2015 and 2017 campaigns, dubbed “ Operation Manul ” and “ Dark Caracal “, respectively attributed to Kazakh and the Lebanese governments. This circumstance suggests that the implant was developed by a third-party actor and used by multiple APT groups. ” reads the report published by Check Point.

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Russia-Linked Turla APT group Hijacked C2 of the Iranian OilRig

Security Affairs

Turla (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ), has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and private businesses. The three recent Turla campaigns targeted governments and international organizations worldwide.

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Russia-linked APT28 uses fake Windows Update instructions to target Ukraine govt bodies

Security Affairs

CERT-UA warns of a spear-phishing campaign conducted by APT28 group targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides. Russia-linked APT28 group is targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides, Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns.

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China-linked APT41 group spotted using open-source red teaming tool GC2

Security Affairs

The APT41 group, aka Winnti , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly, HOODOO) is a China-linked cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. Finally, the targeting of Taiwanese media illustrates the continued overlap of public sector threat actors targeting private sector organizations with limited government ties.

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