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Chinese Cycldek APT targets Vietnamese Military and Government in sophisticated attacks

Security Affairs

China-linked APT group Cycldek is behind an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. China-linked APT group LuckyMouse (aka Cycldek, Goblin Panda , Hellsing, APT 27, and Conimes) is targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam with spear-phishing.

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Watch out! Malware Analysis Sandboxes could expose sensitive data of your organization

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A study conducted by researchers at Cyjax revealed that organizations expose sensitive data via sandboxes used for malware analysis. Experts at the threat intelligence firm Cyjax analyzed file uploaded by organizations via malware analysis sandboxes and discovered that they were exposing sensitive data. Pierluigi Paganini.

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US Agencies and FireEye were hacked with a supply chain attack on SolarWinds Software

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The cyber espionage group has tampered with updates released by IT company SolarWinds, which provides its products to government agencies, military, and intelligence offices, two people familiar with the matter told the Reuters agency. . ” reads the analysis published by FireEye. through 2020.2.1

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UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. orgs with 3 malware

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” states the analysis published by FireEye. The groups targeted organizations in the business services, financial, health, retail/consumer, aero-military, engineering and manufacturing, government, education, transportation, and utilities industries.

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Symantec uncovered the link between China-Linked Thrip and Billbug groups

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The group has continued launching attacks against entities in Southeast Asia, including military, satellite communications, media and educational organizations. ” reads the analysis published by Symantec. “Many of its recent attacks have involved a previously unseen backdoor known as Hannotog ( Backdoor. Sagerunex ).”

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WinRAR CVE-2018-20250 flaw exploited in multiple campaigns

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This campaign was carried out by threat actors impersonating an educational accreditation council to hit users in the United States. The attackers used decoy documents apparently coming from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), a US association representing social work education. ” continues the analysis.

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GCHQ implements World War II cipher machines in encryption app CyberChef

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UK intelligence agency GCHQ, as part of the celebration of its centenary , has released emulators for World War II cipher machines that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef released for educational purposes. We even tested them against the real thing! link] #GCHQ100 pic.twitter.com/t2ixVE6j7H — GCHQ (@GCHQ) March 14, 2019.