From November 21, 2022 to December 4, 2022, NSFOCUS Security Labs found activity clues of 60 APT groups, 2 malware families (Mozi ransomware and Banload Trojan horse), and 510 threat actors targeting critical infrastructure. APT Groups Among the 60 discovered APT groups, the APT group Outlaw affected the most significant number of hosts from November […]

Part 1: APT Group Gamaredon Intensifies Cyber Offensive in Ukraine (Part 1) Type 2: Send malicious HTML attachments by masquerading notification emails The second type of attack activity Gamaredon mainly carried out is spear phishing emails. This is a new attack process that emerged in the second quarter of this year. Gamaredon attackers placed layers […]

Overview Beginning in the second quarter of this year, NSFOCUS Security Labs discovered that the APT group Gamaredon began frequently using a number of different types of attacks to conduct cyberattacks against military and police targets in Ukraine’s Kherson, Donetsk and other regions. In this attack cycle, Gamaredon mainly used attack tools such as malicious […]

Overview NSFOCUS Security Labs detected a string of related phishing attacks recently. The analysis confirmed that these activities were staged by the APT group Evilnum and they were a continuation of the group’s recent operation DarkCasino. This round of cyberattacks occurred in late July and lasted until early August. Evilnum attackers maintained consistent attack methodology […]

Operation DarkCasino: In-Depth Analysis of Attacks by APT Group Evilnum (Part 1) Components Evilnum mainly used a new customized trojan in this operation. NSFOCUS Security Labs named it DarkMe based on the particular string in the trojan program. NSFOCUS Security Labs also discovered another new trojan program that had a close connection to this operation […]

Overview Recently, NSFOCUS Security Labs observed a series of phishing activities against European countries. Those activities mainly targeted online gambling platforms as well as active online trading behaviors, aiming to steal transaction credentials of service providers and customers for illegal profits. The in-depth analysis revealed that it was a continuation of recent attacks staged by […]