Overview In 2022, NSFOCUS Research Labs revealed a large-scale APT attack campaign called DarkCasino and identified an active and dangerous aggressive threat actor. By continuously tracking and in-depth study of the attacker's activities, NSFOCUS Research Labs has ruled out its link with known APT groups, confirmed its high-level persistent threat...
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APT Group DarkPink Exploits WinRAR 0-Day to Target Multiple Entities in Vietnam and Malaysia
Overview NSFOCUS Security Labs has been continuously monitoring the newly discovered WinRAR 0-day vulnerability, CVE-2023-38831. It has come to our attention that the advanced persistent threat group known as DarkPink has recently begun exploiting this vulnerability to target government entities in Vietnam and Malaysia. In this round of attack activities,...
Indian Government Agencies Targeted in Phishing Attacks by APT Group SideCopy
Overview NSFOCUS detected a malicious macro file named "Cyber Advisory 2023.docm " last month and confirmed that the document was delivered by Pakistan APT group SideCopy to lure the target to open and read while downloading the Trojan horse ReverseRAT to receive CnC instructions to steal data. SideCopy was disclosed...
Bread Crumbs of Threat Actors (Feb 13 – 26, 2023)
From 13 to 26 February 2023, NSFOCUS Security Labs found activity clues from 66 APT groups, one malware family (CoinMiner), and 426 threat actors targeting critical infrastructure. APT Groups Among the 66 APT groups discovered, the APT28 affected the most significant number of hosts from 13 to 26 February. Number...
Bread Crumbs of Threat Actors (Dec 19, 2022 – Jan 1, 2023)
From December 19, 2022 to Jan 1, 2023, NSFOCUS Security Labs found activity clues of 61 APT groups, 3 malware families (Zbot botnet, SpicyHotPot Trojan, and Banload Trojan), and 490 threat actors targeting critical infrastructure. APT Groups Among the 61 APT groups discovered, the APT28 affected the most significant number...
Analysis of Cyber Attack of APT Organization Confucius against Pakistan’s Intelligence-Based Operation
Overview Affected by many factors, Pakistan has long suffered from serious local terrorism threats. The country has also taken counter-terrorism as an important national security strategy. In the second half of 2022, the Pakistani security forces carried out many intelligence-based operations (IBO) in Baluchistan, Khyber and North Waziristan, and killed...
