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Tag: advanced persistent threat

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Spam campaign targeting Brazil abuses Remote Monitoring and Management tools

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/spam-campaign-targeting-brazil-abuses-rmm-tools/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Spam campaign targeting Brazil abuses Remote Monitoring and Management tools Feedly Summary: A new spam campaign is targeting Brazilian users with a clever twist — abusing the free trial period of trusted remote monitoring tools and the country’s electronic invoice system to spread malicious agents. AI Summary…

  • CSA: Forging Robust Cloud Defenses for Modern Businesses

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    Source URL: https://blog.reemo.io/understanding-cloud-security-for-businesses Source: CSA Title: Forging Robust Cloud Defenses for Modern Businesses Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text underscores the critical nature of cloud security in today’s digital environment, emphasizing the risks various organizations face as they adopt cloud technologies. It highlights the necessity for integrated security strategies, the complexity…

  • The Register: Chinese snoops use stealth RAT to backdoor US orgs – still active last week

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/chinese_spies_backdoored_us_orgs/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese snoops use stealth RAT to backdoor US orgs – still active last week Feedly Summary: Let the espionage and access resale campaigns begin (again) A cyberspy crew or individual with ties to China’s Ministry of State Security has infected global organizations with a remote access trojan (RAT)…

  • The Register: China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/china_famoussparrow_back/ Source: The Register Title: China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar Feedly Summary: Crew also cooked up two fresh SparrowDoor backdoor variants, says ESET The China-aligned FamousSparrow crew has resurfaced after a long period of presumed inactivity, compromising a US financial-sector trade group and a…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-5918 targets critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-5918-targets-critical-infra-in-taiwan/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-5918 targets critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan Feedly Summary: UAT-5918, a threat actor believed to be motivated by establishing long-term access for information theft, uses a combination of web shells and open-sourced tooling to conduct post-compromise activities to establish persistence in victim environments for information theft and…

  • CSA: How Can You Defend Against APTs?

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2025/03/17/top-threat-11-apt-anxiety-battling-the-silent-threats Source: CSA Title: How Can You Defend Against APTs? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) in the context of cloud security, highlighting their sophisticated nature and significant impacts on businesses. It outlines various mitigation strategies essential for organizations facing these threats. Detailed Description:…

  • Slashdot: Chinese Hackers Sat Undetected in Small Massachusetts Power Utility for Months

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/03/13/229240/chinese-hackers-sat-undetected-in-small-massachusetts-power-utility-for-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese Hackers Sat Undetected in Small Massachusetts Power Utility for Months Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a cybersecurity breach at the Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments (LELWD), involving state-sponsored hackers from a group known as Volt Typhoon. Cybersecurity firm Dragos, in collaboration…

  • The Register: Sidewinder goes nuclear, charts course for maritime mayhem in tactics shift

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/sidewinder_tactics_shift/ Source: The Register Title: Sidewinder goes nuclear, charts course for maritime mayhem in tactics shift Feedly Summary: Phishing and ancient vulns still do the trick for one of the most prolific groups around Researchers say the Sidewinder offensive cyber crew is starting to target maritime and nuclear organizations.… AI Summary and Description:…