
Black Hat USA 2022 and DEF CON 30
Black Hat 2022 USA Briefings wrapped up this past week, along with its sister conference Defcon 30. Coming back from the COVID hiatus, the conferences were enthusiastically full compared to the 2021 ghost town.
Events
Kaspersky GReAT experts uncovered a new campaign by Lazarus APT that exploits vulnerabilities in South Korean software products and uses a watering hole approach.
MysterySnail RAT attributed to IronHusky APT group hasn’t been reported since 2021. Recently, Kaspersky GReAT detected new versions of this implant in government organizations in Mongolia and Russia.
Kaspersky researchers analyze GOFFEE’s campaign in H2 2024: the updated infection scheme, new PowerModul implant, switch to a binary Mythic agent.
Kaspersky GReAT experts discovered a complex APT attack on Russian organizations dubbed Operation ForumTroll, which exploits zero-day vulnerabilities in Google Chrome.