APT (Targeted attacks)

How Kaspersky researchers obtained all stages of the Operation Triangulation campaign targeting iPhones and iPads, including zero-day exploits, validators, TriangleDB implant and additional modules.

Nobody would even suspect the mining malware was merely a mask, masquerading behind an intricate modular framework that supports both Linux and Windows. The amount of effort that went into creating the framework is truly remarkable, and its disclosure was quite astonishing.

In this report Kaspersky shares insights into the validation components used in Operation Triangulation, TriangleDB implant post-compromise activity, as well as details of some additional modules.

In early September 2022, we discovered several new malware samples belonging to the MATA cluster. The campaign had been launched in mid-August 2022 and targeted over a dozen corporations in Eastern Europe from the oil and gas sector and defense industry.

TetrisPhantom targets government entities in APAC, APT BadRory attacks multiple entities in Russia, new malicious campaign uses well-known Owowa, IIS backdoor and other significant events during Q3 2023

We analyzed the data published by Cyber Av3ngers and found it to be sourced from older leaks by another hacktivist group called Moses Staff.

In this article, we’ll describe ToddyCat new toolset, the malware used to steal and exfiltrate data, and the techniques used by this group to move laterally and conduct espionage operations.

Q2 2023 overview: targeted attacks such as Operation Triangulation, CloudWizard and Lazarus activity, Nokoyawa ransomware, and others.

An unknown actor targeted an electric utility in southern Africa with Cobalt Strike beacons and DroxiDat, a new variant of the SystemBC payload. We speculate that this incident was in the initial stages of a ransomware attack.

This is our latest summary of the significant events and findings, focusing on activities that we observed during Q2 2023.

In researching Operation Triangulation, we set ourselves the goal to retrieve as many parts of the exploitation chain as possible. As of now, we have finished analyzing the spyware implant and are ready to share the details.

Recent BlueNoroff and Roaming Mantis activities, new APT related to the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, ChatGPT and threat intelligence, malvertising through search engines, cryptocurrency theft campaign and fake Tor browser

We developed a dedicated utility to scan the iOS backups and run all the checks for Operation Triangulation indicators.

GoldenJackal is an APT group, active since 2019, that usually targets government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia. The main feature of this group is a specific toolset of .NET malware, JackalControl, JackalWorm, JackalSteal, JackalPerInfo and JackalScreenWatcher.

Kaspersky analysis of the CloudWizard APT framework used in a campaign in the region of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.