10 articles tagged with "APT".
Check Point Research documents a new threat cluster weaponizing CVE-2025-8088 within days of disclosure to target government and law enforcement agencies across Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, and neighboring countries.
Lotus Blossom APT compromised Notepad++'s hosting provider to intercept update traffic and deliver the Chrysalis backdoor to targeted government and financial organizations over a six-month period.
CVE-2025-8088 (CVSS 8.8), a path traversal flaw abusing Windows Alternate Data Streams, continues to be exploited by Russian APTs, Chinese actors, and cybercriminals to achieve persistence via Startup folder drops.
HarfangLab uncovered an Iran-linked campaign using AI-generated Office macros and the SloppyMIO backdoor to target activists documenting human rights violations during Iran's 2025-2026 protests.
APT group targets government entities across Southeast Asia with enhanced malware featuring clipboard monitoring, browser credential theft, and kernel-mode rootkit capabilities.
Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised nine major US telecommunications carriers throughout 2024, accessing wiretap systems, call metadata for over a million users, and communications of presidential campaign staff.
Joint CISA/NSA/FBI advisory reveals Chinese state-sponsored group Volt Typhoon has expanded persistent access into US water, energy, and transportation infrastructure, maintaining dormant footholds for 12-18 months undetected.
APT28 targets energy, defense, and policy organizations in Turkey, the Balkans, and Central Asia with phishing campaigns using legitimate PDFs from real think tanks and free hosting infrastructure.
Huntress discovered a Chinese-linked exploit toolkit (MAESTRO) targeting VMware ESXi that was built in February 2024—a year before VMware disclosed CVE-2025-22224. Over 30,000 instances remain exposed.
CloudSEK analysis reveals MuddyWater's upgraded toolkit targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom entities across the Middle East with Rust-based malware featuring advanced evasion techniques.