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From cryptocurrency thefts to intrusions into telecom giants, state-backed attackers have had a field day in the first half of the year. WHETHER THE FIRST six months of 2022 felt endless or fleeting, or both, massive hacks, data breaches, digital scams, and ransomware attacks continued apace through the first half of this challenging year. With…

China-linked adversaries have been attributed to an ongoing onslaught against Indian power grid organizations, one year after a concerted campaign targeting critical infrastructure in the country came to light. Most of the intrusions involved a modular backdoor named ShadowPad, according to Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, a sophisticated remote access trojan which has been dubbed a “masterpiece of privately sold malware…

Hamas-linked Hackers Targeting High-Ranking Israelis Using ‘Catfish’ Lures || A threat actor with affiliations to the cyber warfare division of Hamas has been linked to an “elaborate campaign” targeting high-profile Israeli individuals employed in sensitive defense, law enforcement, and emergency services organizations. “The campaign operators use sophisticated social engineering techniques, ultimately aimed to deliver previously…

A state-backed North Korean hacking team, also known as the Lazarus Group, has been linked to another financially motivated campaign that uses a decentralized finance (DeFi) wallet Trojan application to spread a fully functional backdoor to compromised Windows systems. The app, equipped with features for saving and managing a cryptocurrency wallet, is also designed to…

Analysts have now discovered that attackers behind the Magniber ransomware, who have been exploiting IE-based vulnerabilities so far, are now targeting PCs via modern browsers such as Edge and Chrome. The Magniber ransomware is disguised as a legit update package for Edge or Chrome and comes as a signed .appx file. Installing this “update” will…