Haythem Elmir

ESET researchers have dissected some of the latest additions to the malicious toolkit of the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group known as OceanLotus, also dubbed APT32 and APT-C-00. A prolific purveyor of malware, OceanLotus has its sights set on high-profile corporate and government targets in Southeast Asia, particularly in Vietnam, […]

Three in-browser cryptocurrency mining scripts ranked first, second, and fourth in Check Point’s most active malware top ten, outranking classic high-output malware distribution infrastructures such as spam botnets, malvertising, and exploit kit operations. The three are Coinhive (ranked #1), Crypto-Loot (ranked #2), and JSEcoin (ranked #4). These three are online services […]

Kaspersky Lab security researchers have admitted to finding multiple security vulnerabilities across popular smart devices. According to research from the company the uncovered flaws could allow attackers to obtain remote access to video and audio feeds from the smart cameras, which are used frequently for baby monitors or internal home […]

The researchers at Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT decided to check the popular Hanwha SmartCams and discovered 13 vulnerabilities. Wikipedia describes Attack Surface, as “[the] sum of the different points (the “attack vectors”) where an unauthorized user (the “attacker”) can try to enter data to or extract data from an environment.” Basically, the more […]

According to Kaspersky, the Sofacy APT is particularly interested in military, defense and diplomatic entities in the far east, but overlap with other APT’s operations makes hard the attribution. Last week, during the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit (SAS) held in Cancun, researchers from Kaspersky illustrated the results of their investigation on the […]

Dans la famille des malwares ultra-puissants, le spécialiste de la sécurité informatique Kaspersky vous présente Slingshot. Ce dernier serait passé inaperçu pendant près de 5 ans selon Kaspersky. Mais ne vous inquiétez pas : il est utilisé de manière très ciblée donc il y a très peu de chances que votre […]

New samples of Hacking Team’s Remote Control System (RCS) flagship spyware have recently emerged, slightly different from previously observed variations, ESET warns. Hacking Team, an Italian spyware vendor founded in 2003, is well known for selling surveillance tools to governments worldwide. In 2015, the firm was hacked, which led to […]

CANCUN, Mexico – Researchers have uncovered a new cyber-espionage threat, dubbed Slingshot, that targets routers and uses them as a springboard to attack computers within a network. Kaspersky Lab, which released details of its discovery during its Security Analyst Summit on Friday, said that the campaign has successfully targeted at […]