APT33 devised a code injection technique dubbed Early Bird to evade detection by anti-malware tools

Haythem Elmir

The Iran-linked APT33 group continues to be very active, security researchers at Cyberbit have discovered an Early Bird code injection technique used by the group. The Early Bird method was used to inject the TurnedUp malware into the infected systems evading security solutions. The technique allows injecting a malicious code into a legitimate process, it […]

Vigilante hackers strike Russia and Iran Networks exploiting Cisco CVE-2018-0171 flaw

Haythem Elmir

Last week, the hacking crew “JHT” launched a hacking campaign exploiting Cisco CVE-2018-0171 flaw against network infrastructure in Russia and Iran. Last week, the hacking crew “JHT” launched a hacking campaign against CISCO devices in Russian and Iranian networks. The hackers exploited the Cisco CVE-2018-0171 Smart Install to reset the routers to […]

FBI: IRANIAN FIRM STOLE DATA IN MASSIVE SPEAR PHISHING CAMPAIGN

Haythem Elmir

The United States Department of Justice announced charges against nine Iranians accused of stealing private data from U.S. universities, private companies and U.S. government agencies. FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich said in a statement that the state-sponsored hackers worked for more than four years to steal expensive science and engineering-related research, company […]