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Operation Triangulation: iOS devices targeted with previously unknown malware

01/06/2023RedOne

While monitoring the network traffic of our own corporate Wi-Fi network dedicated for mobile devices using the Kaspersky Unified Monitoring and Analysis Platform (KUMA), we noticed suspicious activity that originated from several iOS-based phones. Since it is impossible to inspect modern iOS devices from the inside, we created offline backups of the devices in question, […]

Meet the GoldenJackal APT group. Don’t expect any howls

23/05/2023RedOne

GoldenJackal is an APT group, active since 2019, that usually targets government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia. Despite the fact that they began their activities years ago, this group is generally unknown and, as far as we know, has not been publicly described. We started monitoring the group in mid-2020 […]

CloudWizard APT: the bad magic story goes on

19/05/2023RedOne

In March 2023, we uncovered a previously unknown APT campaign in the region of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that involved the use of PowerMagic and CommonMagic implants. However, at the time it was not clear which threat actor was behind the attack. Since the release of our report about CommonMagic, we have been looking for additional […]

The nature of cyberincidents in 2022

16/05/2023RedOne

Kaspersky offers various services to organizations that have been targeted by cyberattackers, such as incident response, digital forensics, and malware analysis. In our annual incident response report, we share information about the attacks that we investigated during the reporting period. Data provided in this report comes from our daily interactions with organizations seeking assistance with […]

Managed Detection and Response in 2022

02/05/2023RedOne

Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is a service for 24/7 monitoring and response to detected incidents based on technologies and expertise of Kaspersky Security Operations Center (SOC) team. MDR allows detecting threats at any stage of the attack – both before anything is compromised and after the attackers have penetrated the company’s infrastructure. This […]

APT trends report Q1 2023

27/04/2023RedOne

For more than five years, the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat (APT) activity. These summaries are based on our threat intelligence research; and they provide a representative snapshot of what we have published and discussed in greater detail in our private APT reports. […]

Tomiris called, they want their Turla malware back

24/04/2023RedOne

Introduction We introduced Tomiris to the world in September 2021, following our investigation of a DNS-hijack against a government organization in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Our initial report described links between a Tomiris Golang implant and SUNSHUTTLE (which has been associated to NOBELIUM/APT29/TheDukes) as well as Kazuar (which has been associated to Turla); […]

Following the Lazarus group by tracking DeathNote campaign

12/04/2023RedOne

The Lazarus group is a high-profile Korean-speaking threat actor with multiple sub-campaigns. We have previously published information about the connections of each cluster of this group. In this blog, we’ll focus on an active cluster that we dubbed DeathNote because the malware responsible for downloading additional payloads is named Dn.dll or Dn64.dll. This threat is […]

Not just an infostealer: Gopuram backdoor deployed through 3CX supply chain attack

03/04/2023RedOne

On March 29, Crowdstrike published a report about a supply chain attack conducted via 3CXDesktopApp, a popular VoIP program. Since then, the security community has started analyzing the attack and sharing their findings. The following has been discovered so far: The infection is spread via 3CXDesktopApp MSI installers. An installer for macOS has also been […]

Financial cyberthreats in 2022

29/03/2023RedOne

Financial gain remains the key driver of cybercriminal activity. In the past year, we’ve seen multiple developments in this area – from new attack schemes targeting contactless payments to multiple ransomware groups continuing to emerge and haunt businesses. However, traditional financial threats – such as banking malware and financial phishing, continue to take up a […]