Tag: METASPLOIT

Microsoft detects Flax Typhoon hackers using legitimate software to snoop on Taiwanese organizations

Microsoft detects Flax Typhoon hackers using legitimate software to snoop on Taiwanese organizations

Microsoft researchers have identified a nation-state activity group tracked as Flax Typhoon, based in China, that is targeting dozens of organizations in Taiwan with the likely intention of performing espionage. Flax Typhoon gains and maintains long-term access to Taiwanese organizations’…

OTORIO reveals GhostSec hacktivist group now targets Iranian ICS in support of Hijab protests

OTORIO reveals GhostSec hacktivist group now targets Iranian ICS in support of Hijab protests

The GhostSec hacktivist group has continued to demonstrate its ICS (industrial control system) hacking skills and has now turned its support to the recent waves of Hijab protests in Iran, industrial cybersecurity company OTORIO disclosed. “The group has published several…

UNC3890 Iranian hacker activity primarily targets Israeli shipping, government, energy, healthcare organizations

UNC3890 Iranian hacker activity primarily targets Israeli shipping, government, energy, healthcare organizations

Mandiant researchers disclosed details of the UNC3890 cluster of activity targeting Israeli shipping, government, energy, and healthcare organizations via social engineering lures and a potential watering hole over the last year. The company assesses with moderate confidence that the hacker…