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Andariel Hacking Group Shifts Focus to Financial Attacks on U.S. Organizations
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Andariel Hacking Group Shifts Focus to Financial Attacks on U.S. Organizations

In August 2024, a North Korean state-sponsored threat actor named Andariel attacked three separate U.S. companies, most likely with financial motivations. According to a report given with The Hacker News by Symantec, a division of Broadcom, "it is likely that the attacks were financially motivated, even though the attackers didn't succeed in deploying ransomware on the networks of any of the organizations affected." Andariel is a threat actor who is thought to be a part of the notorious Lazarus Group's sub-cluster. Additionally, it is tracked as Operation Troy, DarkSeoul, Nickel Hyatt, Onyx Sleet (formerly Plutonium), Stonefly, APT45, and Silent Chollima. It started operating in 2009 at the latest. The hacking group, which is part of North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau (R...
Microsoft: Hackers target defense firms with new FalseFont malware
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Microsoft: Hackers target defense firms with new FalseFont malware

Microsoft claims that the newly found FalseFont backdoor software is being used by the Iranian cyber-espionage outfit APT33 to target defense contractors across the globe. "Microsoft has observed the Iranian nation-state actor Peach Sandstorm attempting to deliver a newly developed backdoor named FalseFont to individuals working for organizations in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) sector," the business stated. Over 100,000 defense firms and subcontractors that do research and development on military weapon systems, subsystems, and components make up the DIB read more Hackers target defense firms with new FalseFont malware. This hacking gang, which is also known by the names Peach Sandstorm, HOLMIUM, and Refined Kitten, has been active since at least 2013. Get up to date on the...