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North Korea threat actors use AppleJeus malware to steal cryptocurrency

Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware / By Frank Crast / February 18, 2021 / Ants2Whale, AppleJeus, APT, CISA, CoinGoTrade, Dorusio, FBI, HIDDEN COBRA, IOC, Kupay Wallet, malware, North Korea, Treasury, Union Crypto

U.S. Government cybersecurity experts have issued a security alert and analysis on AppleJeus malware used by North Korean threat actors to steal cryptocurrency.

The top 3 endpoint threats used in 2020 cyberattacks

Cybersecurity Articles, Cybersecurity Attacks, Endpoint Security, Malware, System Hardening, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / By Frank Crast / September 22, 2020 / ATT&CK, BlueKeep, Cisco, CobaltStrike, credentials, CVE-2019-0708, Divergent, Emotet, FASTCash, GALLIUM, HIDDEN COBRA, IOT, Metasploit, Mimikatz, MITRE, PowerSHell, Powersploit

Cybersecurity criminals are continuing to change threat tactics by leveraging more fileless malware and duel-use tools to attack organizations.

FASTCash: ATM cash-out scheme

Cybercrime, Cybersecurity Attacks / By Frank Crast / October 3, 2018 / ATM, cash-out, Cyberattack, DHS, FASTCash, FBI, HIDDEN COBRA, ISO 8583, North Korea, payments

Bad actors have been targeting payment systems in an ATM cash-out scheme dubbed “FASTCash.”

Joanap Backdoor Trojan and Brambul SMB Worm

Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware / By Frank Crast / May 31, 2018 / anti-virus, Brambul, DHS, HIDDEN COBRA, Joanap, malware, RAT, SMB, Trojan, US-CERT

A new US-CERT Technical Alert (TA) warned cyber actors are using Joanap and Brambul malware to target multiple victims worldwide.

HARDRAIN and BADCALL malware

Leave a Comment / Cybercrime, Cybersecurity Attacks / By Frank Crast / February 15, 2018 / Badcall, Hardrain, HIDDEN COBRA, malware, US-CERT

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have identified Trojan malware variants, HARDRAIN and BADCALL, used by the North Korean government.

FALLCHILL RAT cyber threat

Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware / By Frank Crast / November 28, 2017 / aerospace, FALLCHILL, Finance, HIDDEN COBRA, malware, RAT, telecom

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a joint technical alert on updated threat intelligence on a remote administration tool (RAT) dubbed FALLCHILL used by the North Korean government.