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Cyber Highlights
Current Threat
Threat Actor Uses Template Injection to Deliver Implants to Russian Targets
Industry impacted: Government
QuoIntelligence is tracking a campaign where the threat actors are using the remote template injection to deliver an espionage implant targeting Russian entities. While not confirmed by QuoIntelligence team directly, researchers allege that the campaign in question is being conducted by the threat actors related to the Chinese intelligence gathering operation – namely the Zirconium/APT31 cluster.
Rollups
Industries impacted: Consumer Discretionary, Energy, Financials, Government, Health Care, Information Technology
- Black Basta: New Double Extortion Ransomware Gang Targets 10 Companies and Counting
- Cybercriminals Using New Malware Loader ‘Bumblebee’ in the Wild
- APT29 Mantains And Updates Techniques In Recent Phishing Campaigns
- Chinese-Backed Naikon APT Conducts Espionage Activity Delivering the Viper Red Team Framework
- SIXT Detects Cyber Attack, Impact Reportedly Minimal
- New Moshen Dragon’s Activity Spotted Targeting Central-Asia
Geo Highlights
Ukraine Update: Russia Targets Ukraine’s Supply Efforts, Continued High Cyberactivity
The conflict in Ukraine is particularly impacting the energy sector. This is resulting in increased energy prices with implications for both private consumers and organizations, in addition to general uncertainty over energy supplies. As the geopolitical activity is mirrored in cyberspace, QuoIntelligence assesses cyberattacks will continue to take place as the conflict rages. In addition, the energy sector is highly likely to continue to be a target, not only of hacktivists and opportunistic attacks, but also of cyberespionage as uncertainty over energy supply grows. Moreover, since organizations increased their monitoring on Russian APTs, other threat actors are likely to leverage the void and increasing their activities, as we have observed with Chinese sponsored threat actors over the last weeks.
Rollups
Industries impacted: Government
- The UE, the US, and Several International Partners Launched “The Declaration for the Future of the Internet”
- Spanish Prime Minister Compromised by Pegasus Spyware, 2.6 GB Extracted
- US Strengthening Diplomat Engagement With Pacific Region
- Biden Administration Making EUR 3 billion Investment in Lithium-ion Battery Production
- New Regulations in India Require to Report Cyber Incidents Within Six Hours
