We investigated a China-aligned #APT that targeted multiple governments and companies with government contracts in Asia. In half of the targets we found a second group with different malware toolkit but sharing the infection vector and some post-exploitation tools. www.trendmicro.com/en_us/resear...

This is also our first edition of annual APT landscape report :)

Feike Hacquebord@feikeh.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The APT threat landscape is shaped by the "Digital Autocracy" bloc: an axis between CN, RU, DPRK and IR using AI as a force multiplier. AI is no longer experimental for APT. It is operational. The next 24 months will be a race for "resilience at machine speed." www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/sec...

TrendAI formalizes threat attribution as a structured, repeatable discipline by combining standardized evidence scoring, relationship mapping, and bias testing, with a temporary stage that separates clustering from final naming. Article on how we attribute: www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/sec...

Threat Attribution Framework: How TrendAI™ Applies Structure Over Speculation

TrendAI™ brings structure and discipline to threat attribution, helping security leaders and teams make informed decisions about cyber risk, incident response, and overall defensive posture.

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We investigated an #APT with links to Void Rabisu (Romcom) that used Trend Micro updates as a lure in a recent campaign involving vulnerability exploitation. There were at least 4 stages before the final payload, some of them being tailored to the targeted machine www.trendmicro.com/en_us/resear...

We saw Earth Estries, an advanced #APT intrusion set, sharing its access to Earth Naga (Flax Typhoon). We introduce the term "Premier Pass" to describe this behavior, and propose a four-tier classification framework for collaboration types among advanced groups www.trendmicro.com/en_us/resear...

We released a report on an updated version of #Shadowpad including anti-debugging features and new configuration structure, that in some cases deploy a custom ransomware family. We have mainly seen the manufacturing industry being targeted in Europe and Asia www.trendmicro.com/fr_fr/resear... #APT

Intelligence Online links the MOONSHINE framework that we discussed in our Earth Minotaur report (www.trendmicro.com/en_us/resear...) to a Chinese company www.intelligenceonline.com/surveillance... (article is free but needs registration to access it). Happy new year UPSEC ! 😘

China : Chinese firm behind hacking operations against Uyghurs and Tibetans unveiled

Intelligence Online has established a link between a Chinese public security ministry contractor and recent IT hacking operations carried out in China and abroad against the two minorities, reviled

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Since Aug 2024 Earth Koshchei (APT29, Midnight Blizzard) used 193 RDP relays and 34 rogue backends against military, MFAs and others. The campaign peak was likely preceded by barely audible campaigns that ended with a bang in Oct 2024. Details and indicators here: www.trendmicro.com/en_us/resear...

Earth Koshchei Coopts Red Team Tools in Complex RDP Attacks

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Our latest report presents Earth Minotaur, a threat actor targeting Tibetans and Uyghurs using Moonshine, an exploitation framework for Android apps described in 2019 by @citizenlab.ca leveraging vulnerabilities in applications embedding old versions of Chromium trendmicro.com/en_us/resear...