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Winnti malware has been spotted being used against pharmaceutical industry.

Continuing our investigation into Winnti, in this post we describe how the group tried to re-infect a certain gaming company and what malware they used. In the course of our efforts to remove the infection, the gaming company sent us suspicious files that were appearing on their computers. Many of these files were samples of Winnti malware.

A new-ish Flash exploit is on the loose for attack around the web. This time, the attackers have compromised a caregiver site providing support for Tibetan refugee children and are spreading malware signed with Winnti stolen certificates with Flash exploits.

Kaspersky Lab’s experts published a research report that analyzes a sustained cyberespionage campaign conducted by the cybercriminal organization known as Winnti.

During our research on the Winnti group we have managed to discovered quite a considerable amount of Winnti samples targeting different gaming companies. With the help ofUsing thisat sophisticatedcomplicated malicious program cybercriminals gained remote access to infected workstations and then carried out further they activityed manually.

In the course of our research we uncovered the activity of a hacking group which has Chinese origins. This group was named “Winnti”. According to our estimations, this group has been active for several years and specializes in cyberattacks against the online video game industry.

The favorite tool of the attackers has been malicious program we called “Winnti”. It has evolved since the first use, but we divide all variants into two generations: 1.x and 2.x. Our publication describes 1.0 variant of this tool.

For more than five years, the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat (APT) activity. These summaries are based on our threat intelligence research; and they provide a representative snapshot of what we have published and discussed in greater detail in our private APT reports.

While looking at the Sunburst backdoor, we discovered several features that overlap with a previously identified backdoor known as Kazuar. Our observations shows that Kazuar was used together with Turla tools during multiple breaches in past years.

We track the ongoing activities of more than 900 advanced threat actors. Here we try to focus on what we consider to be the most interesting trends and developments of the last 12 months.

For more than three years, GReAT at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat activity. This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q3 2020.

We found a compromised UEFI firmware image that contained a malicious implant. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second known public case where malicious UEFI firmware in use by a threat actor was found in the wild.

The Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky publishes regular summaries of advanced persistent threat (APT) activity, based on the threat intelligence research discussed in greater detail in our private APT reports. In this report, we focus on the targeting of Linux resources by APT threat actors.

Operation ShadowHammer is a newly discovered supply chain attack that leveraged ASUS Live Update software. While the investigation is still in progress and full results and technical paper will be published during SAS 2019 conference in Singapore, we would like to share some important details about the attack.

What were the most interesting developments in terms of APT activity throughout the year and what can we learn from them? Not an easy question to answer. Still, with the benefit of hindsight, let’s try to approach the problem from different angles to get a better understanding of what went on.