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A chink in the armor of China-based hacking group Nickel

Malwarebytes

The group’s activities have been traced back to 2010 when it performed a cyberespionage campaign directed at diplomatic organizations and missions in Europe. Others in the security community who have researched this group of actors refer to the group by other names, including KE3CHANG, APT15, Vixen Panda, Royal APT, and Playful Dragon.

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Microsoft disrupts China-based hacking group Nickel

Malwarebytes

The group’s activities have been traced back to 2010 when it performed a cyberespionage campaign directed at diplomatic organizations and missions in Europe. Others in the security community who have researched this group of actors refer to the group by other names, including KE3CHANG, APT15, Vixen Panda, Royal APT, and Playful Dragon.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Perimeter81 VPN and zero trust 2020 Private Wiz Cloud security 2020 Private OneTrust Privacy management 2019 Private Darktrace AI network security 2017 Private Recorded Future Threat intelligence 2017 Acquired: Insight Thycotic Access management 2015 Private Checkmarx Application security 2015 Acquired: P.E.

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APT trends report Q3 2021

SecureList

The malicious payload was then used to upload additional malware, usually the Quarian backdoor that has been seen in use by Chinese-speaking actors since around 2010. The samples we analyzed mimicked various applications such as private messaging, VPN, and media services. This campaign affected Ethiopia, Palestine and Kuwait.

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VulnRecap 3/4/24 – Ivanti, Ubiquiti, AppLocker Under Attack

eSecurity Planet

All sites incorporated the archaic FCKeditor plug-in, which stopped receiving support in 2010. February 29, 2024 Factory Resets of Ivanti VPN Appliances Don’t Remove Hacker Presence Type of vulnerability: Persistent unauthenticated user resource access. and a medium (CVSS 4.3) level vulnerability.

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