Microsoft on Friday disclosed that a single activity group in August 2022 achieved initial access and breached Exchange servers by chaining the two newly disclosed zero-day flaws in a limited set of attacks aimed at less than 10 organizations globally. "These attacks installed the Chopper web shell to facilitate hands-on-keyboard access, which the attackers used to perform … [Read more...] about State-Sponsored Hackers Likely Exploited MS Exchange 0-Days Against ~10 Organizations
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Researchers Uncover Iranian State-Sponsored Ransomware Operation
Iran has been linked to yet another state-sponsored ransomware operation through a contracting company based in the country, according to new analysis. "Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was operating a state-sponsored ransomware campaign through an Iranian contracting company called 'Emen Net Pasargard' (ENP)," cybersecurity firm Flashpoint said in its findings … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover Iranian State-Sponsored Ransomware Operation