Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 7 August to 13 August 2023

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Summary

HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, the fact that there were a total of eleven attacks executed, three vulnerabilities, and three different adversaries highlights the ever-present danger of cyber attacks.

Moreover, HiveForce Labs also discovered that both the Winnti Group and the UNC3886 Chinese APT groups employed two malware to carry out espionage attacks on South Korea. Furthermore, they identified the Gafgyt Botnet exploiting a critical five-year-old vulnerability that has been present in Zyxel Routers.

Meanwhile, cybercriminals were found to be using five types of ransomware and two remote-access trojans in various orchestrated campaigns. All these attacks were observed to be on the rise, posing a significant threat to users all over the world.

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