Subj : This hacking group has been attacking thousands of organizations
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Jun 09 2023 13:45:03

This hacking group has been attacking thousands of organizations worldwide

Date:
Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:30:28 +0000

Description:
Their activities range from cybercrime to espionage, and their endgame 
remains a mystery.

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Cybersecurity researchers from ESET recently discovered a relatively new 
hacking group thats been very successful in targeting organizations 
worldwide. 

The group is called Asylum Ambuscade, and its endgame remains a mystery to 
the researchers. According to BleepingComputer, it has been active all over 
the world, but mostly in the West, for the last three years. 

It uses a wide variety of tools, including the Sunseed malware, Akhbot, and 
Nodebot, which allow the team to engage in all kinds of malicious activities, 
including grabbing screenshots, stealing passwords stored in popular internet 
browsers, deploying Cobalt Strike loaders, running a keylogger, and more. 
Malicious Google Ads 

In short, the groups abilities range from cybercrime to espionage. 

Their targets are also quite diverse, and include bank customers, 
cryptocurrency investors and traders, government agencies and employees, as 
well as small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). Read more 

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The attacks usually start with a phishing email, which carries a malicious 
script. That script downloads the Sunseed malware, after which the group 
decides which additional payloads to deliver, depending on the targets 
endpoints . 

In some instances, the researchers found the group created Google Ads which 
redirected users to sites with malicious JavaScript code. 

The group also seems to be quite successful. ESETs researchers started 
tracking its activity in January last year, and since then it identified 
roughly 4,500 victims, which means the group targeted 265 organizations and 
entities every month. 

The biggest mystery remains the groups motives. With a wide range of tools, 
capable of engaging in all sorts of cybercrime, as well as a diverse list of 
victims, the researchers cant exactly pinpoint what the group is trying to 
achieve. One theory suggests the group is just selling access and information 
to other threat actors, hence the diversified approach. Check out the best 
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Via: BleepingComputer



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-of-organizations-worldwide


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