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Baku Retsu / KrulUA / Getty Images Researchers from Cybereason Nocturnus Team have detected anomalous characteristics in a newly discovered RoyalRoad weaponizer that delivers a previously undocumented backdoor. The researchers have been tracking recent developments in the RoyalRoad when they uncovered an attack targeting a Russian-based defense contractor. Spear-phishing attack targets Russian defense contractor In this instance, the target of the spear-phishing attack was a general director working at the Rubin Design Bureau, a Russia-based defense contractor that designs nucl...

The stealthy backdoor is likely being used by Chinese APTs, researchers said. A previously undocumented backdoor malware, dubbed PortDoor, is being used by a probable Chinese advanced persistent threat actor (APT) to target the Russian defense sector, according to researchers. The Cybereason Nocturnus Team observed the cybercriminals specifically going after the Rubin Design Bureau, which designs submarines for the Russian Federation’s Navy. The initial target of the attack was a general director there named Igor Vladimirovich, researchers said, who received a phishing email. Join Threatpos...

(TechRepublic Premium) But despite a security update being available to protect against the vulnerability for over three years, it's still the most frequent exploit used by cyber criminals to deliver malware via malicious Microsoft Office documents. "The enduring popularity of Equation Editor exploits such as CVE-2017-11882 may be due to home users and businesses not updating to newer, patched versions of Office. We commonly see this vulnerability being exploited by attackers who distribute easily-obtainable [remote access trojans]," Alex Holland, senior malware analyst at HP Inc, told ZDNet....

Thinkstock Looking for hard numbers to back up your sense of what's happening in the cybersecurity world? We dug into studies and surveys of the industry's landscape to get a sense of the lay of the land—both in terms of what's happening and how security leaders are reacting to it. If you want data on what systems are most vulnerable, what malware is topping the charts, and how much people are getting paid to deal with it all, read on. 9 key cybersecurity statistics at-a-glance 94% of malware is delivered via email Phishing attacks account for more than 80% of reported securi...