Cyber Threats 2021: A Year in Retrospect
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Published April 27, 2022, 7:27 p.m.
Added to db March 10, 2024, 6:24 a.m.
Last updated Aug. 31, 2024, 1:44 a.m.
Headline Cyber Threats 2021: A Year in Retrospect
Title Cyber Threats 2021: A Year in Retrospect
Detected Hints/Tags/Attributes 671/4/248
Attributes
Details Type #Events CTI Value
Details CVE 80
cve-2021-26084
Details CVE 13
cve-2017-0261
Details CVE 45
cve-2021-1732
Details CVE 14
cve-2021-28310
Details Domain 7
pwc.com
Details Domain 317
bit.ly
Details Domain 4
scribd.com
Details Domain 1
casheuro.com
Details Domain 1
murders-dkr.ru
Details Domain 99
therecord.media
Details Domain 36
googleprojectzero.blogspot.com
Details Domain 397
www.microsoft.com
Details Domain 67
citizenlab.ca
Details Domain 55
blog.google
Details Domain 403
securelist.com
Details Domain 84
www.forbes.com
Details Domain 46
jsac.jpcert.or.jp
Details Domain 71
blogs.jpcert.or.jp
Details Domain 11
www.amnesty.org
Details Domain 17
vblocalhost.com
Details Domain 622
en.wikipedia.org
Details Domain 111
www.justice.gov
Details Domain 251
www.bleepingcomputer.com
Details Domain 44
www.bloomberg.com
Details Domain 2
www.ncsc.gov.ie
Details Domain 41
www.bbc.co.uk
Details Domain 5
helpdesk.kaseya.com
Details Domain 49
home.treasury.gov
Details Domain 224
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
Details Domain 128
www.bitdefender.com
Details Domain 124
www.nytimes.com
Details Domain 21
www.state.gov
Details Domain 10
tass.com
Details Domain 469
www.cisa.gov
Details Domain 6
www.globenewswire.com
Details Domain 35
www.europol.europa.eu
Details Domain 47
intel471.com
Details Domain 2
www.securitycouncilreport.org
Details Domain 3
vb2020.vblocalhost.com
Details Domain 7
labs.f-secure.com
Details Domain 57
www.clearskysec.com
Details Domain 768
www.youtube.com
Details Domain 261
blog.talosintelligence.com
Details Domain 9
www.thedailybeast.com
Details Domain 1373
twitter.com
Details Domain 3
www.spglobal.com
Details Domain 72
symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com
Details Domain 154
us-cert.cisa.gov
Details Domain 262
www.welivesecurity.com
Details Domain 182
www.mandiant.com
Details Domain 37
www.blackberry.com
Details Domain 1
s7d2.scene7.com
Details Domain 27
www.uptycs.com
Details Domain 4
blogs.quickheal.com
Details Domain 58
ti.qianxin.com
Details Domain 7
ti.dbappsecurity.com.cn
Details Domain 5
team-cymru.com
Details Domain 17
www.anomali.com
Details Domain 208
mp.weixin.qq.com
Details Domain 38
blog.netlab.360.com
Details Domain 124
www.sentinelone.com
Details Domain 370
www.proofpoint.com
Details Domain 27
about.fb.com
Details Domain 6
treasury.gov
Details Domain 604
www.trendmicro.com
Details Domain 98
www.ncsc.gov.uk
Details Domain 83
www.theguardian.com
Details Domain 1
mup.vladars.net
Details Domain 8
www.rnbo.gov.ua
Details Domain 1
www.rnbo.gov
Details Domain 14
ssu.gov.ua
Details Domain 105
web.archive.org
Details Domain 13
quointelligence.eu
Details Domain 59
www.cybereason.com
Details Domain 21
blog.group-ib.com
Details Domain 175
www.zdnet.com
Details Domain 7
www.acronis.com
Details Domain 45
www.bankinfosecurity.com
Details Domain 78
securityaffairs.co
Details Domain 202
krebsonsecurity.com
Details Domain 2
www.teiss.co.uk
Details Domain 2
www.itworldcanada.com
Details Domain 1
www.retaildive.com
Details Domain 81
blog.malwarebytes.com
Details Domain 20
www.pwc.com
Details Email 1
threatintelligence@pwc.com
Details File 44
payload.bin
Details File 1122
svchost.exe
Details File 58
password.txt
Details File 1018
rundll32.exe
Details File 3
hollow64.txt
Details File 2125
cmd.exe
Details File 263
iexplore.exe
Details File 456
mshta.exe
Details File 2
times.exe
Details File 1
dgbase.dll
Details File 1
judianservice.dll
Details File 1
cbappendix.exe
Details File 3
a-deep-dive-into-nso-zero-click.html
Details File 4
jsac2021_301_shui-leon_en.pdf
Details File 3
windealer.html
Details File 1
haeghebaert.pdf
Details File 1
hse-publishes-independent-report-on-conti-cyber-attack.html
Details File 1
hse_conti_140521_update.pdf
Details File 2
darkside-pipeline-hack.html
Details File 1
accellion-provides-update-to-fta-security-incident-following-mandiant-s-preliminary-findings.html
Details File 2
s_2019_691.pdf
Details File 5
vb2020.vb
Details File 2
vb2020-takai-etal.pdf
Details File 1
lazarus-clearsky.pdf
Details File 3
kimsuky-abuses-blogs-delivers-malware.html
Details File 1
and_ketrican.pdf
Details File 2
whitecompanyoperationshaheenreport.pdf
Details File 7
ti.db
Details File 1
deploysandroid-malware-for-the-first-time.html
Details File 1
technical-threat-report-arid-viper-april-2021.pdf
Details File 1
4824.html
Details File 3
operation_armageddon_final.pdf
Details File 1
conti-ransomware-graff-jeweller.html
Details IBM X-Force - Threat Group Enumeration 34
ITG18
Details Mandiant Uncategorized Groups 27
UNC757
Details Mandiant Uncategorized Groups 1
UNC2428
Details Mandiant Uncategorized Groups 18
UNC788
Details Deprecated Microsoft Threat Actor Naming Taxonomy (Groups in development) 2
DEV-0500
Details Deprecated Microsoft Threat Actor Naming Taxonomy (Groups in development) 2
DEV-0146
Details Deprecated Microsoft Threat Actor Naming Taxonomy (Groups in development) 19
DEV-0270
Details Deprecated Microsoft Threat Actor Naming Taxonomy (Groups in development) 4
DEV-0343
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT-C 79
APT-C-23
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT 194
APT35
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT 85
APT15
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT 7
APT25
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT 166
APT31
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT 522
APT41
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT 9
APT9
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT 121
APT36
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT 132
APT32
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT 181
APT33
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT 258
APT34
Details Threat Actor Identifier - APT 297
APT27
Details Url 2
https://www.technologyreview
Details Url 1
https://therecord.media/new-german-government-coalition-promises-not-to-buy-
Details Url 1
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com
Details Url 8
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/02/hafnium-targeting-exchange-servers
Details Url 2
https://www.volexity.com/blog/2021/03/02/active-exploitation-of-microsoft-exchange-0-day-vulnerabilities
Details Url 1
https://citizenlab.ca/2021/07/hooking-candiru-another-mercenary-spyware-
Details Url 5
https://www.microsoft.com/security
Details Url 2
https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/how-we-protect-users-0-day-attacks
Details Url 2
https://citizenlab.ca/2021/09/forcedentry-nso-group-imessage-zero-click-exploit-captured-in-the-wild
Details Url 1
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot
Details Url 1
https://securelist.com/finspy-unseen-findings/104322
Details Url 7
https://www.forbes.com/sites
Details Url 1
https://citizenlab.ca/2018/01/spying-on-a-budget-inside-a-phishing-operation-with-targets-in-the-tibetan-community
Details Url 3
https://jsac.jpcert.or.jp/archive/2021/pdf/jsac2021_301_shui-leon_en.pdf
Details Url 2
https://securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q2-2017/79332
Details Url 1
https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2021/10/windealer.html#1
Details Url 1
https://www.amnesty
Details Url 1
https://vblocalhost.com/uploads/vb2021-
Details Url 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/economy_of_the_united_states_by_sector
Details Url 1
https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/media/pressrel/hse-publishes-independent-report-on-conti-cyber-attack.html
Details Url 1
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-
Details Url 7
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security
Details Url 6
https://www.bloomberg.com/news
Details Url 1
https://www.ncsc.gov.ie/pdfs/hse_conti_140521_update.pdf
Details Url 1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57318965
Details Url 1
https://helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4403440684689-important-notice-august-4th-2021
Details Url 1
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0364
Details Url 2
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ukrainian-arrested-and-charged-
Details Url 1
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/revil-threat-
Details Url 1
https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/labs/darkside-ransomware-decryption-tool
Details Url 2
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/business/darkside-pipeline-hack.html
Details Url 1
https://www.state.gov/reward-offers-for-
Details Url 1
https://tass.com/russia/1388649
Details Url 1
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa21-055a
Details Url 2
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-
Details Url 1
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news
Details Url 1
https://intel471.com/blog/emotet-returns-december-2021
Details Url 1
https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf
Details Url 1
https://vb2020.vblocalhost.com/uploads/vb2020-takai-etal.pdf
Details Url 1
https://labs.f-secure.com/assets/blogfiles/f-securelabs-tlp-white-lazarus-threat-intel-report2.
Details Url 1
https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cryptocore-
Details Url 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bozecjabjsk
Details Url 3
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/11/kimsuky-abuses-blogs-delivers-malware.html
Details Url 5
https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-campaign-targeting-security-researchers
Details Url 1
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/01/28/zinc-attacks-against-security-researchers
Details Url 1
https://www.thedailybeast.com/north-korean-hackers-caught-
Details Url 1
https://twitter.com/esetresearch/status/1458438155149922312?s=20
Details Url 1
https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/newsinsights/latest-news-
Details Url 5
https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence
Details Url 1
https://vblocalhost.com
Details Url 1
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/12/06/nickel-targeting-
Details Url 1
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-258a
Details Url 1
https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/eset_okrum_
Details Url 1
https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/publikationen/pb-cyberabwehr/broschuere-2021-01-bfv-cyber-brief-2021-01
Details Url 1
https://www.mandiant.com/resources/apt41-initiates-globalintrusion-
Details Url 2
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/seven-international-cyber-defendants-including-apt41-actors-charged-connection-computer
Details Url 2
https://www.mandiant.com/resources/apt-groups
Details Url 2
https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/forms/enterprise/bahamut-report
Details Url 1
https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/content/cylance/prod/cylance-web/en-us
Details Url 1
https://www.uptycs.com/blog/confucius-apt-deploys-warzone-rat
Details Url 1
https://blogs.quickheal.com
Details Url 1
https://www.forcepoint.com/sites/default/files/resources/files/forcepoint-security-labs-monsoon-analysisreport.
Details Url 1
https://ti.qianxin.com/blog/articles/%22operationmagichm%22
Details Url 1
https://ti.dbappsecurity.com.cn/blog/articles/2021/02/10
Details Url 1
https://securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q2-2021/103517
Details Url 1
https://team-cymru.com/blog/2021/04/16/transparent-tribe-apt-infrastructure-mapping
Details Url 1
https://team-cymru.com/blog/2021/07/02/transparent-tribe-apt-infrastructure-mapping-2
Details Url 2
https://www.anomali.com/blog
Details Url 1
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wnkc0jbja5_isjpfszfoya
Details Url 2
https://blog.netlab.360.com/stealth_rotajakiro_backdoor_en
Details Url 1
https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/new-version-of-
Details Url 1
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/11/16/evolving-
Details Url 2
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight
Details Url 1
https://about.fb.com/news/2021/07/taking-action-against-hackers-in-iran
Details Url 1
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/11/16
Details Url 1
https://www.clearskysec.com/siamesekitten
Details Url 1
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-304a
Details Url 1
https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/g/strongpity-apt-group-
Details Url 1
https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/technical-threat-report-arid-viper-april-2021.pdf
Details Url 1
https://securelist.com/wirtes-campaign-in-the-middle-east-living-off-
Details Url 1
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/uk-and-us-call-out-russia-for-solarwinds-compromise
Details Url 1
https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/noblebaron-new-poisoned-
Details Url 1
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/bosnia-is-in-danger-of-
Details Url 1
https://mup.vladars.net/lat/index.
Details Url 3
https://securelist.com/recent-cloud-atlas-activity/92016
Details Url 1
https://www.rnbo.gov.ua/en/diialnist/4823.
Details Url 1
https://www.rnbo.gov
Details Url 1
https://ssu.gov.ua/en/novyny/sbu-vyiavyla-khakera-yakyi-poliuvav-
Details Url 1
https://ssu.gov.ua/en/novyny/sbu-
Details Url 1
https://therecord.media/ukraine-discloses-identity-
Details Url 7
https://web.archive.org
Details Url 1
https://www.lookingglasscyber.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/operation_armageddon_final.pdf
Details Url 1
https://quointelligence.eu/2021/01/reconhellcat-uses-nist-theme-
Details Url 1
https://www.cybereason.com/blog/operation-ghostshell-novel-
Details Url 1
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/10/11/iran-linked-dev-0343-
Details Url 2
https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs
Details Url 1
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1127
Details Url 2
https://blog.group-ib.com/colunmtk_apt41
Details Url 1
https://www.zdnet.com/article/acer-confirms-second-cyberattack-in-2021
Details Url 1
https://www.acronis.com/en-us/cyber-protection-center/posts/conti-ransomware-rakes-
Details Url 1
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/retailer-fat-face-pays-2-million-ransom-to-
Details Url 1
https://securityaffairs.co
Details Url 1
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/10/conti-ransom-gang-starts-selling-access-to-victims
Details Url 1
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coop-
Details Url 1
https://www.teiss.co.uk/spar-supermarket-cyber-incident
Details Url 1
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/spar-stores-incident
Details Url 1
https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/canadian-retailer-home-hardware-hit-
Details Url 1
https://www.retaildive.com/news/office-depot-parent-expects-over-20m-loss-
Details Url 1
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-intelligence/2021/09/the-many-tentacles-