Major Incidents or Breaches

  • Kaspersky researchers have attributed previously unidentified commercial spyware, known as Dante and developed by Memento Labs (formerly Hacking Team), to ForumTroll APT attacks. The spyware was observed in recent campaigns, indicating renewed activity from this threat actor.

Notable Threat Actor Activity

  • The ForumTroll APT group has been linked to the deployment of Dante spyware in recent operations. Memento Labs, the developer behind Dante, is the rebranded entity of the defunct Hacking Team, suggesting a resurgence of the group’s offensive cyber capabilities.

Trends, Tools, or Tactics of Interest

  • Reaper, a new open-source unified application security testing framework, has been released. It integrates reconnaissance, proxying, fuzzing, and AI-driven workflows, targeting penetration testers and red teams.
  • Kaitai Struct was highlighted as a useful tool for binary file analysis, alongside other utilities like 010 Editor and format-bytes.py, reflecting ongoing interest in structured approaches to reverse engineering and binary parsing.