Head Mare APT is exploiting vulnerabilities in an unpatched TrueConf server to deliver PhantomCore and PhantomGraph to video conference participants
2026-08-12T08:51:45Z•7154c8dd4340f680f9a91ab715bdc36425a5d3cdac5999cfb4764d6dbc77524f
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What happened
Kaspersky Securelist RSS feed covering recent cyber threats, including APT exploitation of unpatched TrueConf servers to deliver PhantomCore and PhantomGraph, Google Apps Script and DNS-based command-and-control, adversary-in-the-middle phishing that bypasses MFA through legitimate cloud platforms, tailored espionage backdoors targeting Central Asia and the Middle East/Africa, and GenieLocker ransomware affecting Windows, Linux, and ESXi. The feed also includes quarterly malware statistics and defensive analyses of Kerberoasting and DNS tunneling.
Why it matters
A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.
Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- kaspersky_securelist
- Record identifier
- 7154c8dd4340f680f9a91ab715bdc36425a5d3cdac5999cfb4764d6dbc77524f
- Enrichment time
- 2026-08-12T08:51:45Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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