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Latest Turla backdoor leverages email PDF attachments as C&C mechanism

Security Affairs

Turla is the name of a Russian cyber espionage APT group (also known as Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) that has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and private businesses. The backdoor is a standalone DLL (dynamic link library) that interacts with Outlook and The Bat! Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

In the very quiet science fiction section of the Glen Park Public Library in San Francisco. SO I only mention Ross Ulbricht in talks because I use him as an example of an Operation Security, or OpSec failure. Operational Security is typically a military process. Vamosi: One sunny morning in 2013. I'm Robert Vamosi.

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Russia-linked APT28 targets government Polish institutions

Security Affairs

jpg.exe , which pretends to be a photo and is used to trick the recipient into clicking on it, script.bat (hidden file), fake library WindowsCodecs.dll (hidden file). The group operates out of military unity 26165 of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS).

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The History of Malware: A Primer on the Evolution of Cyber Threats

IBM Big Data Hub

At the time, only about 60,000 computers had access to the internet, mostly at universities and within the military. If the infected PC is a client in a local network, such as a library or office, any shared resources are targeted first. Despite its impact, the cybercriminals behind Mydoom have never been caught or even identified.