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Moscow Military Hackers Used Microsoft Outlook Vulnerability

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APT28 Used Hacked Ubiquiti Routers for Hashed Password Relay Attacks A campaign by Russian military intelligence to convert Ubiquiti routers into a platform for a global cyberespionage operation began as early as 2022, U.S. disrupted a botnet built by a hacking unit of Russian military's Main Intelligence Directorate.

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Microsoft Links 2022 WhisperGate Kyiv Attacks to Russia

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Computing Giant Identifies New Russian GRU Threat Actor: Cadet Blizzard Microsoft says a newly identified Russian military intelligence threat actor uses noisily destructive payloads in a bid to intimidate mostly Ukrainian targets.

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Russia-linked APT28 used post-compromise tool GooseEgg to exploit CVE-2022-38028 Windows flaw

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Microsoft reported that the Russia-linked APT28 group (aka “ Forest Blizzard ”, “ Fancybear ” or “ Strontium ” used a previously unknown tool, dubbed GooseEgg, to exploit the Windows Print Spooler flaw CVE-2022-38028. The vulnerability CVE-2022-38028 was reported by the U.S.

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Likely Sandworm Hackers Using Novel Backdoor 'Kapeka'

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Kapeka Shows Similarities to Russian GRU Hacking Group's GreyEnergy Malware Likely Russian military intelligence hackers known as Sandworm since at least mid-2022 have deployed a new and highly flexible back door against Eastern European targets, warn security researchers. Security firm WithSecure dubs the backdoor "Kapeka."

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Russia-linked hackers target Ukrainian military with Infamous Chisel Android malware

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Russia-linked threat actors have been targeting Android devices of the Ukrainian military with a new malware dubbed Infamous Chisel. In 2022, the Russian APT used multiple wipers in attacks aimed at Ukraine, including AwfulShred , CaddyWiper , HermeticWiper , Industroyer2 , IsaacWiper , WhisperGate , Prestige , RansomBoggs , and ZeroWipe.

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North Korean Hackers Target South Korean Naval Shipyards

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Nation-State Attacks on Defense Manufacturers Rising Since November 2022 South Korean national intelligence has sounded alarms about North Korean hackers targeting the country's shipbuilding industry to steal naval military secrets.

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UAC-0142 APT targets Ukraine’s Delta military intelligence program

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Ukraine’s CERT-UA revealed the national Delta military intelligence program has been targeted with a malware-based attack. ” states the Ukrainian military. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Delta military intelligence). ” reads the advisory published by the CERT-UA. Pierluigi Paganini.