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Google TAG warns of Russia-linked APT groups targeting Ukraine

Security Affairs

The researchers from Google TAG are warning of Russia-linked threat actors targeting Ukraine with phishing campaigns. Russia-linked threat actors launched large-volume phishing campaigns against hundreds of users in Ukraine to gather intelligence and aimed at spreading disinformation, states Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG).

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Zimbra zero-day exploited to steal government emails by four groups

Security Affairs

Google TAG revealed that threat actors exploited a Zimbra Collaboration Suite zero-day ( CVE-2023-37580 ) to steal emails from governments. Google TAG researcher Clément Lecigne discovered the zero-day in June while investigating targeted attacks against Zimbra’s email server. ” reads the advisory published by Google TAG.

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Exclusive: Pro-Russia group ‘Cyber Spetsnaz’ is attacking government agencies

Security Affairs

(USA) has identified an increase in activity within hacktivist groups, they’re leveraging current geopolitical tensions between the Ukraine and Russia to perform cyber-attacks. The actors are positioning themselves as an elite cyber offensive group targeting NATO infrastructure and performing cyberespionage to steal sensitive data.

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Google sent over 50,000 warnings of state-sponsored attacks, +33% from same period in 2020

Security Affairs

The data were provided by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which tracks government-backed hacking campaign, which warns of a significant increase in the number of the alert compared to the previous year. ” wrote Ajax Bash, a Google security engineer from the TAG. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. Raising awareness about ransomware is a baseline security measure. How ransomware works. Screenshot example. Staff Awareness.

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Google TAG warns that Russian COLDRIVER APT is using a custom backdoor

Security Affairs

Google warns that the Russia-linked threat actor COLDRIVER expands its targeting and is developing a custom malware. In the past, the group’s activity involved persistent phishing and credential theft campaigns leading to intrusions and data theft. ” reads TAG’s analysis. ” concludes the report.