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Russia-linked Cold River APT targeted US nuclear research laboratories

Security Affairs

Threat actors created fake login pages for each organization and sent spear-phishing messages to nuclear scientists in an attempt to trick them into providing their passwords. In March 2022, the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) spotted phishing and malware attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark.

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APT28 and Upcoming Elections: evidence of possible interference

Security Affairs

This document actually is the first step of a more complex cyber attack. Technical Analysis. Figure 2: password required to view and modify macros on document. Figure 4: Payload stored in “Company” tag of document metadata. Further detail about AMSI have been described in a previous analysis report.