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Ukraine: Belarusian APT groupĀ UNC1151 targets military personnel with spear phishing

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In mid-January, the government of Kyiv attributed the defacement of tens of Ukrainian government websites to Belarusian APT group UNC1151. In November 2021, Mandiant Threat Intelligence researchers linked the Ghostwriter disinformation campaign (aka UNC1151) to the government of Belarus. reads a translation of the message.

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Mandiant links Ghostwriter operations to Belarus

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Security researchers at the Mandiant Threat Intelligence team believe that Ghostwriter APT group is linked to the government of Belarus. Mandiant Threat Intelligence researchers believe that the Ghostwriter disinformation campaign (aka UNC1151) was linked to the government of Belarus.

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Ghost Squad Hackers defaced a second European Space Agency (ESA) site in a week

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Their attempt to patch the vulnerability was a fail even after removing their CMS and adding a maintenance index we were still able to get access. ” According to the hackers, the ESA experts have yet to fix the problem, they only removed the installation of the CMS. ” the hackers told me. ” the hackers said.

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German Parliament Bundestag targeted again by Russia-linked hackers

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The attackers are suspected to be hackers of the tracked as Ghostwriter group that works under the control of the Russian military secret service GRU. According to SPIEGEL information, the computers of at least seven members of the Bundestag were attacked.” ” states the report published by Der Spiegel.

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GhostWriter APT targets state entities of Ukraine with Cobalt Strike BeaconĀ 

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In November 2021, Mandiant Threat Intelligence researchers linked the Ghostwriter disinformation campaign (aka UNC1151) to the government of Belarus. In August 2020, security experts from FireEye uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by spreading fake news content on compromised news websites.

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Ghostwriter disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO

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According to FireEye, the campaign tracked as GhostWriter, has been ongoing since at least March 2017 and is aligned with Russian security interests. to manipulate content, spreading reports of falsified correspondence from military officials, fake quotes from political figures and more. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 309

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Clop Ransomware operators plunder US universities Malware attack on Applus blocked vehicle inspections in some US states 2,5M+ users can check whether their data were exposed in Facebook data leak 33.4%