Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Researchers are tracking multiple self-proclaimed hacktivist groups working in support of Russia, and identified 3 groups linked to the GRU. Mandiant researchers are tracking multiple self-proclaimed hacktivist groups working in support of Russia, and identified 3 groups linked to the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2024

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2023

Russian hacking group Winter Vivern has been actively exploiting Zimbra flaws to steal the emails of NATO and diplomats. The goal of this activity is assessed to be gaining access to the emails of military, government, and diplomatic organizations across Europe involved in the Russia Ukrainian War.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ukraine’s premier law enforcement and counterintelligence revealed the real identities of five FSB members behind the Gamaredon cyberespionage group. All of that, despite the fact that they used the FSB’s own malicious software and tools to remain anonymous and hidden online. “Staying off the radar is not a group priority.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The investigators said the advanced threat actors used a mixture of known and unique malware tools in the attack – which they dubbed Operation Harvest – to compromise the victim’s IT environment, exfiltrate the data and evade detection. Chinese-Linked APT Groups Likely Suspects. Beek wrote. Beek wrote. “We

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Russia-linked group APT28 exploited Microsoft Outlook zero-day to target European NATO members, including a NATO Rapid Deployable Corps. Over the past 20 months, the group targeted at least 30 organizations within 14 nations that are probably of strategic intelligence significance to the Russian government and its military.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2022

China-linked APT group Tropic Trooper has been spotted previously undocumented malware written in Nim language. The final payload encoded in the image is TClient, which is a backdoor that was used by the Tropic Trooper APT group in past campaigns. The attack aims at making the device unusable. ” the researchers concluded.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

Microsoft released an Exchange On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT) tool to small businesses for the fix of ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

France National Agency for the Security of Information Systems warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group has breached several critical networks. The Government experts pointed out that in some cases the group did not deployed any backdoor in the compromised systems. ” reads the report.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Researchers from CrowdStrike disrupted an attempt by the threat group to steal industrial intelligence and military secrets from an academic institution.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A search in Google for a string of text from that script turns up a December 2023 blog post from cryptocurrency security firm SlowMist about phishing attacks on Telegram from North Korean state-sponsored hackers. The North Korean regime is known to use stolen cryptocurrencies to fund its military and other state projects.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure. In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Russia-linked cyberespionage group Gamaredon has been spotted propagating a worm called LitterDrifter via USB. Gamaredon (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, UAC-0010, and Trident Ursa) has been active since 2014 and its activity focuses on Ukraine, the group was observed using the multistage backdoor Pteranodon / Pterodo.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

A China-linked APT group, tracked as Moshen Dragon, is exploiting antivirus products to target the telecom sector in Asia. A China-linked APT group, tracked as Moshen Dragon, has been observed targeting the telecommunication sector in Central Asia with ShadowPad and PlugX malware, SentinelOne warns. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon is using a new toolset in attacks aimed at critical organizations in Ukraine. Symantec researchers reported that in some cases, the cyberespionage group remained undetected in the target networks for three months. The attack chain commences with spear-phishing emails with malicious attachments (.docx,rar,sfx

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command, and international partners released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that Russia-linked threat actors are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters (EdgeRouters) to evade detection in cyber operations worldwide.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

Russian APT groups are targeting European governments for cyber-espionage purposes ahead of the upcoming European elections. The activity of the Russia-linked groups is focused on NATO member states. The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.

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Threatpost

JANUARY 13, 2022

US Cyber Command linked the group to Iranian intelligence and detailed its multi-pronged, increasingly sophisticated suite of malware tools.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Microsoft discovered new custom malware, dubbed FoggyWeb, used by the Nobelium cyberespionage group to implant backdoor in Windows domains. “Once NOBELIUM obtains credentials and successfully compromises a server, the actor relies on that access to maintain persistence and deepen its infiltration using sophisticated malware and tools.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The China-linked APT group Thrip is continuing to target entities in Southeast Asia even after its activity was uncovered by Symantec. Experts at Symantec first exposed the activity of the Chinese-linked APT Thrip in 2018, now the security firm confirms that cyber espionage group has continued to carry out attacks in South East Asia.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A previously unknown cyber espionage group, tracked as Gallmaker, has been targeting entities in the government, military and defense sectors since at least 2017. A new cyber espionage group tracked as Gallmaker appeared in the threat landscape. ” concluded Symantec.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure. In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2020

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2022

A Russian hacking group may be responsible for a cyber attack against a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas that led to its explosion on June 8. That same day, the FBI issued an advisory warning that TRITON malware tools still remain a major threat to industrial systems around the world.” “On March 24 the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Experts from Symantec collected evidence that APT28 group returns to covert intelligence gathering operations in Europe and South America. The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Military targets in Europe.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Russia-linked cyber espionage group APT29 has been targeting JetBrains TeamCity servers since September 2023. Experts warn that the Russia-linked APT29 group has been observed targeting JetBrains TeamCity servers to gain initial access to the targets’ networks. The group used WMIC to facilitate lateral movement.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

North Korea-linked Lazarus group is using new KandyKorn macOS Malware in attacks against blockchain engineers. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group were spotted using new KandyKorn macOS malware in attacks against blockchain engineers, reported Elastic Security Labs. ” reads the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

During a meeting of security chiefs of the Five Eyes alliance held in California, McCallum told BBC that the Chinese cyber espionage reached an epic scale. The BBC reported the case of an acquisition of a sensitive UK tech company involved in UK military supply chains. ” reported BBC.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

The FBI and NSA issue joint alert related to new Linux malware dubbed Drovorub that has been used by the Russia-linked APT28 group. The FBI and NSA have published a joint security alert containing technical details about a new piece of Linux malware, tracked as Drovorub , allegedly employed by Russia-linked the APT28 group.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As a part of this effort, each organization made the following commitments: MxD , in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, created the Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Operational Technology (CyMOT) program to increase the security of U.S. million NSA expansion grant funds this effort. manufacturing.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Pangu Lab researchers disclosed details of the Bvp47 backdoor that was used by the US NSA Equation Group. National Security Agency (NSA) Equation Group. The Bvp47 backdoor was first discovered in 2013 while conducting a forensic investigation into a security breach suffered by a Chinese government organization.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

An Iran-linked APT group tracked as Mint Sandstorm is behind a string of attacks aimed at US critical infrastructure between late 2021 to mid-2022. The group rapidly weaponized N-day vulnerabilities in popular enterprise applications by using publicly disclosed POCs. ” reads the report published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a Zimbra flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-27926 , to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The goal of this activity is assessed to be gaining access to the emails of military, government, and diplomatic organizations across Europe involved in the Russia Ukrainian War.”

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