~40,000 Attacks in 3 Days: Critical Confluence RCE Under Active Exploitation

Malicious actors have begun to actively exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server, within three days of public disclosure. Tracked as CVE-2023-22527 CVSS score: 10.0, the vulnerability impacts out-of-date versions of the...

COLDRIVER Expands Beyond Phishing, Incorporating Custom SPICA Backdoor

Summary: The threat actor associated with Russia, known as COLDRIVER or Star Blizard, has expanded its tactics from mere credential harvesting. The group has initiated campaigns where PDFs are employed as lure documents to distribute malware. Notably, COLDRIVER has introduced its first custom...

Microsoft Executives’ Emails Breached by Russia Hackers

By Waqas The SolarWinds-infamous hackers, Nobelium, have struck again. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft Executives Emails Breached by Russia Hackers...

Microsoft's Top Execs' Emails Breached in Sophisticated Russia-Linked APT Attack

Microsoft on Friday revealed that it was the target of a nation-state attack on its corporate systems that resulted in the theft of emails and attachments from senior executives and other individuals in the company's cybersecurity and legal departments. The Windows maker attributed the attack to ...

Anonymous Sudan Claims London Internet Exchange Attack Over Yemen Strikes

By Deeba Ahmed Anonymous Sudan is a pro-Russia hacktivist group, and their emergence aligns with the rise of other pro-Russian cyber actors since the beginning of the Ukraine war. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Anonymous Sudan Claims London Internet Exchange Attack Over...

23andMe Blames Users for Recent Data Breach as It's Hit With Dozens of Lawsuits

Plus: Russia hacks surveillance cameras as new details emerge of its attack on a Ukrainian telecom, a Google contractor pays for videos of kids to train AI, and more...

Russian Hackers Had Covert Access to Ukraine's Telecom Giant for Months

Ukrainian cybersecurity authorities have disclosed that the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Sandworm was inside telecom operator Kyivstar's systems at least since May 2023. The development was first reported by Reuters. The incident, described as a "powerful hacker attack," first ca...

To Beat Russia, Ukraine Needs a Major Tech Breakthrough

Ukraine’s top general says his country must innovate on the level of inventing gunpowder to “break military parity” with Russia. If it’s successful, it could change the future of war...

Cyberattack on Ukraine’s Kyivstar Seems to Be Russian Hacktivists

The Solntsepek group has taken credit for the attack. Theyre linked to the Russian military, so its unclear whether the attack was government directed or freelance. This is one of the most significant cyberattacks since Russia invaded in February 2022...

BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI disclosed today that it infiltrated the worlds second most prolific ransomware gang, a Russia-based criminal group known as ALPHV and BlackCat. The FBI said it seized the gangs darknet website, and released a decryption tool that hundreds of victim...

Ukraine’s Cyberattack Cripples Russia’s Tax System

By Waqas Ukrainian Military's Main Directorate of Intelligence GUR Launches Devastating Cyberattack on Russia's Federal Tax Service FTS and IT Infrastructure This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukraines Cyberattack Cripples Russias Tax System...

Major Cyber Attack Paralyzes Kyivstar - Ukraine's Largest Telecom Operator

Ukraine's biggest telecom operator Kyivstar has become the victim of a "powerful hacker attack," disrupting customer access to mobile and internet services. "The cyberattack on Ukraine's Kyivstar telecoms operator has impacted all regions of the country with high impact to the capital, metrics...

Ukraine Is Crowdfunding Its Reconstruction

With its war against Russia raging on, Ukraine has begun raising funds to rebuild homes and structures one by one using its own crowdfunding platform...

Star Blizzard Continues to Refine Their Tradecraft for Evasion and Stealth

Summary: The Russia-based threat actor, Star Blizzard, continues to utilize spear-phishing attacks successfully, targeting organizations and individuals across various geographical regions for information-gathering activities. Star Blizzard has improved its detection evasion capabilities since 20...

DDoS Attacks on Rappler Linked to Proxy Service Providers in US and Russia

By Waqas On Thursday, November 30, 2023, Rappler, the prominent online media giant based in the Philippines, fell victim to a relentless series of Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DDoS Attacks on Rappler Linked to Proxy Service...

Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign

Videos featuring Elijah Wood, Mike Tyson, and Priscilla Presley have been edited to push anti-Ukraine disinformation, according to Microsoft researchers...

PT-2023-18914 · Undefined · Undefined

ParsedReport CompletenessMedium 07-12-2023 Fighting Ursa Aka APT28: Illuminating a Covert Campaign https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/russian-apt-fighting-ursa-exploits-cve-2023-233397 Report completeness: Medium Actors/Campaigns: Fancy bear Forest blizzard Threats: Wildfire Victims: Organizatio...

Russia's AI-Powered Disinformation Operation Targeting Ukraine, U.S., and Germany

The Russia-linked influence operation called Doppelganger has targeted Ukrainian, U.S., and German audiences through a combination of inauthentic news sites and social media accounts. These campaigns are designed to amplify content designed to undermine Ukraine as well as propagate anti-LGBTQ+...

Project PowerUp – Helping to keep the lights on in Ukraine in the face of electronic warfare

As Russias invasion of Ukraine entered its first winter in late 2022, nearly half of Ukraines energy infrastructure had been destroyed, leaving millions without power. The resulting energy deficit has exacerbated something that hasnt had much media attention: The effects of electronic GPS jammers...

Ukraine Hacks Russia’s Aviation Agency, Claims “Aviation Cannibalism”

By Deeba Ahmed In a press release, Ukraine’s intelligence agency referred to the hacking as a “successful complex special operation in cyberspace.” This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukraine Hacks Russias Aviation Agency, Claims "Aviation Cannibalism"...