Ukrainian Hackers Breach Email of APT28 Leader, Who’s Wanted by FBI

By Waqas APT28, or Fancy Bear, is a Russian government-backed nefarious hacking group known for using spear-phishing campaigns against its targets. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukrainian Hackers Breach Email of APT28 Leader, Whos Wanted by FBI...

Estonian National Charged in U.S. for Acquiring Electronics and Metasploit Pro for Russian Military

An Estonian national has been charged in the U.S. for purchasing U.S.-made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The 45-year-old individual, Andrey Shevlyakov, was arrested on March 28, 2023, in Tallinn. He has been indicted with 18 counts of conspiracy and other charges. ...

Russian Cyberwarfare Documents Leaked

Now this is interesting: Thousands of pages of secret documents reveal how Vulkans engineers have worked for Russian military and intelligence agencies to support hacking operations, train operatives before attacks on national infrastructure, spread disinformation and control sections of the...

New Backdoor Attack Uses Russian-Ukrainian Conflict Phishing Emails

By Deeba Ahmed The backdoors used in this campaign are never-before-seen malware strains called CommonMagic and PowerMagic. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Backdoor Attack Uses Russian-Ukrainian Conflict Phishing Emails...

Microsoft Warns of Stealthy Outlook Vulnerability Exploited by Russian Hackers

Microsoft on Friday shared guidance to help customers discover indicators of compromise IoCs associated with a recently patched Outlook vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2023-23397 CVSS score: 9.8, the critical flaw relates to a case of privilege escalation that could be exploited to steal NT LAN...

Microsoft Warns of Stealthy Outlook Vulnerability Exploited by Russian Hackers

Microsoft on Friday shared guidance to help customers discover indicators of compromise IoCs associated with a recently patched Outlook vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2023-23397 CVSS score: 9.8, the critical flaw relates to a case of privilege escalation that could be exploited to steal NT LAN...

New Android Botnet Nexus Being Rented Out on Russian Hacker Forum

By Habiba Rashid Nexus contains a module equipped with encryption capabilities which point towards ransomware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Android Botnet Nexus Being Rented Out on Russian Hacker Forum...

Winter Vivern with Pro-Russian Objectives Targets Government

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Winter Vivern Advanced Persistent Threat APT is a relatively underreported group that operates with pro-Russian objectives and targets government agencies. To receive real-time threat advisories, plea...

DotRunpeX: The Malware That Infects Systems with Multiple Families

By Deeba Ahmed Researchers suspect that the malware may be operated by Russian-speaking groups, given the references to the language in its code. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DotRunpeX: The Malware That Infects Systems with Multiple Families...

New DotRunpeX Malware Delivers Multiple Malware Families via Malicious Ads

A new piece of malware dubbed dotRunpeX is being used to distribute numerous known malware families such as Agent Tesla, Ave Maria, BitRAT, FormBook, LokiBot, NetWire, Raccoon Stealer, RedLine Stealer, Remcos, Rhadamanthys, and Vidarhttps://thehackernews.com/2023/01/t...

Outlook Vulnerability Exploited by Russian Hackers Since April 2022

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook allowed an unknown Russian threat actor to gain access to a victims NTLM hash through a specially crafted email. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow...

US Marshals Service Data Sold on Russian Hacker Forum

By Waqas The hacker is selling 350 GB worth of data for $150,000 supervised by the forum’s guarantor. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US Marshals Service Data Sold on Russian Hacker Forum...

Chinese and Russian Hackers Using SILKLOADER Malware to Evade Detection

Threat activity clusters affiliated with the Chinese and Russian cybercriminal ecosystems have been observed using a new piece of malware that's designed to load Cobalt Strike onto infected machines. Dubbed SILKLOADER by Finnish cybersecurity company WithSecure, the malware leverages DLL...

Chinese and Russian Hackers Using SILKLOADER Malware to Evade Detection

Threat activity clusters affiliated with the Chinese and Russian cybercriminal ecosystems have been observed using a new piece of malware that's designed to load Cobalt Strike onto infected machines. Dubbed SILKLOADER by Finnish cybersecurity company WithSecure, the malware leverages DLL...

Hackers threaten to leak STALKER 2 assets if devs don’t heed demands

Ukrainian game developer GSC Game World has announced it was breached by Russian hacktivists who stole assets related to the much-awaited game STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl. A message from GSC Game World team pic.twitter.com/rqRM0tFZmO -- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. OFFICIAL @stalkerthegame March 12, 2023...

Threat Advisory: Microsoft Outlook privilege escalation vulnerability being exploited in the wild

Update March 21, 2023: To aid defenders trying to detect and mitigate this vulnerability, we are providing a couple of additional resources. First, we are providing a ClamAV signature that detects this threat -- the rule can be found on our GitHub here and can be leveraged anywhere ClamAV...

The Prolificacy of LockBit Ransomware

Today, the LockBit ransomware is the most active and successful cybercrime organization in the world. Attributed to a Russian Threat Actor, LockBit has stepped out from the shadows of the Conti ransomware group, who were disbanded in early 2022. LockBit ransomware was first discovered in Septembe...

Talos uncovers espionage campaigns targeting CIS countries, embassies and EU health care agency

Cisco Talos has identified a new threat actor, which we are naming "YoroTrooper," that has been running several successful espionage campaigns since at least June 2022. YoroTroopers main targets are government or energy organizations in Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and other Commonwealth of...

PT-2023-1662

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Outlook affected versions not specified Description An elevation of privilege issue exists where a remote attacker can gain higher privileges by sending a specially crafted email. The flaw does not require user interaction, such as...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 6 March to 12 March 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Last week, HiveForce Labs discovered three threat actors. One of them is a Russian group called TA499, which has a history of conducting different cyberattacks such as...