FBI-DHS-CISA Joint Advisory on Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Cyber Operations

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and CISA have released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA addressing Russian Foreign Intelligence Service SVR cyber actors—also known as Advanced Persistent Threat 29 APT 29, the Dukes, CozyBear, and Yttrium—continued...

A week in security (April 12 – 18)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, our podcast featured Troy Hunt, Chloé Messdaghi, and Tanya Janca who discussed security fatigue with us. We announced the release of the Malwarebytes SMB Cybersecurity Trust & Confidence Report 2021, a first-of-its-kind survey of the hardworking IT professionals on...

nettle: Out of bounds memory access in signature verification

A flaw was found in Nettle, where several Nettle signature verification functions GOST DSA, EDDSA & ECDSA result in the Elliptic Curve Cryptography point ECC multiply function being called with out-of-range scalers, possibly resulting in incorrect results. This flaw allows an attacker to force an...

Threat Advisory: NSA SVR Advisory Coverage

The U.S. National Security Agency released an advisory outlining several vulnerabilities that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Services SVR is exploiting in the wild. The U.S. formally attributed the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack to the SVR group in this advisory and detailed more of the...

How the FBI Got Into the San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

Plus: Russian sanctions, Europe’s SolarWinds fallout, and more of this week’s top security news...

Biden Races to Shore Up Power Grid Against Hacks

President Biden is putting the final details on a plan to encourage American electric utilities to strengthen their cybersecurity protections against hackers in the next 100 days, amid increasing cyberattacks. The White House push to boost electrical grid security comes in the wake of a report th...

SolarWinds Hack – US officially Blames Russian Intel Agency Hackers

By Waqas The US has also revealed that 6 Russian technology firms were involved in developing tools that played a vital role in the SolarWinds hack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SolarWinds Hack - US officially Blames Russian Intel Agency Hackers...

CISA and CNMF Analysis of SolarWinds-related Malware

CISA and the Department of Defense DoD Cyber National Mission Force CNMF have analyzed additional SolarWinds-related malware variants—referred to as SUNSHUTTLE and SOLARFLARE. One of the analyzed files was identified as a China Chopper webshell server-side component that was observed on a network...

NSA-CISA-FBI Joint Advisory on Russian SVR Targeting U.S. and Allied Networks

CISA, the National Security Agency NSA, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA on Russian Foreign Intelligence Service SVR actors scanning for and exploiting vulnerabilities to compromise U.S. and allied networks, including national security a...

AM Live Vulnerability Management Conference Part 1: Full video in Russian + Timecodes in English

Hello all! 2 weeks ago I participated in the best online event fully dedicated to Vulnerability Management in Russia. It was super fun and exciting. Thanks to all the colleagues and especially to Lev Paley for the great moderation! I have talked out completely. Everything I wanted and the way I...

Browser lockers: extortion disguised as a fine

Browser lockers aka browlocks are a class of online threats that prevent the victim from using the browser and demand a ransom. A locker is a fake page that dupes the user, under a fictitious pretext loss of data, legal liability, etc., into making a call or a money transfer, or giving out paymen...

Tesla Ransomware Hacker Pleads Guilty; Swiss Hacktivist Charged for Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday announced updates on two separate cases involving cyberattacks—a Swiss hacktivist and a Russian hacker who planned to plant malware in the Tesla company. A Swiss hacker who was involved in the intrusion of cloud-based surveillance firm Verkada and exposed...

Mimecast Finds SolarWinds Hackers Stole Some of Its Source Code

Email security firm Mimecast on Tuesday revealed that the state-sponsored SolarWinds hackers who broke into its internal network also downloaded source code out of a limited number of repositories. "The threat actor did access a subset of email addresses and other contact information and hashed a...

Foreign Meddling Flooded the 2020 Election—but Not Hackers

A new ODNI report shows how extensive Russian and Iranian influence operations were, but it doesn’t mention a single hack-and-leak incident...

Researchers Find 3 New Malware Strains Used by SolarWinds Hackers

FireEye and Microsoft on Thursday said they discovered three more malware strains in connection with the SolarWinds supply-chain attack, including a "sophisticated second-stage backdoor," as the investigation into the sprawling espionage campaign continues to yield fresh clues about the threat...

Cyberattackers Target Top Russian Cybercrime Forums

Maza, a place online for fraudsters and extorters to connect to pull off their operations, has been breached by an unknown attacker, in just the latest in a series of attacks targeting elite Russian-language cybercrime forums. Members are worried that their data is being used by researchers and l...

Top Russian hacker forums Maza, Verified hacked; data leaked online

By Waqas It is unclear who hacked these forums but insider discussion believes government authorities were behind the attack as a "friendly warning" message. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top Russian hacker forums Maza, Verified hacked; data leaked online...

Three Top Russian Cybercrime Forums Hacked

Over the past few weeks, three of the longest running and most venerated Russian-language online forums serving thousands of experienced cybercriminals have been hacked. In two of the intrusions, the attackers made off with the forums user databases, including email and Internet addresses and...

RTM Cybergang Adds New Quoter Ransomware to Crime Spree

The Russian-speaking group behind the infamous RTM banking trojan is now packing a trifecta of threats as it turns up the heat – part of a massive new money-grab campaign. Beyond the banking malware it is known for, attackers have enlisted a recently-discovered ransomware family called Quoter as...

Researchers Unearth Links Between SunCrypt and QNAPCrypt Ransomware

SunCrypt, a ransomware strain that went on to infect several targets last year, may be an updated version of the QNAPCrypt ransomware, which targeted Linux-based file storage systems, according to new research. "While the two ransomware families are operated by distinct different threat actors on...