SVR Cyber Actors Adapt Tactics for Initial Cloud Access

How SVR-Attributed Actors are Adapting to the Move of Government and Corporations to Cloud Infrastructure OVERVIEW This advisory details recent tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs of the group commonly known as APT29, also known as Midnight Blizzard, the Dukes, or Cozy Bear. The UK National...

Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian Cybersecurity Incidents: What to Know

The Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian cybersecurity incidents raised alarms about the vulnerabilities inherent in major SaaS platforms. These incidents illustrate the stakes involved in SaaS breaches — safeguarding the integrity of SaaS apps and their sensitive data is critical but is no...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise also searched by Cozy Bear

Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE has disclosed that the state-sponsored actor known as Cozy Bear aka Midnight Blizzard, gained unauthorized access to HPE’s cloud-based email environment. This news comes only days after Microsoft broke very similar news that it got hacked by this same state sponsore...

Tech Giant HP Enterprise Hacked by Russian Hackers Linked to DNC Breach

Hackers with links to the Kremlin are suspected to have infiltrated information technology company Hewlett Packard Enterprise's HPE cloud email environment to exfiltrate mailbox data. "The threat actor accessed and exfiltrated data beginning in May 2023 from a small percentage of HPE mailboxes...

Russian SVR Exploits Critical TeamCity Vulnerability Globally

Summary: A critical vulnerability CVE-2023-45247 in JetBrains TeamCity is actively exploited by Russias SVR cyber actors APT 29, allowing full server compromise. The targeted software widely used by developers poses a significant threat, enabling access to sensitive information and potential...

Russian SVR-Linked APT29 Targets JetBrains TeamCity Servers in Ongoing Attacks

Threat actors affiliated with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service SVR have targeted unpatched JetBrains TeamCity servers in widespread attacks since September 2023. The activity has been tied to a nation-state group known as APT29, which is also tracked as BlueBravo, Cloaked Ursa, Cozy Bear,...

Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Exploiting JetBrains TeamCity CVE Globally

SUMMARY The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, U.S. National Security Agency NSA, Polish Military Counterintelligence Service SKW, CERT Polska CERT.PL, and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC assess Russian Foreign...

cs-svr.de Improper Access Control vulnerability OBB-3769400

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Microsoft Teams used in phishing campaign to bypass multi-factor authentication

Attackers believed to have ties to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service SVR are using Microsoft Teams chats as credential theft phishing lures. Microsoft Threat Intelligence has posted details about the perceived attacks targeted at fewer than 40 unique global organizations. The targeted...

Midnight Blizzard conducts targeted social engineering over Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified highly targeted social engineering attacks using credential theft phishing lures sent as Microsoft Teams chats by the threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Midnight Blizzard previously tracked as NOBELIUM. This latest attack, combined with past activit...

Russia-Linked Hackers Launches Espionage Attacks on Foreign Diplomatic Entities

The Russia-linked APT29 aka Cozy Bear threat actor has been attributed to an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting foreign ministries and diplomatic entities located in NATO member states, the European Union, and Africa. According to Poland's Military Counterintelligence Service and the CERT...

Attacks on Managed Service Providers Expected to Increase

CISA, NSA, FBI, and similar organizations in the other Five Eyes countries are warning that attacks on MSPs--as a vector to their customers--are likely to increase. No details about what this prediction is based on. Makes sense, though. The SolarWinds attack was incredibly successful for the...

NCSC Releases 2021 Annual Review

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released its Annual Review 2021, which focuses on its response to evolving and challenging cyber threats. The publication contains highlights of NCSC’s collaboration with trusted cybersecurity partners, including CISA. Examples include...

More Russian SVR Supply-Chain Attacks

Microsoft is reporting that the same attacker that was behind the SolarWinds breach -- the Russian SVR, which Microsoft is calling Nobelium -- is continuing with similar supply-chain attacks: Nobelium has been attempting to replicate the approach it has used in past attacks by targeting...

SolarWinds APT Targets Tech Resellers in Latest Supply-Chain Cyberattacks

The SolarWinds attackers – an advanced persistent threat APT known as Nobelium – have started a new wave of supply-chain intrusions, this time using the technology reseller/service provider community to attack their targets. The activity has affected victims in North America and Europe thus far,...

CISA Publishes Eviction Guidance for Networks Affected by SolarWinds and AD/M365 Compromise

CISA has released an analysis report, AR21-134A Eviction Guidance for Networks Affected by the SolarWinds and Active Directory/M365 Compromise. The report provides detailed steps for affected organizations to evict the adversary from compromised on-premises and cloud environments. Additionally,...

Top 12 Security Flaws Russian Spy Hackers Are Exploiting in the Wild

Cyber operatives affiliated with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service SVR have switched up their tactics in response to previous public disclosures of their attack methods, according to a new advisory jointly published by intelligence agencies from the U.K. and U.S. Friday. "SVR cyber operato...

Joint NCSC-CISA-FBI-NSA Cybersecurity Advisory on Russian SVR Activity

CISA has joined with the United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre NCSC, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the National Security Agency NSA, in releasing a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Russian Foreign Intelligence Service SVR tactics, techniques, and procedures. Further TTPs...

A Tale of Two Hacks: From SolarWinds to Microsoft Exchange

The past four months have exposed two high-profile attacks, which both had pundits declaring them the “worst-ever” and “unprecedented.” They shared other similarities – both attacked businesses rather than individuals, and affected tens of thousands of organizations. But that is where the...

FBI, CISA Uncover Tactics Employed by Russian Intelligence Hackers

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, Department of Homeland Security DHS, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI on Monday published a new joint advisory as part of their latest attempts to expose the tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs adopted by the Russian...