Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 24 to 30 April 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, they identified a total of eight attacks that were executed. These attacks were taking advantage of three different...

Video: Everything you need to know about ongoing state-sponsored attacks targeting network infrastructure across the globe

Cisco and Talos are continuing to track and research a series of ongoing cyber attacks and espionage targeting out-of-date and unpatched network hardware. In this video, Hazel Burton interviews Matt Olney and J.J. Cummings from Talos to discuss the "Jaguar Tooth" campaign the U.K. government and...

APT28’s SNMP Attack on Cisco Routers

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT28 used SNMP access to exploit Cisco routers and gain network access, utilizing weak SNMP community strings and exploiting a vulnerability to deploy Jaguar Tooth. To receive real-time threat advisorie...

Fancy Bear known to be exploiting vulnerability in Cisco routers

In a joint advisory, the UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC, the National Security Agency NSA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released information about APT28s exploitation of Cisco routers in 2021. Now please dont st...

Google TAG Warns of Russian Hackers Conducting Phishing Attacks in Ukraine

Elite hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence service have been linked to large-volume phishing campaigns aimed at hundreds of users in Ukraine to extract intelligence and influence public discourse related to the war. Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG, which is monitoring the...

Google TAG Warns of Russian Hackers Conducting Phishing Attacks in Ukraine

Elite hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence service have been linked to large-volume phishing campaigns aimed at hundreds of users in Ukraine to extract intelligence and influence public discourse related to the war. Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG, which is monitoring the...

U.S. and U.K. Warn of Russian Hackers Exploiting Cisco Router Flaws for Espionage

U.K. and U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Russian nation-state actors exploiting now-patched flaws in networking equipment from Cisco to conduct reconnaissance and deploy malware against select targets. The intrusions, per the authorities, took place in 2021 and targete...

U.S. and U.K. Warn of Russian Hackers Exploiting Cisco Router Flaws for Espionage

U.K. and U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Russian nation-state actors exploiting now-patched flaws in networking equipment from Cisco to conduct reconnaissance and deploy malware against select targets. The intrusions, per the authorities, took place in 2021 and targete...

APT28 Exploits Known Vulnerability To Carry Out Reconnaissance and Deploy Malware on Cisco Routers

NCSClink is external, NSA, CISA, and FBI have released a joint advisory to provide details of tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs associated with APT28's exploitation of Cisco routers in 2021. By exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2017-6742link is external, APT28 used infrastructure to...