APT28’s Cyber Espionage Campaigns Targeting Ukraine

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The APT28 intrusion group, linked to the Russian GRU and renowned for its cyber espionage and sabotage endeavors, was observed employing various phishing methodologies to target the Ukrainian civic...

Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. What follows is an interview with a Russian hacker responsible for a series of aggressive crypto spam campaigns that recently prompted several...

Meet 'Jack' from Romania! Mastermind Behind Golden Chickens Malware

The identity of the second threat actor behind the Golden Chickens malware has been uncovered courtesy of a "fatal" operational security blunder, cybersecurity firm eSentire said. The individual in question, who lives in Bucharest, Romania, has been given the codename Jack. He is one of the two...

FBI, GCHQ Unite To Foil Russian Malware Hacking Tool

By Owais Sultan A joint advisory from the National Cyber Security Centre has detailed how the UK and its allies have cracked Snake, a Russian malware used by the FSB. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI, GCHQ Unite To Foil Russian Malware Hacking Tool...

U.S. Offers $10 Million Bounty for Capture of Notorious Russian Ransomware Operator

A Russian national has been charged and indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice DoJ for launching ransomware attacks against "thousands of victims" in the country and across the world. Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev aka Wazawaka, m1x, Boriselcin, and Uhodiransomwar, the 30-year-old individual in...

Russian Hacker “Wazawaka” Indicted for Ransomware

A Russian man identified by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2022 as a prolific and vocal member of several top ransomware groups was the subject of two indictments unsealed by the Justice Department today. U.S. prosecutors say Mikhail Pavolovich Matveev, a.k.a. "Wazawaka" and "Boriselcin" worked with...

Netflix MH370: The plane that wasn’t hacked

I’m a sucker for a good documentary, but the recent Netflix MH370: The Plane That Disappeared had me shouting at the screen. The first episode talks about the most widely accepted theory; a tragic pilot-created murder-suicide. However, the second episode goes completely off the rails, discussing ...

DarkWatchMan RAT Targets Russians

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary DarkWatchMan is a Remote Access Trojan RAT distributed via a phishing website imitating a renowned Russian website. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow HiveForce Labs on LinkedIn...

FBI Disables Russian Malware

Reuters is reporting that the FBI "had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russias FSB security service against an undisclosed number of American computers, a move they hoped would deal a death blow to one of Russias leading cyber spying programs." The headline says that the FBI "sabotaged...

Experts Detail New Zero-Click Windows Vulnerability for NTLM Credential Theft

Cybersecurity researchers have shared details about a now-patched security flaw in Windows MSHTML platform that could be abused to bypass integrity protections on targeted machines. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-29324 CVSS score: 6.5, has been described as a security feature bypass. It w...

U.S. Government Neutralizes Russia's Most Sophisticated Snake Cyber Espionage Tool

The U.S. government on Tuesday announced the court-authorized disruption of a global network compromised by an advanced malware strain known as Snake wielded by Russia's Federal Security Service FSB. Snake, dubbed the "most sophisticated cyber espionage tool," is the handiwork of a Russian...

U.S. Authorities Seize 13 Domains Offering Criminal DDoS-for-Hire Services

U.S. authorities have announced the seizure of 13 internet domains that offered DDoS-for-hire services to other criminal actors. The takedown is part of an ongoing international initiative dubbed Operation PowerOFF that's aimed at dismantling criminal DDoS-for-hire infrastructures worldwide. The...

PIPEDREAM Malware against Industrial Control Systems

Another nation-state malware, Russian in origin: In the early stages of the war in Ukraine in 2022, PIPEDREAM, a known malware was quietly on the brink of wiping out a handful of critical U.S. electric and liquid natural gas sites. PIPEDREAM is an attack toolkit with unmatched and unprecedented...

CISA and Partners Disclose Snake Malware Threat From Russian Cyber Actors

Today, CISA and partners released a joint advisory for a sophisticated cyber espionage tool used by Russian cyber actors. Hunting Russian Intelligence “Snake” Malware provides technical descriptions of the malware’s host architecture and network communications, and mitigations to help detect and...

Russian ‘Ghost Ships’ Identified Near the Nord Stream Blasts

Plus: Apple and Google plan to stop AirTag stalking, Meta violated the FTC’s privacy order, and how to tell if your car is tracking you...

Netflix MH370: The plane that wasn’t hacked

I’m a sucker for a good documentary, but the recent Netflix MH370 piece had me shouting at the screen. The first episode talks about the most widely accepted theory; a pilot-created murder-suicide. However, the second episode goes off the rails, discussing Russian special operations hacking the...

APT28 Targets Ukrainian Government Entities with Fake "Windows Update" Emails

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has warned of cyber attacks perpetrated by Russian nation-state hackers targeting various government bodies in the country. The agency attributed the phishing campaign to APT28, which is also known by the names Fancy Bear, Forest Blizzard,...

APT28 Targets Ukrainian Government Entities with Fake "Windows Update" Emails

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has warned of cyber attacks perpetrated by Russian nation-state hackers targeting various government bodies in the country. The agency attributed the phishing campaign to APT28, which is also known by the names Fancy Bear, Forest Blizzard,...

DOJ Detected SolarWinds Breach Months Before Public Disclosure

In May 2020, the US Department of Justice noticed Russian hackers in its network but did not realize the significance of what it had found for six months...

New Tomiris APT Group Targets Governments

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Tomiris is a Russian-speaking advanced persistent threat APT group that has been active since at least 2021 and is known for its use of sophisticated tactics and tools, including zero-day exploits and...