Fancy Bear Targets Sporting, Anti-Doping Orgs As 2020 Olympics Loom

At least 16 anti-doping authorities and sporting organizations around the world have been hit by cyberattacks as the world begins to gear up for the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, which kick off July 2020. The attacks, which began Sept. 16, have been linked to infamous Russian threat group Fancy Bea...

Russian Hackers Targeting Anti-Doping Agencies Ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

As Japan gears up for the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo for the next year, the country needs to brace itself for sophisticated cyberattacks, especially from state-sponsored hackers. Microsoft has issued a short notice, warning about a new wave of highly targeted cyberattacks by a group o...

Russian Hackers Targeting Anti-Doping Agencies Ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

As Japan gears up for the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo for the next year, the country needs to brace itself for sophisticated cyberattacks, especially from state-sponsored hackers. Microsoft has issued a short notice, warning about a new wave of highly targeted cyberattacks by a group o...

Microsoft Reports Global Cyberattacks on Sporting and Anti-Doping Organizations from Russian Espionage Actors

Microsoft publicly released information revealing an uptick in cyberattacks globally targeting anti-doping authorities and sporting organizations. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC routinely tracks malicious activity originating from the Russian advanced persistent threat APT group 2...

Russian Hackers Are Still Targeting the Olympics

Fancy Bear has attacked 16 anti-doping agencies around the world, indicating that its Olympics grudge is far from over...

Raccoon Malware Scavenges 100,000+ Devices to Steal Data

A new information stealer, dubbed Raccoon, is rapidly gaining popularity with cybercriminals. In just a few months, researchers say the malware has already infected hundreds of thousands of devices across the world to rove through victims’ credit card data, email credentials and more. The malware...

A Brief History of Russian Hackers' Evolving False Flags

Most hackers know how to cover their tracks. But Russia’s elite groups are working at a whole other level...

NSA and NCSC Release Joint Advisory on Turla Group Activity

The National Security Agency NSA and the United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre NCSC have released a joint advisory on advanced persistent threat APT group Turla—widely reported to be Russian and also known as Snake, Uroburos, VENEMOUS BEAR, or Waterbug. The advisory provides an update to...

Sophisticated Spy Kit Targets Russians with Rare GSM Plugin

A sophisticated cyberespionage platform called Attor has come to light, sporting an unusual capability for fingerprinting mobile devices as part of its attacks on government and diplomatic victims. According to researchers at ESET, Attor, which has flown under the radar since at least 2013, also...

New Research into Russian Malware

There's some interesting new research about Russian APT malware: The Russian government has fostered competition among the three agencies, which operate independently from one another, and compete for funds. This, in turn, has resulted in each group developing and hoarding its tools, rather than...

The State of Stalkerware in 2019

Introduction and methodology Six months ago, we created a special alert that notifies users about commercial spyware stalkerware products installed on their phones. This report examines the use of stalkerware and the number of users affected by this software in the first eight months of 2019...

Russian APT Map Reveals 22,000 Connections Between 2000 Malware Samples

Though Russia still has an undiversified and stagnant economy, it was one of the early countries in the world to realize the value of remotely conducted cyber intrusions. In recent years, many Russia hacking groups have emerged as one of the most sophisticated nation-state actors in cyberspace,...

Russian APT Map Reveals 22,000 Connections Between 2000 Malware Samples

Though Russia still has an undiversified and stagnant economy, it was one of the early countries in the world to realize the value of remotely conducted cyber intrusions. In recent years, many Russia hacking groups have emerged as one of the most sophisticated nation-state actors in cyberspace,...

CB TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: Common to Russian Underground Forums, AZORult Aims to Connect to C&C Server, Steal Sensitive Data

AZORult is an info stealing trojan that will steal various sensitive data from the victim's computer. It is commonly sold in Russian underground forums and is often actively being delivered via spear-phishing campaigns or, as in the recent attack, distributed via a fake website, pretending to be...

Russians Hack FBI Comms System

Yahoo News reported that the Russians have successfully targeted an FBI communications system: American officials discovered that the Russians had dramatically improved their ability to decrypt certain types of secure communications and had successfully tracked devices used by elite FBI...

The vulnerability of the platform for automating operations in healthcare institutions of the Russian Federation’s entity Tra: The lack of a CSRF token in web forms allows actions to be performed on behalf of users, including administrators.

The vulnerability of the platform for automating operations in healthcare institutions of the Russian Federation’s Tra: Pharmaceutical Supply relates to the absence of a CSRF token in web forms. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute cross-site requests on behalf of...

The vulnerability of the platform for automating the operations of healthcare institutions in the RF entity Tra: The drug supply issue is related to the lack of a mechanism to limit the number of authentication attempts, allowing a perpetrator to select a user password.

The vulnerability of the platform for automating operations in healthcare institutions of the Russian Federation’s Tra: Pharmaceutical supply is related to deficiencies in the mechanism for limiting the number of authentication attempts. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor...

Secret Service Investigates Breach at U.S. Govt IT Contractor

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a breach at a Virginia-based government technology contractor that saw access to several of its systems put up for sale in the cybercrime underground, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The contractor claims the access being auctioned off was to old test systems...

Zbrunk universal data analysis system

Zbrunk project github began almost like a joke. And in a way it is. In short, my friends and I decided to make an open-source MIT license tool, which will be a kind of alternative to Splunk for some specific tasks. So, it will be possible to: Put structured JSON events in Zbrunk using http...

This Week in Security News: Ransomware Campaigns and Cryptocurrency Miners

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about continuing cybersecurity attacks targeting small governments. Also, read how XDR, Trend Micro’s newest solution, is more...