TeamViewer Credits Network Segmentation for Rebuffing APT29 Attack post, juni 28, 2024juli 3, 2025 Despite warnings from Health-ISAC and the NCC Group, the remote access software maker says defense-in-depth kept customers’ data safe from Midnight Blizzard. In public statements on June 27 (reiterated today), the German maker of remote desktop software said, “[W]e keep all servers, networks, and accounts strictly separate to help prevent unauthorized access… Continue Reading
Polish bodies hit by malware attack post, mei 10, 2024juli 3, 2025 Polish government bodies were hit by a sophisticated malware attack orchestrated by the infamous APT28 hacking group. The campaign employed cunning tactics like email lures and legitimate service abuse to evade detection. Continue Reading
Germany points finger at Fancy Bear for widespread 2023 hacks, DDoS attacks post, mei 6, 2024juli 3, 2025 It was just around a year ago that a spate of allegedly Russian-orchestrated cyberattacks hit government agencies in Germany, and now German officials claim to know for a fact who did it: APT28, or Fancy Bear, a Russian threat actor linked to the GRU intelligence service. Continue Reading
Microsoft Outlook Flaw Exploited by Russia’s APT28 to Hack Czech, German Entities post, mei 4, 2024juli 3, 2025 Czechia and Germany on Friday revealed that they were the target of a long-term cyber espionage campaign conducted by the Russia-linked nation-state actor known as APT28, drawing condemnation from the European Union (E.U.), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the U.K., and the U.S. The Czech Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs… Continue Reading
Ukraine Targeted in Cyberattack Exploiting 7-Year-Old Microsoft Office Flaw post, april 27, 2024april 30, 2024 Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a targeted operation against Ukraine that has been found leveraging a nearly seven-year-old flaw in Microsoft Office to deliver Cobalt Strike on compromised systems. The attack chain, which took place at the end of 2023 according to Deep Instinct, employs a PowerPoint slideshow file (“signal-2023-12-20-160512.ppsx”) as… Continue Reading
Russian hacking group claims responsibility for cyberattack on Indiana wastewater plant post, april 25, 2024april 26, 2024 The “People’s Cyber Army of Russia” took credit last Saturday for the incident on the messaging app Telegram. A message accompanying the video read: “We continue to look partially cover our series of work on US infrastructure. Today, we’ll look at Indiana. Let’s consider the work on municipal water treatment… Continue Reading
MITRE admits ‘nation state’ attackers touched its NERVE R&D operation post, april 22, 2024april 26, 2024 In a cautionary tale that no one is immune from attack, the security org MITRE has admitted that it got pwned.… Continue Reading
Unearthing APT44: Russia’s Notorious Cyber Sabotage Unit Sandworm post, april 17, 2024juli 3, 2025 With Russia’s full-scale invasion in its third year, Sandworm (aka FROZENBARENTS) remains a formidable threat to Ukraine. The group’s operations in support of Moscow’s war aims have proven tactically and operationally adaptable, and as of today, appear to be better integrated with the activities of Russia’s conventional forces than in… Continue Reading
Russian hackers may have targeted Ukrainian telecoms with upgrade ‘AcidPour’ malware post, maart 22, 2024februari 24, 2025 The data wiping malware called AcidPour may have been deployed in attacks targeting four telecom providers in Ukraine, new findings from SentinelOne show.The cybersecurity firm also confirmed connections between the malware and AcidRain, tying it to threat activity clusters associated with Russian military intelligence.“AcidPour’s expanded capabilities would enable it to better Continue Reading
APT28 hacker group targeting Europe, Americas, Asia in widespread phishing scheme post, maart 18, 2024juli 3, 2025 The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT28 has been linked to multiple ongoing phishing campaigns that employ lure documents imitating government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Europe, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, and North and South America.“The uncovered lures include a mixture of internal and publicly available documents, as well as possible actor-generated Continue Reading