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Judge rules Fancy Bear APT must forfeit malicious domains to Microsoft

Bradley Barth

August 25, 2017

A federal district court judge in Virginia has granted Microsoft Corporation permission to seize domains that Russian APT group Fancy Bear has historically used to target the software giant and its users.

Cybercrime

Bears continue to maul anti-dopers

Max Metzger

November 29, 2016

Fancy Bear are continuing to target the western sports establishment, publishing a series of emails from inside the World Anti Doping Agency, illustrating a number of small allegedly scandalous details from inside the organisation.

APTs/cyberespionage

Malware in Ukraine armed forces app linked to DNC hackers

Bradley Barth

December 27, 2016

A proprietary spyware tool that was recently found infecting Ukrainian military forces battling Russian separatists is an Android version of the same malware that helped hackers steal files from the Democratic National Committee, CrowdStrike has reported.

APTs/cyberespionage

Researchers: ‘Roman Holiday’ malware campaign appears to be Russia targeting Italian navy

Bradley Barth

July 17, 2018

The Russian threat group Fancy Bear appears to be behind a recent campaign that may have targeted Italy's navy with an updated version of the APT group's XAgent backdoor malware, according to researchers.

Government/Defense

Sen. McCaskill reportedly identified as Russian hacking target as mid-term elections approach

Bradley Barth

July 27, 2018

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., an incumbent facing a tight race in the 2018 U.S. mid-term elections, has affirmed that Russian hackers are attempting to interfere with her reelection campaign, following an independent forensic analysis identifying her as a target.

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Suspected Chinese TEMP.Periscope phishing campaign adopts Russian APT techniques

Bradley Barth

November 14, 2018

The Chinese threat actor TEMP.Periscope is being blamed for a phishing-based malware campaign last July against a U.K.-based engineering company, only researchers say the perpetrators exhibited Russian APT techniques to carry out their mission. A company blog post from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group division reports that the attackers used known, published tactics from reputed Russian…

APTs/cyberespionage, Cybercrime, Government, Malware, Phishing, Security News

‘Cannon’ downloader tool added to Fancy Bear’s APT arsenal

Bradley Barth

November 20, 2018

A new cyber espionage campaign from the Russian APT group Fancy Bear has added some firepower in the form of a new malicious first-stage downloader tool called Cannon. Cannon diverges from Fancy Bear’s (aka Sofacy, APT28) usual downloader trojan, Zebrocy, in that it leverages email protocols for C2 communication as opposed to HTTP or HTTPS.…

APTs/cyberespionage

Microsoft rebuffed Fancy Bear attempts to target candidates, conservative think tanks

Teri Robinson

August 21, 2018

Microsoft petitioned a judge in the Eastern District of Virginia to take control of six websites, some of which used misleading domains such as "senate.group," and "adfs-senate.email."

Officials preparing for cyber attacks, scams as Olympics nears

APTs/cyberespionage, Cybercrime, Security News

Microsoft: Russia again hacks anti-doping and sports agencies

Bradley Barth

October 29, 2019

Facing possible exclusion from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and other major athletic events, Russia once again has been attempting to hack anti-doping agencies and sports organizations, Microsoft reported yesterday. In attacks that started on Sept. 16, the reputed Russian APT Fancy Bear targeted at least 16 national and international sports organizations across three…

APTs/cyberespionage, Cybercrime, Malware, Security News

The lowdown on LoJax: Researchers detect a UEFI rootkit in the wild

Bradley Barth

September 27, 2018

The Russian APT group Sednit (aka Fancy Bear and APT28) is strongly suspected to be the culprit behind a new rootkit malware program that can survive on an infected machine even if the operating system is reinstalled and the hard drive is replaced. ESET researchers who discovered the rootkit say this is the first time…

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Judge rules Fancy Bear APT must forfeit malicious domains to Microsoft

Bears continue to maul anti-dopers

Malware in Ukraine armed forces app linked to DNC hackers

Researchers: ‘Roman Holiday’ malware campaign appears to be Russia targeting Italian navy

Sen. McCaskill reportedly identified as Russian hacking target as mid-term elections approach

Suspected Chinese TEMP.Periscope phishing campaign adopts Russian APT techniques

‘Cannon’ downloader tool added to Fancy Bear’s APT arsenal

Microsoft rebuffed Fancy Bear attempts to target candidates, conservative think tanks

Microsoft: Russia again hacks anti-doping and sports agencies

The lowdown on LoJax: Researchers detect a UEFI rootkit in the wild

Trump accuses China of midterms interference in U.N. Security Council speech