SVR Attacks on Microsoft 365
January 21 2021
FireEye is reporting the current known tactics that the SVR used to compromise Microsoft 365 cloud data as part of its SolarWinds operation:
Mandiant has observed UNC2452 and other...
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Russia’s SolarWinds Attack and Software Security
January 8 2021
The information that is emerging about Russia’s extensive cyberintelligence operation against the United States and other countries should be increasingly alarming to the public. The magnitude...
Read moreLatest on the SVR’s SolarWinds Hack
January 5 2021
The New York Times has an in-depth article on the latest information about the SolarWinds hack (not a great name, since it’s much more far-reaching than that).
Interviews with...
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Russia’s SolarWinds Attack
December 28 2020
Recent news articles have all been talking about the massive Russian cyberattack against the United States, but that’s wrong on two accounts. It wasn’t a cyberattack in international...
Read moreInvestigating the Navalny Poisoning
December 23 2020Bellingcat has investigated the near-fatal poisoning of Alexey Navalny by the Russian FSB back in August. The details display some impressive traffic analysis. Navalny got a confession out of...
Read moreMore on the SolarWinds Breach
December 17 2020
The New York Times has more details.
About 18,000 private and government users downloaded a Russian tainted software update – a Trojan horse of sorts – that gave its...
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Another Massive Russian Hack of US Government Networks
December 15 2020
The press is reporting a massive hack of US government networks by sophisticated Russian hackers.
Officials said a hunt was on to determine if other parts of...
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FireEye Hacked
December 9 2020
FireEye was hacked by — they believe — “a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities”:
During our investigation to date, we have found that the attacker targeted and accessed certain...
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Drovorub Malware
August 14 2020The NSA and FBI have jointly disclosed Drovorub, a Russian malware suite that targets Linux. Detailed advisory. Fact sheet. News articles. Reddit thread....
Read moreFake Stories in Real News Sites
July 30 2020Fireeye is reporting that a hacking group called Ghostwriter broke into the content management systems of Eastern European news sites to plant fake stories. From a Wired story: The...
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