Energetic Bear

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2020
FBI and CISA joint alert blames Russia’s Energetic Bear APT for US government networks hack

The US government declared that Russia-linked APT group Energetic Bear has breached US government networks and exfiltrated data. A joint security advisory published by The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that Russia-linked APT group Energetic Bear has breached US government networks and exfiltrated data. The Energetic Bear […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2020
Russia-linked Energetic Bear APT behind San Francisco airport attacks

Security researchers from ESET revealed that the infamous Russian hacker group known as Energetic Bear is behind the hack of two San Francisco International Airport (SFO) websites. Researchers from ESET believe that the attacks against two San Francisco International Airport (SFO) websites were carried out by the Russian cyber-espionage group known as Energetic Bear (aka […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2017
Dragonfly 2.0: the sophisticated attack group is back with destructive purposes

While the first Dragonfly campaigns appear to have been a more reconnaissance phase, the Dragonfly 2.0 campaign seems to have destructive purposes. Symantec has spotted a new wave of cyber attacks against firms in the energy sector powered by the notorious Dragonfly group. The Dragonfly group, also known as Energetic Bear, has been active since at […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2014
Kaspersky report on Energetic Bear – Crouching Yeti APT campaign

The Kaspersky Lab Team has issued a report which includes details of the investigation related to the Energetic Bear – Crouching Yeti APT campaign. Energetic Bear, aka Crouching Yeti, is the recently discovered APT campaign that targeted energy companies, manufacturers, industrial, pharmaceutical, construction, and many IT companies. Security experts have analyzed the Energetic Bear APT campaign, which appears […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2014
Dragonfly gang is targeting Western energy industry

Security experts at Symantec have detected a new series of attacks worldwide conducted by the Dragonfly gang on SCADA/ICS in critical infrastructure. The energy industry is under attack, more than one thousand companies in Europe and North America are constantly under attack. ICS/SCADA systems are privileged targets of state-sponsored hackers and cyber criminals, last week I wrote […]