NOBELIUM

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2024
Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard APT hacked Microsoft corporate emails

Microsoft revealed that the Russia-linked APT Midnight Blizzard has compromised some of its corporate email accounts.  Microsoft warned that some of its corporate email accounts were compromised by a Russia-linked cyberespionage group known as Midnight Blizzard. Microsoft notified law enforcement and relevant regulatory authorities. The Midnight Blizzard group (aka APT29, SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, BlueBravo, and The Dukes) along with APT28 cyber espionage […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2022
Nobelium APT uses new Post-Compromise malware MagicWeb

Russia-linked APT group Nobelium is behind a new sophisticated post-exploitation malware tracked by Microsoft as MagicWeb. Microsoft security researchers discovered a post-compromise malware, tracked as MagicWeb, which is used by the Russia-linked NOBELIUM APT group to maintain persistent access to compromised environments.  The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes) is the threat actor that […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2021
Nobelium continues to target organizations worldwide with custom malware

Russia-linked Nobelium APT group is using a new custom malware dubbed Ceeloader in attacks against organizations worldwide. Mandiant researchers have identified two distinct clusters of activity, tracked UNC3004 and UNC2652, that were associated with the Russia-linked Nobelium APT group (aka UNC2452). The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes) is the threat actor that conducted […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2021
Russia-linked Nobelium APT targets orgs in the global IT supply chain

Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has breached at least 14 managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers since May 2021. The SolarWinds security breach was not isolated, Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has targeted140 managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers and successfully breached 14 of them since May 2021. The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2021
SolarWinds hackers remained hidden in Denmark’s central bank for months

Russia-linked threat actors compromised Denmark’s central bank (Danmarks Nationalbank) and remained in its systems for months. Russia-linked threat actors infected the systems of Denmark’s central bank (Danmarks Nationalbank) and maintained access to its network for more than six months. The security breach is the result of the SolarWinds supply chain attack that was carried out […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2021
Microsoft: Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers breached three new entities

Microsoft discovered that Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers, tracked as Nobelium, have breached the network of three new organizations. Microsoft revealed on Friday that Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers, tracked as Nobelium or APT29, have conducted new cyber attacks against other organizations. Threat actors carried out brute-force and password spraying attacks in an attempt to gain access to Microsoft customer accounts. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2021
Microsoft details new sophisticated spear-phishing attacks from NOBELIUM

Microsoft experts uncovered a wide-scale malicious email campaign operated by NOBELIUM, the threat actor behind SolarWinds hack. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has uncovered a wide-scale malicious email campaign conducted by NOBELIUM APT. The NOBELIUM APT is the threat actor that conducted supply chain attack against SolarWinds which involved multiple families of implants, including the SUNBURST […]