Russia

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2019
Facebook deleted Russia-Linked efforts focusing on Ukraine ahead of the election

Facebook recently announced that it removed multiple pages, groups, and accounts tied to Russia involved in psyops ahead of the election in Ukraine. Facebook spotted four campaigns that appear independent, three of them associated with Russian threat actors. One of the operations involved 18 Facebook accounts, nine pages, and three groups. Threat actors attempted to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2019
Turla APT group adds Topinambour Trojan to its arsenal

Kaspersky researchers revealed that since earlier this year, Russia-linked APT group Turla used new variants of the KopiLuwak Trojan in targeted attacks. Security experts at Kaspersky revealed that the Russia-linked APT group Turla used new variants of the KopiLuwak Trojan in targeted attacks since early 2019. The Turla APT group (aka Snake, Uroburos, Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) has been active since at least 2007 targeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2019
NYT Report: U.S. Cyber units planted destructive Malware in Russian Power Grid

According to The New York Times, the United States planted destructive malware in Russia’s electric power grid. The New York Times, citing current and former government officials, revealed that the United States planted a potentially destructive malware in Russia’s electric power grid. The U.S. cyber army is targeting the Russian power grid since at least […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2019
A month later Gamaredon is still active in Eastern Europe

Gamaredon continues to target Ukraine, Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab spotted a new suspicious activity potentially linked to the popular APT group Introduction The Gamaredon attacks against Ukraine don’t seem to have stopped. After a month since our last report we spotted a new suspicious email potentially linked to the Gamaredon group. The group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015 but […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2019
ESET analyzes Turla APT’s usage of weaponized PowerShell

Turla, the Russia-linked cyberespionage group, is weaponizing PowerShell scripts and is using them in attacks against EU diplomats. Turla (aka Snake, Uroburos, Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON), the Russia-linked APT group, is using weaponized PowerShell scripts in attacks aimed at EU diplomats. Turla group has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2019
Russian military plans to replace Windows with Astra Linux

The Russian army seems to be in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Debian-based Linux distribution Astra Linux. Cyber security seems to subvert the globalization concept, governments are working to develop their own technology fearing possible espionage and sabotage activities of foreign states. The Russian military is in the process of replacing […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2019
UK provided evidence to 16 NATO allies of Russia hacking campaigns

UK Government has provided to 16 NATO allies evidence of malicious Russia ‘s cyber activity in their countries over the last 18 months. According to the foreign minister Jeremy Hunt, the UK Government has provided to 16 NATO allies evidence of cyber attacks carried out by Russia against their countries over the last 18 months. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2019
FireEye experts found source code for CARBANAK malware on VirusTotalï»ż

Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye revealed that the Carbanak source code has been available on VirusTotal for two years, and none noticed it before. Researchers at FireEye discovered that the Carbanak source code has been available on VirusTotal for two years, but it was not noticed before. The Carbanak gang (aka FIN7, Anunak or Cobalt) stole over […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2019
APT28 and Upcoming Elections: evidence of possible interference (Part II)

In mid-March, a suspicious Office document referencing the Ukraine elections appeared in the wild, is it related to APT28 and upcoming elections? Introduction The uncertain attribution of the Ukrainian themed malicious document discussed in our past article “APT28 and Upcoming Elections: Possible Interference Signals”, led us to a review of Sofacy’s phishing techniques to confirm or […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2019
Russian TA505 threat actor target financial entities worldwide

Russian financially motivated threat actor TA505 used remote access Trojans (RATs) in attacks on financial entities in the United States and worldwide. Security experts at CyberInt uncovered a new campaign of a Russian financially motivated threat actor tracked as TA505. The hackers used remote access Trojans (RATs) in attacks aimed at financial entities in the […]