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Russia-linked Gamaredon APT targets Ukrainian authorities with new malware

Security Affairs

Russia-linked threat actor Gamaredon employed new spyware in cyber attacks aimed at public authorities and critical information infrastructure in Ukraine. The government experts pointed out that the threat actor continues to evolve its TTPs to avoid detection. shop/09.01_otck/quicker[.]rtf.

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Russia-linked InvisiMole APT targets state organizations of Ukraine

Security Affairs

The Government Team for Response to Computer Emergencies of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of spear-phishing messages conducted by UAC-0035 group (aka InvisiMole) against Ukrainian state bodies. Ukraine CERT (CERT-UA) warns of spear-phishing ??attacks attacks conducted by UAC-0035 group (aka InvisiMole) on state organizations of Ukraine.

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The Zero Click, Zero Day iMessage Attack Against Journalists

SecureWorld News

Pegasus spyware is a phone surveillance solution that enables customers to remotely exploit and monitor devices. The company sells its surveillance technology to governments around the world. His phone did not set the SNI in the HTTPS Client Hello message and it did not perform a DNS lookup for bananakick.net.

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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory encouraging all government agencies to leverage ad blocking solutions in their day-to-day work.

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Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author

Krebs on Security

“The CRTC executed a warrant under Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) and the RCMP National Division executed a search warrant under the Criminal Code respectively,” reads a statement published last week by the Canadian government. government said was used to infect more than a half million computers worldwide. In 2014, the U.S.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 210 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Scranos – A Cross Platform, Rootkit-Enabled Spyware rapidly spreading. Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Hacker broke into super secure French Governments Messaging App Tchap hours after release. Ecuador suffered 40 Million Cyber attacks after the Julian Assange arrest. Code execution – Evernote.

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IT threat evolution in Q2 2023

SecureList

Tomiris called, they want their Turla malware back We first reported Tomiris in September 2021, following our investigation into a DNS hijack against a government organization in the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). The attribution of tools used in a cyber-attack can sometimes be a very tricky issue.

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