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Russia-linked Sandworm APT compromised 11 Ukrainian telecommunications providers

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Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has hacked eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between since May 2023. The Russia-linked APT group Sandworm (UAC-0165) has compromised eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between May and September 2023, reported the Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA).

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Threat actors exploit Ivanti VPN bugs to deploy KrustyLoader Malware

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Threat actors are exploiting recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN devices to deliver KrustyLoader. Targets span across the globe, they include both small businesses and large organizations. The experts published the Yara rule for the detection of similar KrustyLoader samples.

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Experts warn of mass exploitation of Ivanti Connect Secure VPN flaws

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Experts warn that recently disclosed Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Policy Secure vulnerabilities are massively exploited in the wild. Through forensic analysis of the memory sample, Volexity was able to recreate two proof-of-concept exploits that allowed full unauthenticated command execution on the ICS VPN appliance.

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Lapsus$ gang claims to have hacked Microsoft source code repositories

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Their scope of interests includes – major telecommunications companies such as Claro, Telefonica and AT&T. Notably, the actors are looking to buy remote VPN access and asking potential insiders to contact them privately via Telegram, they then reward them by paying for the access granted.

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FBI chief says China is preparing to attack US critical infrastructure

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In December 2023, Microsoft first noticed that to conceal malicious traffic, the threat actor routes it through compromised small office and home office (SOHO) network devices, including routers, firewalls, and VPN hardware. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and to stay under the radar.

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China-linked Alloy Taurus APT uses a Linux variant of PingPull malware

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The Chinese APT is known to be focused on telecommunications companies operating across Asia, Europe and Africa. Alloy Taurus is known for leveraging the SoftEther VPN service to facilitate access and maintain persistence to their targeted network.

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The Russian Government blocked ProtonMail and ProtonVPN

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The p opular ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service have been blocked by the Russian government this week. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service.