Bleeping Computer

MARCH 18, 2022

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and other Chinese intelligence agencies are trying to get more info on the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine. [.].

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

According to a new report released by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant, Russia’s cyber attacks against Ukraine increased by 250% in 2022. The company said it observed […] The post Google Confirms Increase In Russian Cyber Attacks Against Ukraine appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Google TAG reported that both Russia and China-linked threat actors are weaponizing the a high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that in recent weeks multiple nation-state actors were spotted exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2023-38831 in WinRAR. ” reported Google TAG.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

China-linked Curious Gorge APT is targeting Russian government agencies, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that an APT group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF), tracked as Curious Gorge , is targeting Russian government agencies.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Russia's cyber attacks against Ukraine surged by 250% in 2022 when compared to two years ago, Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant disclosed in a new joint report.

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 20, 2023

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been monitoring and disrupting Russian state-backed cyberattacks targeting Ukraine's critical infrastructure in 2023. [.]

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Some members of the Conti ransomware gang were involved in financially motivated attacks targeting Ukraine from April to August 2022. TAG assesses UAC-0098 acted as an initial access broker for various ransomware groups including Quantum and Conti, a Russian cybercrime gang known as FIN12 / WIZARD SPIDER.” ” concludes TAG.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 31, 2022

According to the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG), a great number of threat actors are currently exploiting the event of the Russian invasion in Ukraine to launch phishing and malware cyberattacks against Eastern European and NATO countries. The cyberattacks also target Ukraine.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 30, 2022

The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says more and more threat actors are now using Russia's war in Ukraine to target Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine, in phishing and malware attacks. [.].

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The Hacker News

MARCH 8, 2022

A broad range of threat actors, including Fancy Bear, Ghostwriter, and Mustang Panda, have launched phishing campaigns against Ukraine, Poland, and other European entities amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Apr 02 – Ukraine intelligence leaks names of 620 alleged Russian FSB agents. Mar 31 – Google TAG details cyber activity with regard to the invasion of Ukraine. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Hacker News

JULY 19, 2022

Russian threat actors capitalized on the ongoing conflict against Ukraine to distribute Android malware camouflaged as an app for pro-Ukrainian hacktivists to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Russian sites.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram in Russia to prevent the spreading of info related to the Ukraine invasion. March 8 – Google TAG: Russia, Belarus-linked APTs targeted Ukraine.

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Zero Day

MARCH 1, 2022

The tech giant has also tackled thousands of YouTube channels connected to China.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Former members of the Conti cybercrime cartel have been implicated in five different campaigns targeting Ukraine from April to August 2022.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 22, 2024

Researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) have published their findings about a group they have dubbed Coldriver. Recently, TAG has noticed that the group uses “lure documents” to install a backdoor on the target’s system. TAG has created a YARA rule that cab help find the Spica backdoor.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 18, 2022

As Estonia is a NATO affiliated nation and is against the war of Russia with Ukraine, Putin backed Killnet hacking group is suspected to be behind the incident. NOTE- The war between Ukraine and Russia is soon going to end as the latter has faced extreme criticism from its populace, from the entire world and now its own military personnel.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2023

Threat actors are targeting NATO and groups supporting Ukraine in a spear-phishing campaign distributing the RomCom RAT. On July 4, the BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence team uncovered a spear phishing campaign aimed at an organization supporting Ukraine abroad. docx “).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

The campaign took place in February and Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team was not able to link it to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) director Shane Huntley confirmed that the IT giant was able to detect and block all phishing messages. government.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2022

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the previous weeks: March 18 – China-linked threat actors are targeting the government of Ukraine. March 15 – CaddyWiper, a new data wiper hits Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

Russia-linked APT Gamaredon starts stealing data from victims between 30 and 50 minutes after the initial compromise The source code of the BlackLotus UEFI Bootkit was leaked on GitHub US CISA warns of Rockwell Automation ControlLogix flaws Indexing Over 15 Million WordPress Websites with PWNPress New AVrecon botnet remained under the radar for two (..)

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Following Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine, the cybersecurity community is banding together to provide any relief it can to the citizens of Ukraine. Ukraine asks for volunteer hackers. It is time for the Russian people to stand together and say "NO" to Vladimir Putin's war. We are Anonymous.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

Sophos Firewall affected by a critical authentication bypass flaw Mar 20- Mar 26 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict Security Affairs newsletter Round 358 by Pierluigi Paganini Western Digital addressed a critical bug in My Cloud OS 5 CISA adds 66 new flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. And how to prevent it?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

million cryptojacking scheme arrested in Ukraine Cybercrime Cryptojacker arrested in Ukraine over EUR 1.8

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

Google published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report which reveals the company has taken down ten coordinated operations in Q2 2020. Google has published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report , a bulletin that includes coordinated influence operation campaigns tracked in Q2 of 2020. response to COVID-19.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

Cybersecurity and intelligence experts observed an escalation in the activity associated with the Cold River APT since the invasion of Ukraine. In March 2022, the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) spotted phishing and malware attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine. ” reads the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

CVE-2022-0492 flaw in Linux Kernel cgroups feature allows container escape Charities and NGOs providing support in Ukraine hit by malware. Is it fake news? Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

USA) has identified an increase in activity within hacktivist groups, they’re leveraging current geopolitical tensions between the Ukraine and Russia to perform cyber-attacks. (USA) has identified an increase in activity within hacktivist groups conducted by a new group called “Cyber Spetsnaz”. Resecurity, Inc.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 17, 2023

Executive Summary On February 09, 2023, EclecticIQ analysts identified a spear phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian government entities like the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (SZRU) and Security Service of Ukraine (SSU). However, this tag was missing in the configuration used by threat actor.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2021

Unlike other variants of the Vega ransomware, the Zeppelin ransomware doesn’t infect users in Russia or other ex-USSR countries like Ukraine, Belorussia, and Kazakhstan. The malware was available for sale at a price tag of $2,300 per core build, but they offered individual conditions to their subscribers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 20, 2023

It is still unclear whether the company plans to introduce a separate insurance cover with a title tag and an extra premium to bring such attacks under special cover. As of now, it offers a standard policy under which a company needs to follow all security procedures to be covered under the attack.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2021

“The Trickbot Group operated in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Suriname, and primarily targeted victim computers belonging to businesses, entities, and individuals, including those in the Northern District of Ohio and elsewhere in the United States. The Trickbot gang operated in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Suriname.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 10, 2023

said Musk, by directly tagging the same to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg. While the tweet buzzed for a while on the internet, it was taken down from the platform for reasons best known to the owner of the company that beams internet via dedicated satellites to the war-torn Ukraine region.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2022

The current situation in Ukraine was inevitably going to lead to some form of deepfake activity. Russia is using deepfakes to spread misinformation against Ukraine, claims report”. He’s an invention of a Russian troll farm targeting Ukraine. In the end, what we got was very little to write home about. His face was made by AI.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2022

The top news that is trending on Google is related to a cyber-attack campaign that targeted about 21 natural gas suppliers in the United States, just a few days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog At least 2 critical infrastructure orgs breached by North Korea-linked hackers behind 3CX attack American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2022

The attacks were also reported by Google’s TAG team, which confirmed they were for intelligence purposes. In recent campaigns, threat actors used European Union reports on the conflict in Ukraine and Ukrainian government reports as lures.

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