Fancy Bear – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:29:40 +0000

The Russian government today handed down a treason conviction and 14-year prison sentence on Iyla Sachkov, the former founder and CEO of one of Russia’s largest cybersecurity firms. Sachkov, 37, has been detained for nearly two years under charges that the Kremlin has kept classified and hidden from public view, and he joins a growing roster of former Russian cybercrime fighters who are now serving hard time for farcical treason convictions.

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April 24, 2023 admin

A week in security (April 17 – 23)

Categories: News

Tags: fake Chrome update

Tags: AirBnb scam

Tags: fake IRS tax email

Tags: Ransomware in Germany report

Tags: Living Off The Land

Tags: LOTL attack

Tags: ALPHV ransomware

Tags: ransomware

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Tags: lost injured dog Facebook hoax

Tags: Facebook hoax

Tags: swatting-as-aservice

Tags: LockBit ransomware

Tags: Instagram scam

Tags: Domino Backdoor

Tags: Malwarebytes Admin

Tags: Fancy Bear

Tags: tech support scam

Tags: QBot

Tags: Chrome zero-day

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Cambridge Analytica settlement claim

The most interesting security related news from the week of April 17 – 23.

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April 24, 2023 admin

Fancy Bear known to be exploiting vulnerability in Cisco routers

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Tags: APT28

Tags: Sofacy

Tags: Fancy Bear

Tags: GRU

Tags: Cisco

Tags: CVE–2017-6742

Tags: SNMP

Tags: Jaguar Tooth

A joint advisory about a Cisco vulnerability by several US and UK agencies gives us a peek inside the minds of ideologically motivated cybercriminals

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September 28, 2022 admin

APT28 attack uses old PowerPoint trick to download malware

Categories: News

Tags: APT28

Tags: Fancy Bear

Tags: PowerPoint

Tags: PowerShell

Tags: One Drive

Tags: SyncAppvPublishingServer

The Russian APT known as Fancy Bear was caught using an old mouseover technique that doesn’t need macros

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March 14, 2022 admin

CISA list of 95 new known exploited vulnerabilities raises questions

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 11:18:33 +0000

When CISA decided to add 95 known exploited vulnerabilities to its catalog in one day, we decided to do some digging.

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November 4, 2019 admin

A week in security (October 28 – November 3)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:37:57 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of October 28 – November 3, including cyberattacks against SMBs, the Internet’s 50th birthday, stalkerware, donation scams, and more.

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A week in security

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August 12, 2019 admin

A week in security (August 5 – 11)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:38:31 +0000

The latest cybersecurity news for the week of August 5–11. We touch on problematic backdoors, the grim possibility of the Internet of Thoughts, and smart home improvement. We also released a retrospective report on ransomware.

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