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Newspaper evades Russian censors, hides news in Counter-Strike map

May 9, 2023 0 Comments censorship, counter strike go, counter-strike: global offensive, de_vonya, evade, freedom, map, news, press, restrictions, russia, steam, ukraine, workshop

Categories: News

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We take a look at one newspaper’s innovative way of bypassing Russian media restrictions.

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Decoy dog toolkit plays the long game with Pupy RAT

April 26, 2023 0 Comments decoy dog, dns, evasive, Linux, malware, Mobile, nation-state, news, pupy rat, russia, toolkit, Windows

Categories: News

Tags: Pupy RAT

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Tags: DNS

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We take a look at the discovery of a long running malware toolkit campaign evading detection through its use of DNS.

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Six months on: Looking back at the role of cyberattacks in the Ukraine War

September 14, 2022 0 Comments featured, geopolitics, russia, security operations, sophos x-ops, ukraine

Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:00:39 +0000

When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th 2022, none of us knew what role cyberattacks might play in a full-scale invasion. Russia had been conducting cyberattacks against Ukraine since it had occupied Crimea back in 2014 and it seemed inevitable that these tools would play a role, especially after the attacks on Ukraine’s power grid […]

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Woody RAT: A new feature-rich malware spotted in the wild

August 3, 2022 0 Comments APT, follina, rat, russia, threat intelligence, woody rat

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:25:52 +0000

The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team has discovered a new Remote Access Trojan that we dubbed Woody Rat used to target Russian entities.

The post Woody RAT: A new feature-rich malware spotted in the wild appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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MakeMoney malvertising campaign adds fake update template

June 8, 2022 0 Comments FakeUpdates, rigek, russia, threat intelligence

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 21:33:04 +0000

We catch up with some old acquaintances that just aren’t ready to hang up the towel just yet.

The post MakeMoney malvertising campaign adds fake update template appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Cyberattacks on SATCOM networks attributed to Russian threat actors

May 12, 2022 0 Comments cisa, FBI, hermeticwiper, infrastructure, russia, satcom, ukraine, Vital infrastructure

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 13:22:00 +0000

CISA and the FBI are sharing information about the US attribution of cyberattacks on SATCOM networks that targeted Ukraine but spilled over into other European countries.

The post Cyberattacks on SATCOM networks attributed to Russian threat actors appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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State-backed hacking group from China is targeting the Russian military

May 3, 2022 0 Comments blagoveshchensk, bronze president, china, Dell Secureworks, Hacking, mustang panda, plugx, reddelta, russia, Social engineering, ta416

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 15:31:20 +0000

Chinese state-sponsored actors have been caught red-handed trying to extract intelligence from Russians via a guard camp close to their border.

The post State-backed hacking group from China is targeting the Russian military appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Watch out for fake WhatsApp “New Incoming Voicemessage” emails

April 7, 2022 0 Comments armorblox, fake voicemail, fake voicemail notification, lauryn cash, malvertising, PUPs, russia, scam detector, Social engineering, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:54:27 +0000

Scammers are using the popularity of messaging service WhatsApp to trick users into signing up for malvertising

The post Watch out for fake WhatsApp “New Incoming Voicemessage” emails appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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A week in security (March 28 – April 3)

April 4, 2022 0 Comments a little gift for you, A week in security, Apple, chrome 100, chrome zero-day, globant, go elephant, hive ransomware, imessage, Instagram, lapsus, LinkedIn, lock and code, mitre att&ck, pornhub, runa sandvik, russia, signal, tech support fraud, uac-0056, ukraine, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:08:24 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

The post A week in security (March 28 – April 3) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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New UAC-0056 activity: There’s a Go Elephant in the room

April 1, 2022 0 Comments russia, saintbear, ta471, threat intelligence, uac-0056, ukraine, unc2589

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 21:44:40 +0000

In late March, the cyber espionage group UNC2589 also known as SaintBear launched a spear phishing campaign targeting several entities in Ukraine. In this blog we review this attack and the intended payloads.

The post New UAC-0056 activity: There’s a Go Elephant in the room appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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