Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. According to experts from Symantec, the group is now actively conducting cyber espionage campaigns against government and military organizations in Europe and South America.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The cyberespionage group continues to target members of defense companies, embassies, governments, and the military.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. According to a report published by Symantec in October, the group was actively conducting cyber espionage campaigns against government and military organizations in Europe and South America.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A review of this user’s hacker identities shows that during his time on the forums he served as an officer in the special forces of the GRU , the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russian Federation. “In order to ESCAPE the law, you need to KNOW the law. This is the most important thing. ” Mr. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

The group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. APT28 was also involved in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election , experts link the APT to the Russian military intelligence service (GRU).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” Mandiant concludes.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The group operates out of military unity 26165 of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS). The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Even today, less than half of the known antivirus engines are flagging the infection on VirusTotal , as observed by BleepingComputer: The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Garda and military intelligence agencies believe the Russian agents were sent by the military intelligence branch of the Russian armed forces, the GRU. Ireland is a strategic place for intercontinental communications because it represents the place where undersea cables which carry internet traffic connect to Europe. Source [link].

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. According to a report published by Symantec in October, the group was actively conducting cyber espionage campaigns against government and military organizations in Europe and South America.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The Sofacy APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Military Government Security IT 273

Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2024

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2022

Non-state actors include multinational corporations, collectives of hacktivists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), cybercrime syndicates, private military organizations, media outlets, terrorist groups, labor unions, organized ethnic groups, lobby groups, criminal organizations, private businesses, and others.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. The BlindingCan was employed in attacks on US and foreign companies operating in the military defense and aerospace sectors.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2020

Earlier versions of Agent.BTZ were used to compromise US military networks in the Middle East in 2008. Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new version of the ComRAT backdoor, also known as Agent.BTZ , which is a malware that was employed in past campaigns attributed to the Turla APT group.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The Fancy Bear APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. In the recent attacks, the hackers used a new set of malicious payloads, including a backdoor written in a new language. ” reads the analysis published by ESET.

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Phishing Military Archiving Security 277

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

Emerging in 2007 as a banking trojan, QakBot (a.k.a. In April 2022, the DOJ quietly removed malware from computers around the world infected by the “Snake” malware , an even older malware family that has been tied to the GRU, an intelligence arm of the Russian military. ” The DOJ said it also recovered more than 6.5

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Ransomware Government Military Access 317

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Military Access Cybersecurity Education 246

The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

Co-founder Jay took a business trip to South Korea in the fall of 2007. DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. DataLocker actually got traction, early on, selling to the military.

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Encryption Military Passwords Authentication 203

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The Sofacy APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks discovered that the Russian-linked Sofacy APT has written a new version of their Zebrocy backdoor using the Go programming language.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

” The Sednit APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. This APT group, also known as APT28, STRONTIUM, Sofacy and Fancy Bear, may be even more dangerous than previously thought.”

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Military Manufacturing Government Security 279

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2007 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and former Soviet bloc nations.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

Our military systems are vulnerable. We need to face that reality by halting the purchase of insecure weapons and support systems and by incorporating the realities of offensive cyberattacks into our military planning. Over the past decade, militaries have established cyber commands and developed cyberwar doctrine.

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Military Cybersecurity Communications Manufacturing 145

Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. According to a report published by Symantec in October, the group was actively conducting cyber espionage campaigns against government and military organizations in Europe and South America.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2018

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. This malware immediately caught the attention of the expert because it contacts a C2 with the name “ marina-info.net ” a clear reference to the Italian Military corp, Marina Militare.

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Military Communications IT Government 189

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The volunteers, who've inspired a handful of similar operations around the world, are readying themselves to defend against the kind of sustained digital attack that could cause mass service outages at hospitals, banks, and military bases, and with other critical operations, including voting systems.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2018

The Russian APT group tracked as APT28 (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and operates under the Russian military agency GRU and continues to target US politicians.

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Military Education Phishing Authentication 186

Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

Turla is the name of a Russian cyber espionage APT group (also known as Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) that has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and private businesses. The new analysis revealed a list of high-profile victims that was previously unknown. ” reads the analysis published by ESET.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2007, Salomon collected more than $3,000 from botmasters affiliated with competing spam affiliate programs that wanted to see Spamhaus suffer, and the money was used to fund a week-long distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Spamhaus and its online infrastructure. federal court tomorrow (Jan. 9, 2024).

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