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ChamelGang APT is a new cyberespionage group that focuses on fuel and energy organizations and aviation industry in Russia. ChamelGang is a new APT group that was first spotted in March by researchers at security firm Positive Technologies, it targets Russian companies in the energy and aviation industry. Pierluigi Paganini.
US Cyber Command posted on Twitter an alert about cyber attacks exploiting the CVE-2017-11774 vulnerability in Outlook. Yesterday I was using Twitter when I noticed the following alert issued by the account managed by the US Cyber Command : USCYBERCOM has discovered active malicious use of CVE-2017-11774 and recommends immediate #patching.
has indicted four Russian government employees for their role in cyberattacks targeting hundreds of companies and organizations in the energy sector worldwide between 2012 and 2018. According to the indictment, the campaigns against the energy sector campaign involved two phases. and international Energy Sector organizations. .
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. energy facilities. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. Dragonfly 2.0,
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A few weeks later, threat actors launched multiple attacks that attempted to exploit the CVE 2017-11882 Office flaw to run a malicious executable. ” Palo Alto Networks concludes. “In Please vote Security Affairs for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link].
The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017. Energyutilities and oil and gas, but also water utilities and transportation systems, are privileged targets of nation-state actors. ” concludes the report.
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Its apparent goal is espionage directed against the financial and energy sectors. The company believes that criminals are, quote, "utilizing bots to submit fraudulent admissions applications and obtain institution email addresses through admission application portals," quote. Government agencies are also targeted.
The West has promised tougher sanctions are coming, but experts warn these will almost certainly trigger a Russian retaliation against America and its allies, which could escalate into cyber attacks on Western financial institutions and energy infrastructure. ” What kinds of attacks are experts most concerned about?
Its apparent goal is espionage directed against the financial and energy sectors. The company believes that criminals are, quote, "utilizing bots to submit fraudulent admissions applications and obtain institution email addresses through admission application portals," quote. Government agencies are also targeted.
Its apparent goal is espionage directed against the financial and energy sectors. The company believes that criminals are, quote, "utilizing bots to submit fraudulent admissions applications and obtain institution email addresses through admission application portals," quote. Government agencies are also targeted.
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