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Czech Republic Blames Russia for Yearlong Email Breach

| | APT28, APT29, CozyBear, cyberespionage, Czech Republic, intelligence service, Russia, Sofacy, Turla
The Czech government’s Security Information Service (BIS) revealed in a report that hackers associated with the Russian government are responsible for an email breach, compromising the email system of the country’s Ministry ...
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APT28 Pulls Out New Malware Cannon

| | APT28, cyberespionage, Fancy Bear, hidden cobra, Lazarus Group, Sofacy, trojan program
The notorious Russian cyberespionage group known as APT28, Fancy Bear and Sofacy is targeting government organizations using a new Trojan program called Cannon. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks detected new spear-phishing campaigns ...
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Olympic Destroyer Moves from Pyeongchang to Europe and Russia

Olympic Destroyer Moves from Pyeongchang to Europe and Russia

| | cyberespionage, Fancy Bear, Malware, Olympic Destroyer, Sofacy, spear-phishing
Olympic Destroyer, the threat actor that targeted the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, has launched new attacks against organizations from Russia, Ukraine and several other European countries. To sabotage the ...
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Fancy Bear Cyberspies Hide Phishing Pages Behind Blogspot Links

| | APT28, banking trojan, black hat SEO, blogspot, cyberespionage, DNC hack, fake AV, Fancy Bear, Hacking, Pawn Storm, Phishing, scareware, search engine optimization, Sofacy, zeus
Security researchers have identified a new phishing campaign launched by Russian cyberespionage group Fancy Bear that uses rogue blogspot.com URLs to bypass spam filters. These latest attacks were aimed at Bellingcat, a ...