Intelligence agencies detail alleged ‘brute force’ hacking methods used by Russia

Intelligence agencies detail alleged ‘brute force’ hacking methods used by Russia

American and British intelligence agencies said Thursday that Russian military intelligence conducted at least a year-and-a-half-long “brute force” cyber campaign targeting the cloud and network services of U.S. and global organizations. The cyber campaign went after government and military organizations, political parties and consultants, think tanks, law firms, media companies, educational institutions, defense contractors, logistics…

Russians Used Brute Force Attacks Against Hundreds of Orgs: Security Agencies

Russians Used Brute Force Attacks Against Hundreds of Orgs: Security Agencies

Security agencies in the United States and United Kingdom issued an advisory on Thursday to warn organizations about an ongoing global campaign involving brute force techniques. The NSA, CISA, FBI and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have attributed the campaign to the Russian government, specifically a cyber espionage group linked to Russia’s General…

Attackers Increasingly Using Cobalt Strike

Attackers Increasingly Using Cobalt Strike

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Report: Pen Testing Tool a Favorite Among Lower-Level Threat Groups Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • June 30, 2021     The solid blue line tracks the number of organizations Proofpoint saw being targeted by attackers using Cobalt Strike. (Source: Proofpoint) The legitimate security penetration testing tool…

Геймеров чаще всего атакуют вредоносы под именами Minecraft и CS:GO

Геймеров чаще всего атакуют вредоносы под именами Minecraft и CS:GO

Специалисты «Лаборатории Касперского» углубились в анализ киберугроз, связанных с индустрией видеоигр, и выяснили, с какими формами кибератак чаще всего сталкиваются геймеры. Оказалось, что большинство подобных вредоносных ссылок содержат имена таких популярных проектов, как Minecraft и Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO).

China’s ruling Communist Party celebrates 100 years

China’s ruling Communist Party celebrates 100 years

China is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party with a crowd of about 70,000 people in Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen square. President Xi Jinping told the country that the Chinese people would not allow a foreign power to bully or subjugate them and that China would resolve the “Taiwan question” to achieve complete…

Attackers Increasingly Using Cobalt Strike

Attackers Increasingly Using Cobalt Strike

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Report: Pen Testing Tool a Favorite Among Lower-Level Threat Groups Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • June 30, 2021     The solid blue line tracks the number of organizations Proofpoint saw being targeted by attackers using Cobalt Strike. (Source: Proofpoint) The legitimate security penetration testing tool…