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Corporate espionage hackers RedCurl return after hiatus with improved tools

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A corporate espionage organization known as RedCurl that made waves before disappearing last year has resurfaced with a fresh batch of attacks and sharpened tools for the task, researchers at cybersecurity firm Group-IB said Thursday. The group’s four known attacks since the beginning of 2021 include one against one of Russia’s largest wholesalers, which provides home, leisure and office goods, Group-IB found. Overall, the company concluded that RedCurl has been behind more than 30 attacks during a three-year span. RedCurl’s tactical improvements after a seven-month absence include upgrades to most of its tools, such as more effective data encryption for its malware. “Corporate cyber espionage is still a relatively rare and, in many ways, unique occurrence,” Group-IB’s report reads. “However, it is possible that the group’s success could lead to a new trend in cybercrime.” Despite the rarity of corporate cyber espionage, Group-IB’s report on the RedCurl revival is the […]

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RedCurl hackers launched 26 espionage campaigns to steal trade secrets

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RedCurl hackers are running one of the most well-organized espionage campaigns for years.
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An advanced group specializing in corporate espionage is on a hacking spree

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A Russian-speaking hacking group specializing in corporate espionage has targeted 26 commercial organizations since 2018 in attempts to steal vast amounts of data from the private sector, according to new findings. At least 14 of the 26 companies that the group targeted in fact were breached, according to research published Thursday by the security firm Group-IB, which has offices in Moscow in Singapore. The hacking group, dubbed RedCurl, stole confidential corporate documents including contracts, financial documents, employee records and legal records. Victims spanned a range of industries — including construction, finance, retail and law — with headquarters in Russia, Ukraine, the U.K., Canada, Germany and Norway. RedCurl relies on hacking techniques similar to groups known as RedOctober and CloudAtlas, another Russian-speaking group that’s targeted multiple entities and government networks “primarily in Russia,” according to the MITRE Corp.’s database of hacking groups. The Russian security vendor Kaspersky previously published its own […]

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