Russian Hackers Used Novel OT Attack to Disrupt Ukrainian Power Amid Mass Missile Strikes

Mandiant says Russia’s Sandworm hackers used a novel OT attack to cause power outages that coincided with mass missile strikes on critical infrastructure across Ukraine.
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Three Months After Patch, Gov-Backed Actors Exploiting WinRAR Flaw

Google says it is still catching government-backed groups linked to China and Russia launching WinRAR exploits in targeted attacks.
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Russian hackers offered phony drone training to exploit WinRAR vulnerability

Despite an August patch, Russian and Chinese state-backed hackers are using a vulnerability in the popular software to carry out espionage.

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AWS Using MadPot Decoy System to Disrupt APTs, Botnets

AWS says an internal threat intel decoy system called MadPot has successfully trapped nation state-backed APTs like Volt Typhoon and Sandworm.
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‘Five Eyes’ nations release technical details of Sandworm malware ‘Infamous Chisel’

Russia is pivoting from disruptive cyberattacks to more targeted operations aimed at giving it an advantage on the Ukrainian battlefield.

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Notorious Russian military hacking crew behind October ransomware attacks on Ukraine, Poland

Researchers at Microsoft said a ransomware attack on transportation and logistics companies was the work of Russian military intelligence

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Russia’s digital attacks are haphazard, chaotic, says top Ukrainian cyber official

Moscow’s approach to incorporating cyberattacks into its ongoing assault reflects an “absence of strategy,” said Victor Zhora.

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State Department announces $10M bounty for Russian intelligence hackers behind NotPetya

The State Department is offering $10 million for the location of six Russian intelligence officers in the Sandworm unit.

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