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Russian GRU Unit Linked to Critical Infrastructure Attacks

Several U.S. government agencies issued a new advisory Thursday warning of global cyber operations by threat actors that they affiliated with Unit 29155 of the GRU.

Russia

Decipher Podcast: Rebekah Brown and John Scott-Railton on COLDRIVER and Russian Cyberespionage

Rebekah Brown and John Scott-Railton of the Citizen Lab join Dennis Fisher to dive into their group's new report on highly targeted spear phishing campaigns by the Russian threat actor COLDRIVER and then discuss the emergence of a new, possibly related group called COLDWASTREL.

Podcast, Russia

Russian Group Forest Blizzard Deploying GooseEgg Tool to Exploit CVE-2022-38028

A Russian threat group known as Forest Blizzard has been using a custom tool called GooseEgg to exploit a Windows Print Spooler (CVE-2022-38028) for several years.

Microsoft, Russia

TinyTurla-NG Backdoor Has Big Capabilities

New research shows the TinyTurla-NG backdoor uses the Chisel open-source attack framework for some communications and has a variety of post-compromise capabilities.

Russia

New AcidPour Wiper Malware Found in Ukraine

SentinelLabs researchers have discovered a new wiper malware called AcidPour in Ukraine, which appears to be a new version of the AcidRain malware.

Russia, Malware