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Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000

In mid-November 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the Russian threat actor we track as Star Blizzard sending their typical targets spear-phishing messages, this time offering the supposed opportunity to join a WhatsApp group. This is the first time we have identified a shift in Star Blizzard’s longstanding tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to leverage a […]

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Star Blizzard increases sophistication and evasion in ongoing attacks

December 10, 2023 0 Comments blizzard, credential theft, star blizzard (seaborgium), state-sponsored threat actor

Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:01:00 +0000

Microsoft Threat Intelligence continues to track and disrupt malicious activity attributed to a Russian state-sponsored actor we track as Star Blizzard, who has improved their detection evasion capabilities since 2022 while remaining focused on email credential theft against targets.

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