New UAC-0056 activity: There’s a Go Elephant in the room

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 21:44:40 +0000

In late March, the cyber espionage group UNC2589 also known as SaintBear launched a spear phishing campaign targeting several entities in Ukraine. In this blog we review this attack and the intended payloads.

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New spear phishing campaign targets Russian dissidents

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:02:48 +0000

We’ve identified a new campaign using a combination of exploits, malicious macros and other lures that is targeted at Russian individuals who may have violated restrictions imposed by the Russian government.

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Blunting RDP brute-force attacks with rate limiting

Credit to Author: Mark Stockley| Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:33:07 +0000

Rate limiting can slow a determined password guessing attack to a crawl, giving defenders months of extra time to respond.

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HermeticWiper: A detailed analysis of the destructive malware that targeted Ukraine

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:18:26 +0000

Hours before the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, a new piece of malware was launched at Ukrainian targets. In this blog post, we take apart its components and highlight its capabilities.

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Cyber lures and threats in the context of the war in Ukraine

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 20:59:40 +0000

There are many uncertainties with Russia’s invasion and war in Ukraine. In this unpredictable environment, we detail previous, current and expected cyber threats to watch out for.

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