FBI Boston leads a global effort that disrupted a Russian-linked botnet targeting small businesses and home routers for cyber espionage. This botnet, associated with the Russia-linked APT28 threat group, known as Fancy Bear, was engaged in cyber espionage against governments and militaries, compromising more than 1K personal and small business routers in the U.S. and around the world. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) successfully seized and dismantled access to these compromised SOHO routers, effectively turning the tables on Russian hackers. The operation involved removing Russian malware from routers in U.S. homes and businesses, neutralizing a network of hundreds of SOHO routers used by the Russian government for credential harvesting campaigns against targets of intelligence interest. This effort underscores the ongoing cybersecurity threats posed by state-sponsored actors and the proactive measures taken by U.S. authorities to counteract these operations.
The DOJ just announced that last month, a court authorized the government to neutralize a network of hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers that were used by the Russian government to run credential harvesting campaigns against targets of intelligence interest. The…
Ars Technica: "DOJ turns tables on Russian hackers, uses their malware to wipe out botnet" https://t.co/msa7ccVnB1
#USA International botnet controlled by #Russia’s secret service GRU disrupted by @FBI. #cybersecurity #Moobot #DyingEmber #HybridWarfare https://t.co/5BPt6oUJbX https://t.co/deyFrEwa6I
Rather interesting that the FBI says it's going around malware-infected home and small office routers, kicking out Chinese and Russian spies We'll need stickers on our gear stating "My IT administrator is Christopher Wray" or something https://t.co/Mfkt7srANH
The Justice Department says it has successfully seized and dismantled access to a series of routers that Russian military hackers used to target the U.S. and other governments. https://t.co/U7JJhwEmLJ
DOJ Quietly Removed Russian Malware From Routers in US Homes and Businesses https://t.co/vE1Pt0OodM
🗞 Our weekly cybersecurity news roundup is now live! The Good: FBI takes down Russian spy agency botnet. The Bad: New ransomware tool automates attacks against VMware ESXi servers. The Ugly: MS Defender zero day exploited in the wild. Read more: https://t.co/Gfo8etcegB
Fancy Bear, the GRU unit that hacked the DNC in 2016, has "gained access to more than 1K personal and small business routers in the US and around the world... to launch 'harvesting campaigns' against targets of 'intelligence interest'" to Moscow. https://t.co/X2DU5i1aD5
US disrupts botnet used by Russia-linked APT28 threat group https://t.co/xEpX6gyuW7 #mirai #iot #botnet #russia #cybersecurity #security #infosec #malware #tech #news #technology
FBI disrupts hacking network 'linked to Russian intelligence services' Read more: https://t.co/WMvoGmSecJ
U.S. Government Disrupts Russian-Linked Botnet Engaged in Cyber Espionage: https://t.co/dhFjQAN4Zr by The Hacker News #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
⚡ U.S. government disrupted a Russia-linked botnet targeting governments and militaries. The botnet was made up of compromised SOHO routers. Learn more: https://t.co/e7eElxP7BV #cybersecurity #hacking #malware
FBI Boston leads global effort to thwart Russian hackers of small business, home routers https://t.co/g51kIrSW57