The U.S. government disrupts a Russian-linked botnet engaged in cyber espionage, with the FBI seizing and dismantling access to routers used by Russian military hackers to target the U.S. and other governments. The Justice Department also removed Russian malware from routers in U.S. homes and businesses, while the CISA warns of hackers exploiting a security flaw in Cisco software for ransomware attacks. Fancy Bear, a GRU unit, gains access to routers globally for intelligence campaigns.
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
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
⚠️ CISA warns of hackers exploiting a security flaw (CVE-2020-3259) in #Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software in Akira #ransomware attacks. Learn more: https://t.co/l8tqH34IrZ #cybersecurity #hacking #malware
Ex-Employee’s Admin Credentials Used in US Gov Agency Hack #cybersecurity https://t.co/BYxFvMfiQy
FBI disrupts hacking network 'linked to Russian intelligence services' Read more: https://t.co/WMvoGmSecJ
U.S. CISA: hackers breached a state government organization: https://t.co/KsnoFMABOR by Security Affairs #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
U.S. State Government Network Breached via Former Employee's Account: https://t.co/xjdarh84It by The Hacker News #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
Think twice before leaving old employee accounts active! CISA reports a major cyber attack on a state government organization. Attackers used leaked credentials from a former employee's administrator account to breach the network. Read: https://t.co/jFAZjA6KhN #cybersecurity
U.S. Government Disrupts Russian-Linked Botnet Engaged in Cyber Espionage: https://t.co/dhFjQAN4Zr by The Hacker News #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news