Apt28
Brute Force attack launched by Russia APT28 using Kubernetes
All these days we have seen instances where Kubernetes were used to automate the deployment of containerized applications. But a new discovery made by the National Security Agency(NSA) of United States has revealed that Russian hacking group APT28 is launching Brute Force Cyber Attacks using Kubernetes to ensure anonymity. APT28 aka Fancy Bear or Strontium […]
Cyber Attack on Austria and suspect is Russia Fancy Bear
Austria’s foreign ministry has issued a press statement yesterday admitting that a serious cyberattack took place on the database of its Ministry on Saturday and the suspect happens to be Russia’s Fancy Bear. The press statement adds that the attack was a pre-mediated state-funded cyber attack and was targeted at the Foreign Ministry’s database […]
Russia APT28 Cyber Attacks European Political Parties
After launching Cyber attacks on the US Democratic National Committee Servers in 2016 to access sensitive info and then the German Council on Foreign Relations and European Offices of the Aspen Institute & the German Marshall Fund; news is now out that Russian intelligence funded hacking group APT28 aka Fancy Bear has targeted some of […]
FBI says Russia’s Fancy Bear was behind VPN Filter malware attack
United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has made a public announcement on Friday which states that owners of all routers operating in small offices and homes have to restart their devices in order to shake off the after-effects of VPN Filter malware attack. The statement clearly specifies that some hackers funded by a nation […]
A synopsis of Russian Cyber Attack on UK Anti Doping Agency
Fancy Bear, the Russian Intelligence funded hackers group is said to have launched a cyber attack on UK Anti Doping (UKAD) Agency on last weekend to siphon off with data related to medical records and drug testing history of Britain’s leading sports stars. But the officials at the UK’s anti-doping agency have confirmed that the […]
Germany accuses Russia of launching cyber attacks on its Defense and Interior Ministries
Many media sources in Germany are seen accusing Russian government funded hacking group Fancy Bear for launching cyber attacks on Defense and Interior Ministries in December last year. The hack was realized by the German law enforcement in December 2017 and their investigation revealed that the hack may have lasted for up to a year. […]
Russian hackers group APT28 cyber attack Montenegro
California-based Cybersecurity company FireEye released specific documents in a media briefing yesterday which proved that Russian hackers group APT28 launched a cyber attack on Montenegro for joining NATO alliance. As Russia views NATO expansion a security threat to its federation, it was not happy with the decision of Montenegro’s government to join the NATO membership. […]
Russia’s Fancy Bear launched two brutal Cyber Attacks on Germany
Germany has made it official that Russia’s cyber army ‘APT28’-well known as Russian hacking group “Fancy Bear” launched two cyber attacks in 2016 for bringing in a kind of political instability in the region. Arne Schoenbohm, the President for the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) of Germany added in the announcement that the attack […]
