Russia

Response to CISA Advisory (AA24-249A): Russian Military Cyber Actors Target US and Global Critical Infrastructure

AttackIQ has released a new assessment template in response to the CISA Advisory (AA24-249A) published on September 5, 2024, that assesses cyber actors affiliated with the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 161st Specialist Training Center (Unit 29155), who are responsible for computer network operations against global targets for the purposes of espionage, sabotage, and reputational harm since at least 2020.

Emulating Sandworm’s Prestige Ransomware

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by Prestige ransomware since the beginning of its activities in October 2022. Prestige has been observed targeting organizations in the transportation and related logistics sectors located in Ukraine and Poland. In November 2022, it was assessed that the Russian adversary known as Sandworm was most likely behind these attacks.

Response to CISA Advisory (AA24-057A): SVR Cyber Actors Adapt Tactics for Initial Cloud Access

AttackIQ recommends that customers take the following testing actions in alignment to the recently published CISA Advisory (AA24-057A) which details recent Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) exhibited by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) adversary known as APT29 during activities in which it sought to gain initial access to the cloud infrastructure of government entities and corporations.

Response to CISA Advisory (AA23-347A): Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Exploiting JetBrains TeamCity CVE Globally

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph in response to the recently published CISA Advisory (AA23-347A) which assesses that cyber actors from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) have been observed targeting servers hosting JetBrains TeamCity software by exploiting vulnerability CVE-2023-42793 on a large scale, since September 2023.

Attack Graph Response to CISA Advisory AA23-129A: Hunting Russian Intelligence “Snake” Malware

AttackIQ has released two new attack graphs in response to the recently published CISA Advisory (AA23-129A) that details the efforts taken by U.S. agencies to disrupt the peer-to-peer network infrastructure used by the Russian threat actor Turla and their Snake malware. Turla is the public name given to actors associated with cyberattacks conducted by Center 16 of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).

Attack Graph Response to US-CERT AA22-083A: Historical Russia-based Actors Targeting the Energy Sector 

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph for organizations to test and validate their cyberdefense effectiveness against the HAVEX strain of malware. This attack graph follows a pair of Department of Justice indictments of Russia-based threat actors and a new joint FBI-CISA Cybersecurity Advisory about HAVEX released last week. An enduring and dangerous threat, HAVEX targeted the energy and power sectors in 135 countries from 2012-2018, and the tactics and techniques within it continue to threaten organizations today.
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