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News has it that some sneaky Russian cyber-spies, apparently partying like it’s 1999 and they’re using a Sony Walkman. They’re affiliated with the Federal Security Service (FSB) and have been seen strutting around cyber town, spreading a USB propagating worm named “LitterDrifter”. This clearly isn’t their way of promoting a new eco-friendly initiative, but rather a method of launching cyber-attacks on entities in Ukraine. This high-tech puppeteering would surely win them top prize at the cyber espionage talent show!
Enter stage left: Check Point. The cyber security firm has worked diligently to unveil the tricks of the trade of the group known as “Gamaredon” – who, by the way, goes by a few aliases including the superhero-sounding Aqua Blizzard and Iron Tilden, and the slightly underwhelming, Shuckworm and Winterflounder. Check Point’s revelation about the group’s latest strategies has led the industry to brand it as a Marvel/DC crossover event of large-scale campaigns. These cyber onslaughts are not confined to a single country but have their fingers in the governmental pie all around the world.
In the world of cyber espionage, FSB-affiliated actors have morphed into tech puppeteers, working the strings of a USB worm named LitterDrifter in their attacks against Ukrainian entities. Thanks to Check Point’s diligence in unmasking their strategies, we have a better understanding of these groups, including Gamaredon and its other aliases. These outfits have eclipsed their comic counterparts by masterfully orchestrating large-scale campaigns that affect governmental infrastructure on a global scale. It goes to prove that sometimes truth is not just stranger than fiction, it’s also a whole lot more cyber sophisticated.
Now, before I bug out of here, I’ll leave you with a tech dad joke: why don’t hackers like nature? Because they can’t stand bugs!
Original Article: https://thehackernews.com/2023/11/russian-cyber-espionage-group-deploys.html
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