Security News

Microsoft: Russia’s Fancy Bear Working to Influence EU Elections
2019-02-20 16:16

As hundreds of millions of Europeans prepare to go to the polls in May, Fancy Bear ramps up cyber-espionage and disinformation efforts.

Lowjax city: Researchers crack open notorious Fancy Bear rootkit
2019-01-16 18:04

UEFI malware has been in the wild for more than two years The Fancy Bear hacking group's Lojax rootkit is far from a one-off tool, and may have been active in the wild for years before it was...

Detailed: How Russian government's Fancy Bear UEFI rootkit sneaks onto Windows PCs
2019-01-02 23:13

ESET sheds new light on 'Lojax' firmware infection ESET eggheads have shed more light on the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) rootkit being used by the Kremlin's Fancy Bear hacking crew.…

Fancy Bear hacker crew Putin dirty RATs in Word documents emailed to govt orgs – report
2018-11-21 11:55

Disguised as files about recent Lion Air crash, no less Russian state-backed hacking crew Fancy Bear (aka APT28) is distributing malware-riddled files with a suggested link to the recent Lion Air...

US government charges seven Russians with Fancy bear hacks
2018-10-05 01:30

Largely pointless, since they're never going to stand trial In what's turning into International Cyber-Attribution Week, a US Federal grand jury has indicted seven Russian military intelligence...

Fancy Bear still Putin out new modules for VPNFilter malware
2018-09-27 07:30

Talos turns up obfuscation, lateral attacks, and proxies Cunning malware VPNFilter remains under active development, and is acquiring ever more dangerous features.…

Microsoft disrupts Fancy Bear election meddlers
2018-08-22 09:12

In a new skirmish, Microsoft took control of six internet domains that were about to be used by the group to spoof US political organisations.

Microsoft: We busted Russian Fancy Bear disinfo websites
2018-08-21 14:56

Right-leaning American think tanks reportedly targeted Microsoft has claimed it thwarted a Russian-backed phishing attack by seizing control of fake copies of right-leaning American think tanks'...

Chaos on the Cheap: 'Fancy Bear' Malware Weaponizes Routers
2018-05-24 15:48

Without New Safety Standards for Software, Experts Say Such Attacks Will ContinueA swift FBI sinkhole blunted an apparently imminent attack against Ukraine via "VPN Firewall" malware, which has...

Fancy that, Fancy Bear: LoJack anti-laptop theft tool caught phoning home to the Kremlin
2018-05-02 19:57

Stolen PC locator plays double agent, say researchers LoJack for Laptops, a software tool designed to rat on computer thieves, appears to be serving a double purpose – by seemingly working with a...