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Information about Shamoon attacks (affected government and civil organizations across Gulf states)

Researchers from the IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) team identified a missing link in the operations of a threat actor involved in recent Shamoon malware attacks against Gulf state organizations.

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Information about PuppyRAT malware

SecureWorks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers analyzed a phishing campaign that targeted a Middle Eastern organization in early January 2017. Some of messages were sent from legitimate email addresses belonging to several Middle Eastern organizations.

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Information about Magic Hound campaign attacks Saudi targets

Unit 42 has discovered a persistent attack campaign operating primarily in the Middle East dating back to at least mid-2016 which we have named Magic Hound.

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Information about a series of attacks directed at Polish financial institutions

On 3rd February 2017, researchers at badcyber.com released an article that detailed a series of attacks directed at Polish financial institutions.

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Information about cyber attack targeting Indian Navy’s submarine and warship manufacturer

On 26th January, 2017 Indian Navy displayed its state-of-the-art stealth guided missile destroyer INS Chennai and the indigenously-made Kalvari class Scorpene submarines at the Republic Day parade showcasing India’s military strength and achievements.

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An analysis of GRIZZLY STEPPE activity

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) has collaborated with interagency partners and private-industry stakeholders to provide an Analytical Report (AR) with recommendations to detect and mitigate threats from GRIZZLY STEPPE actors.

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Information about hacking several Polish Banks

Polish banks are frantically scanning their workstations and servers while checking logs in the search of signs of infection after some of them noticed unusual network activity and unauthorised files on key machines within their networks.

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A paper about KINGSLAYER – a supply chain attack

In the course of this tactical hunt for unidentified code, RSA discovered a sophisticated attack on a software supply-chain involving a Trojan inserted in otherwise legitimate software; software that is typically used by enterprise system administrators.

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Information about Nile Phish phishing campaign against Egyptian civil society

This report describes Nile Phish, an ongoing and extensive phishing campaign against Egyptian civil society. In recent years, Egypt has witnessed what is widely described as an “unprecedented crackdown,” on both civil society and dissent.

Microsoft

MS Security Bulletin Summary february 2017

This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for February 2017.

Regulations

Recommendations for the European Commission on a European Strategic Framework and Potential Future Legislative Acts for the Energy Sector

The mission of the EECSP-Expert Group is to provide guidance to the Commission on policy and regulatory directions at European level, addressing the energy sector key points including infrastructural issues, security of supply, smart grids technologies and nuclear.

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This document provides prescriptive guidance for establishing a secure configuration posture for Microsoft Windows 7.

This document provides prescriptive guidance for establishing a secure configuration posture for Microsoft Windows 7.

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This document provides prescriptive guidance for establishing a secure configuration posture for Microsoft Windows 8.1.

This document provides prescriptive guidance for establishing a secure configuration posture for Microsoft Windows 8.1.

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This document provides prescriptive guidance for establishing a secure configuration posture for Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release.

This document provides prescriptive guidance for establishing a secure configuration posture for Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release 1511.

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Infomation about spear phishing attack against Indian Embassies and Ministry of external affairs

This blog post describes another attack campaign where attackers used the Uri terror attack and Kashmir protest themed spear phishing emails to target officials in the Indian Embassies and Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

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Russian Nation State Targeting of Government and Military Interests

The tr1adx team performs on-going research into Threat Actors, irrespective of their motivation, provenance, or targets. tr1adx Intelligence Bulletin #00003 shares intel on Russian Nation State Cyber Activity targeting Government and Military interests around the world.

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Information about a campaign targeting the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA)

The tr1adx team identified what we believe to be a new campaign, which we assess to be attributed to the Russian Nation State Threat Actor APT28 (a.k.a. Fancy Bear), yet again targeting the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) .

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A paper about APT28 targeting and intrusion activity

On December 29, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Joint Analysis Report confirming FireEye’s long held public assessment that the Russian Government sponsors APT28.

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Iranian threat agent targeting other countries.

Iranian threat agent OilRig has been targeting multiple organisations in Israel and other countries in the Middle East since the end of 2015. In recent attacks they set up a fake VPN Web Portal and targeted at least five Israeli IT vendors, several financial institutes, and the Israeli Post Office.

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A paper about foreign cyber threats to the United States

The order of the topics presented in this statement does not necessarily indicate the relative importance or magnitude of the threat in the view of the Intelligence Community.

Microsoft

MS Security Bulletin Summary january 2017

This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for January 2017.

CISCO

Cisco Annual Cybersecurity Report 2017

Cisco Annual Cybersecurity Report 2017

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Information about "DigitalPlagiarist" campaign (mirroring legitimate sites)

We believe the "TelePort Crew" Threat Actor is operating out of Russia or Eastern Europe with the group's major motivations appearing to be financial in nature through cybercrime and/or corporate espionage.

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Information about APT28 group registering plenty of domains

Our APT28 (a.k.a. Fancy Bear, Sofacy) friends in the Russian Federation have been busy once again.

Microsoft

MS Security Bulletin Summary december 2016

This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for December 2016.