In a report today, Mandiant says that Sandworm relied on three main hacktivist-branded Telegram channels named XakNet Team, CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn, and Solntsepek, all operating in parallel and independently of one another.
Russian nation-state group Sandworm is believed to be utilizing a novel backdoor to target organizations in Ukraine and other Eastern and Central European countries, according to WithSecure researchers. The previously unreported backdoor, dubbed ‘Kapeka’, has a high level of stealth and sophistication, designed to both serve as an early-stage toolkit for its operators, and also […]
Nov 10, 2023NewsroomCyber Warfare / Network Security The notorious Russian hackers known as Sandworm targeted an electrical substation in Ukraine last year, causing a brief power outage in October 2022. The findings come from Google’s Mandiant, which described the hack as a “multi-event cyber attack” leveraging a novel technique for impacting industrial control systems (ICS). […]
Mandiant Says Sandworm Used Novel Techniques in Ukrainian Cyberattack Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • November 9, 2023 Fires on a combined heat and power plant in Kyiv after Russian missile strikes on Oct. 10, 2022 (Image: Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv) Russian military hackers in October 2022 successfully […]