The Hidden Threat: How DanaBot Malware Facilitated Data Theft and Russian State-Sponsored Spying

The Hidden Threat: How DanaBot Malware Facilitated Data Theft and Russian State-Sponsored Spying

The Russian-made DanaBot virus was reportedly used not only for crimes such as stealing credit card information, bank account numbers, and cryptocurrency wallets -- but also for espionage by Russian intelligence agencies.

Unusually patient suspected Russian hackers pose as State Department in ‘sophisticated’ attacks on researchers

The hackers targeting prominent researcher and Russian military expert Keir Giles were different this time.  The attackers, suspected to be working on behalf of the Russian government, had ginned up the May solicitation email for a consultation with a state.gov address, one that didn’t get a bounceback message when Giles replied. They spoke convincing English, and delivered their message during East Coast business hours. He said they created a r…

Takeover of British Russia expert’s email accounts used novel phishing tactic

Google's Threat Intelligence Group and the Citizen Lab each issued reports on a highly customized attack against email accounts of Keir Giles, a Russia expert based in the U.K.