Russian-Linked Hackers Target UK Defense Ministry While Posing as Journalists

The group, nicknamed Laundry Bear by the Netherlands security agencies, has Russian state support

More hackers organized in a group related to Russia were entitled to journalists and carried out a cyber spy operation against the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. The attack was dropped.

Russian hackers are changing their tactics from password spraying to phishing, but their targets within NATO remain the same.PX Media - Shutterstock.com For over a year, a new cyberespionage group allegedly linked to the Russian government has been targeting companies from various industries within NATO. Microsoft Threat Intelligence has dubbed the group "Void Blizzard." Dutch intelligence has dubbed it "Laundry Bear." It uses compromised creden…

The threat was detected in time, so no data leaks occurred.

Russian-linked hackers target UK Defense Ministry while posing as journalists

Martin Fornusek reports: Russian-linked hackers targeted U.K. Defense Ministry staff in an espionage operation while posing as journalists, Sky News reported on May 29, citing the British government. The cyber attack was detected and thwarted, the government said. Speaking to reporters at a government facility where a team had disrupted the Russian-backed operation, U.K. Defense Minister John Healey revealed the… Introduction to Malware Binary …

The British Department of Defense has identified and neutralized a complex cyber-spinning operation organized by a group of hackers associated with Russia. According to the Government, the intruders impersonated themselves as media representatives by sending phishing letters to the staff of the agency, as part of a campaign aimed at breaking into defence information systems, Sky News writes. The first wave of attacks was disguised as information…