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Summary
The purpose of the Netskope Threat Labs News Roundup series is to provide enterprise security teams an actionable brief on the top cybersecurity news from around the world. The brief includes summaries and links to the top news items spanning cloud-enabled threats, malware, and ransomware.
Top Stories
Three zero-days patched by Microsoft
Microsoft released fixes to more than 70 CVEs during February’s Patch Tuesday, including three zero-day vulnerabilities that were being exploited in the wild. Details
APT37 targeting South Korea with new malware
Researchers linked the North Korean threat group APT37 to a new malware family named M2RAT in attacks targeting South Korea. Details
Russians sanctioned for TrickBot, Ryuk, and Conti ransomware attacks
The UK and US governments sanctioned seven Russians nationals for affiliations to TrickBot, Ryuk, and Conti cybercrime operations in a coordinated action. Details
New backdoor from OilRig threat group
The Iranian APT group known as OilRig (a.k.a. APT34, Cobalt Gypsy) is using a new backdoor to exfiltrate data, targeting government organizations in the Middle East. Details
Cybersecurity Events in Ukraine
Hacktivists defaced Russian websites
A hacktivist group named CH01 defaced at least 32 websites in protest over the one-year mark after Russia invaded Ukraine. Details
CERT-UA says Russian hackers backdoored govt websites in 2021
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) says that Russian attackers have breached multiple government websites using backdoors installed in 2021. Details
Russian attackers disrupt NATO earthquake relief operations
The Russian-based group Killnet has claimed responsibility for attacking NATO with DDoS attacks, which disrupted organizations that were aiding victims of the recent earthquake in Turkey and -Syria. Details
Russian govt proposed immunity to hackers
The Russian government is evaluating a sort of immunity to hackers that are acting in the interests of Moscow, according to the head of the Duma Committee on Information Policy. Details
New infostealer being used against Ukraine
Researchers discovered the Russian group known as Nodaria is using a new infostealer malware named Gaphiron to steal data from Ukrainian organizations. Details
UK politician’s email hacked by suspected Russian attackers
A UK politician says that he was targeted with a spear phishing email containing a password-protected document that allegedly contained an update on Ukraine’s military situation. Details
Anonymous leaked data stolen from Russian ISP
The Anonymous hacking group has leaked 128 GB of data allegedly stolen from the Russian ISP Convex, revealing evidence of FSB (Federal Security Service) surveillance. Details
Cloud-Enabled Threats
PureCrypter malware abusing Discord to target government entities
Researchers found that an attacker is targeting government entities with PureCrypter malware downloaders to deliver multiple infostealers and ransomware strains, using Discord to host the initial payload. Details
US military misconfigured server publicly opened for weeks
A now secured Microsoft Azure email server from the US Department of Defense was found to be publicly accessible for about two weeks, containing internal messages and sensitive personal information. Details
Researchers hijack popular npm package via GitHub
Researchers found a way to reset a GitHub password of an npm package that has 3.5 million weekly downloads, by recovering an expired domain and resetting the account’s password. Details
New threat actor abusing multiple cloud services to fly under the radar
A new threat actor named WIP26 is targeting