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MSHTML Flaw Exploited to Attack Russian Dissidents
A Ukrainian-based threat actor is spearphishing Russians who are using services that have been banned by the Kremlin.
DOJ Indicts Russian Gov’t Employees Over Targeting Power Sector
The supply-chain attack on the U.S. energy sector targeted thousands of computers at hundreds of organizations, including at least one nuclear power plant.
Dev Sabotages Popular NPM Package to Protest Russian Invasion
In the latest software supply-chain attack, the code maintainer added malicious code to the hugely popular node-ipc library to replace files with a heart emoji and a peacenotwar module.
Russian APTs Furiously Phish Ukraine – Google
Also on the rise: DDoS attacks against Ukrainian sites and phishing activity capitalizing on the conflict, with China’s Mustang Panda targeting Europe.
Namecheap offers free web hosting and domain registration to Russian anti-war websites
Namecheap is offering free anonymous domain registration and web hosting to all protest and anti-war websites in Russia or Belarus.
The domain registrar firm tweeted the free services will be available effective immediately in response to a call for nationwide war protests in Russia by Russian lawyer Alexei Navalny.
The news follows an earlier decision by Namecheap to terminate its Russian customers’ domain and web hosting services following the invasion of Ukraine – with the company’s initial deadline of March 6 extended by three further weeks.
Free hosting for protest sites
Namecheap said its decision to offer free domain and web hosting services is to help make it easier to share information online and take action against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The company has previously also made exceptions for unique circumstances such as free press, information sources and essential health services.
A spokesperson from Namcheap told TechRadar Pro that the company has a substantial number of team members and colleagues in Ukraine who are currently being bombed and attacked by Russia.
“In good conscience, we couldn’t standby and directly or indirectly support the Russian regime by doing business there any longer,” he added.
Russian and Belarusian customers who are standing up to their regime will have access to Nameheap’s customer service for more information.
“We all must do what we can to stop the war crimes that are being committed every day against the innocent people of Ukraine,” said Richard Kirkendall, Namecheap CEO.
“Our hope is that by offering these services in an anonymous way, with no strings attached, that people within Russia that are currently under threat to not speak up against this war are able to organize and do so in a way that may minimize reprisals.”
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New APT ChamelGang Targets Russian Energy, Aviation Orgs
First appearing in March, the group has been leveraging ProxyShell against targets in 10 countries and employs a variety of malware to steal data from compromised networks.
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IOTW: Russian Hack Deeper And Wider Than First Anticipated
SolarWinds’ Orion update is currently inside of thousands of public and private institutions. Some have remediated the vulnerability. But Microsoft itself has noted in a statement that their investiga…
IOTW: Government Sanctioned Russian Hackers Penetrate U.S. Federal Agency
It appears Fancy Bear, the Russian cyber crime group linked to the GRU, is responsible for a US federal agency break-in and data theft. Cyber experts piece together clues to garner more insight into t…