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    [BREAKING] NSA, Partners Release Cybersecurity Advisory on Brute Force Global Cyber Campaign

    Stu Sjouwerman | Jul 1, 2021

    nsa3-resized-600NSA and its US and British partners (the UK's NCSC and the US FBI and CISA) late this morning released an advisory detailing a Russian campaign ("almost certainly ongoing") to brute-force access to cloud and enterprise environments. The campaign is global in scope, NSA says, but focused on American and European targets.

    Sectors being prospected for collection or disruption amount to a familiar list: "government and military, defense contractors, energy companies, higher education, logistics companies, law firms, media companies, political consultants or political parties, and think tanks."

    Attribution is specific: the threat actor is the GRU's 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS). While brute-forcing isn't new, the GTsSS's approach is, having "uniquely leveraged software containers to easily scale its brute force attempts."  Here is the link to the NSA press room: https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/press-room/Article/2677750/nsa-partners-release-cybersecurity-advisory-on-brute-force-global-cyber-campaign/

    Tip 'o The Hat to The CyberWire.

     

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    Topics: Phishing, Russia, Cybersecurity, Email Security

    Stu Sjouwerman

    ABOUT STU SJOUWERMAN

    Stu Sjouwerman (pronounced “shower-man”) is the Founder and Executive Chairman of KnowBe4, Inc., which hosts the world’s most popular integrated security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, with over 54,000 organization customers and more than 50 million users. A serial entrepreneur and data security expert with 30 years in the IT industry, Stu was the co-founder of Inc. 500 company Sunbelt Software, a multiple award-winning anti-malware software company that was acquired in 2010.

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