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Wanna know bout the effect on national security & global stability of #QuantumHacking in #Web3 #Crypto #AI #VR & #AR by nation-state-backed hacker groups like #USCyberCommand, #NorthKorea, #Iran, #Russia, & #China?

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APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) groups are a prime example of nation-state-backed hacker groups

#CozyBear (APT29), #LazarusGroup (APT38), #DoubleDragon (APT41), #FancyBear (APT28), and #HelixKitten (APT34) are some of the most well-known APT groups
These groups have been known to carry out cyber espionage, intellectual property theft, and sabotage. For instance, the #FancyBear APT group was responsible for the alleged 2016 US election interference
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We tweeted in July about the development of a variant to the malware project Drovorub-A1 by Russian tech company AST (АСТ).
Drovorub-A1 was originally developed for the GRU 85th Main Special Service Center (85th GTsSS, в/ч 26165) and dubbed the 'Swiss Army Knife' for hacking Linux.
#APT28 #GRU #FANCYBEAR
US agencies warned of the threat posed in a 45-page security alert released in August 2020 and companies such as Schneider Electric offered mitigation to customers in advance of fixes to their operating systems.
media.defense.gov/2020/Aug/13/20…
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Hi!

For the past six months, @FlorianFlade and I've been working on a podcast. Today is release day of "Der Mann in Merkels Rechner". At its core, we wanted to answer one question: How exactly can you find out who is behind a hacking operation?

br.de/mediathek/podc…

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We chose to focus on the intrustion of the 🇩🇪parliament in 2015. Hacked by #FancyBear/#APT28. Since there's an arrest warrant, you can tell the story front to back. The podcast has five episodes and is in German. I'm going to summarize key bits here, one thread per episode
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We spoke with dozens of people, if possible, on-record, e.g.:
Adrian Nish (BAE Systems), he alerted the Germans
@nunohaien of Crowdstrike
Adam Hickey, Deputy Assistant Attorney General at DoJ
Dutch intel agency MIVD
Michael Hange, former head of @BSI_Bund
@ciaranmartinoxf
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Developing" #Russia #Chia #Iran hackers targeting @realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden presidential campaigns

"foreign activity groups have stepped up their efforts targeting the 2020 election as had been anticipated" per @Microsoft's @TomBurt45

blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/…
#Russia's #Strontium (also known as #FancyBear or #APT28) "has attacked more than 200 organizations including political campaigns, advocacy groups, parties and political consultants" per @TomBurt45
#China's #Zirconium "has attacked high-profile individuals associated with the election, including people associated with the Joe Biden for President campaign and prominent leaders in the international affairs community" per @Microsoft 's @TomBurt45
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Exklusiv: Der @GBA_b_BGH hat einen Haftbefehl gegen einen russischen Cyberspion erwirkt. Er soll am Bundestagshack beteiligt gewesen sein. Unsere @SZ @WDRinvestigativ - Recherche: sz.de/1.4891668 Mehr in diesem Thread ⬇️ #APT28 #FancyBear #Spionage #Justiz #BKA
Dmitriy Sergevevich Badin ist russischer Staatsbürger, geboren 1990 in Kursk, Russland. Er soll der Cyber-Einheit 26165 des russischen Militärgeheimdienstes #GRU angehören.
Badin wird bereits von den US-Behörden gesucht: Wegen der Beeinflussung der US-Präsidentschaftswahlen 2016 (#DNCHack) und dem Cyberangriff auf die Welt-Anti-Doping-Agentur #Wada.
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#AssisesSI, J2 : in da place pour écouter @felixaime (chercheur @kaspersky) parler de l'enquête sur #OlympicDestroyer, le malware perturbateur de JO (cf mobile.lemonde.fr/pixels/article…)
Intéressant: les attaquants ont voulu se faire passer pour des pirates nord-coréens spécialisés dans le ciblage d'institutions financières (#Bluenoroff ou #APT38)
Où l'on retrouve #Sofacy a.k.a. #FancyBear / #APT28 et la galaxie autour (BlackEnergy, NotPetya, BadRabbit). #PoupéesRusses
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