Report February 16, 2024 Editorial Department Botnet/Internet Security The U.S. government said Thursday it disrupted a botnet of hundreds of small office and home office (SOHO) routers in the country that Russia-linked APT28 attackers used to hide their malicious activities. “These crimes included large-scale spear phishing and similar credential collection operations targeting intelligence targets of interest to the Russian government, such as U.S. and foreign governments and militaries,” the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said in a statement. , security and enterprise organizations.” stated. APT28, whose tracking names also include BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, Fighting Ursa, Forest Blizzard (formerly known as Strontium), FROZENLAKE, Iron Twilight, Pawn Storm, Sednit, Sofacy, and TA422, has been assessed as having ties to the Russian General Directorate’s Unit 26165. There is contact with the General Administration. General Staff Unit (GRU). It is understood to have been active ...
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