{"id":8614,"date":"2024-08-14T16:17:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T15:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/?p=8614"},"modified":"2024-08-25T20:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T19:41:01","slug":"russias-sophisticated-phishing-attacks-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/russias-sophisticated-phishing-attacks-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s sophisticated phishing attacks- what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8614\" class=\"elementor elementor-8614\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eefa1b4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eefa1b4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eef878 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9eef878\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Russian's sophisticated phishing attacks- what you need to know<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8794c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c8794c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715cf26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"715cf26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Russia\u2019s New Wave of Phishing Attacks Targets Civil Society with Unseen Sophistication<\/p><p>Russia\u2019s state-sponsored hackers are at it again, but this time, they\u2019ve taken phishing to a whole new level. According to a fresh report by the Citizen Lab and Access Now, recent attacks have shown an alarming increase in both the complexity of social engineering tactics and the technical execution.<\/p><p>What\u2019s happening?<br \/>* Russian state actors, known as Coldriver and Coldwastrel, are using advanced phishing techniques to target US, European, and Russian civil society members.<br \/>* They\u2019re impersonating people close to their targets, making their attacks incredibly convincing.<\/p><p>Who\u2019s been targeted?<br \/>* Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer was hit by a highly credible phishing attempt.<br \/>* Exiled Russian publisher Polina Machold fell victim to a similar attack, which alarmingly exploited her professional connections.<\/p><p>Why it matters?<br \/>* These attacks highlight the increasing risks facing anyone connected to the Russian opposition or sensitive communities. The sophistication of these campaigns makes them harder to detect and defend against.<br \/>* The goal? To extract as much sensitive information as possible, which could have dire consequences for the safety of those involved.<br \/>For anyone working in sensitive fields or connected to high-risk communities, now\u2019s the time to double down on cybersecurity measures. These threats are not just technical but personal.<br \/>Thoughts? Have you seen similar tactics in your field?<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessnow.org\/russian-phishing-technical-brief\">report<\/a>.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian&#8217;s sophisticated phishing attacks- what you need to know Russia\u2019s New Wave of Phishing Attacks Targets Civil Society with Unseen Sophistication Russia\u2019s state-sponsored hackers are at it again, but this time, they\u2019ve taken phishing to a whole new level. According to a fresh report by the Citizen Lab and Access Now, recent attacks have shown &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/russias-sophisticated-phishing-attacks-what-you-need-to-know\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Russia&#8217;s sophisticated phishing attacks- what you need to know<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,10],"tags":[46,54],"class_list":["post-8614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it-netzwerk-infrastruktur","category-it-security","tag-it-security","tag-phishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8614"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8632,"href":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions\/8632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntpas.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}