Oh, Great. Another One.

Right, so listen up, because I’m only saying this once. Apparently, there’s this APT group calling themselves “Silver Fox.” Fancy name for a bunch of digital thugs, if you ask me. They’re not just sticking to state-sponsored espionage like they *should* be; these clowns are actively mixing it with straight-up cybercrime. Like, seriously? Can’t pick a lane?

They’ve been targeting companies in the US, Europe and Asia for years – mostly aerospace, defense, medical, and high-tech. Stealing intellectual property, then probably selling it to the highest bidder. Standard stuff, honestly. They use a whole mess of custom malware (because apparently off-the-shelf tools aren’t good enough for their delicate sensibilities) and are really good at living off the land – meaning they try not to leave footprints. Which is annoying.

What makes them special? Nothing! Just another headache for security teams, blending in with legitimate network activity. They’re using compromised accounts, phishing emails…the usual garbage. Mandiant (who wrote this report, by the way – always gotta have a report) thinks they’ve been at it since *at least* 2017, and possibly earlier. And of course, attribution is a nightmare because they are so careful.

Basically, if you’re in aerospace, defense, medical or high-tech, assume you’re already compromised and start looking for weird shit on your network. Don’t come crying to me when you find it. I have better things to do than hold your hand.

Ugh. Just…ugh.

Source: Dark Reading – Silver Fox APT Blurs the Line Between Espionage & Cybercrime

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Speaking of headaches, I once had to debug a routing issue caused by a sysadmin who thought renaming an interface to “TheMagicPortal” was a good idea. Seriously. *TheMagicPortal*. It took me three hours and a whole lot of caffeine to fix that mess. And you wonder why I’m like this? Don’t even get me started on the naming conventions people use… it makes me want to crash systems just for fun.

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