Oh, Joy. Another Day, Another APT Headache.

Right, listen up, you lot. Apparently, the clowns over at Gamaredon (aka Armageddon) and Turla – yeah, *those* Russians – are holding hands now. Like a goddamn kindergarten class of state-sponsored malware slingers. What’s new? Everything is always new with these guys.

They’re targeting Ukraine, naturally. Because subtlety isn’t exactly their strong suit. They’re pushing around this thing called Kazuar – some custom backdoor that lets them poke around networks for ages. It’s got layers of obfuscation, because apparently writing clean code is too much effort. It uses legit Windows tools to blend in, which is just *brilliant* and totally unexpected.

The report says they’re using compromised accounts and a whole heap of phishing emails to get their grubby paws inside. Standard operating procedure for these morons. They’ve been at it since at least March 2024, so if you’re in Ukraine, assume you’re already owned. Seriously, change your passwords. All of them.

Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud Security) is the one yelling about this, and they’ve linked it pretty definitively to both groups. Like we needed more proof that Russia is a festering pit of digital malice. Honestly, I’m starting to think their entire GDP is funded by ransomware and espionage.

So yeah. More attacks, more backdoors, more headaches for security teams. Fantastic. Just what the world needs.

Read the full, depressing story here

And another thing…

Reminds me of this time I had to clean up a server room after some script kiddie decided it was funny to install Limewire on everything. *Everything*. At least those guys weren’t backed by a nation-state, just pure idiocy. This? This is deliberate. And infuriating.

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