Another Fucking Malware Strain, Great.

Oh joy, another one. Apparently, some new piece of crap called COLDRIVER has decided to join the party with the BO team and Bearlyfy – because *obviously* Russia needs more cyberattacks like a hole in the head. This isn’t exactly breaking news; it’s just more of the same garbage we see all the time.

Basically, these clowns are using compromised infrastructure (shocker) to deliver malware through what looks like legitimate software updates. They’re targeting… you guessed it… Russia-focused organizations. They use a bunch of different tools and techniques – living off the land stuff, custom loaders, the whole nine yards of tedious bullshit. It’s all about stealing credentials and generally causing chaos.

The really *innovative* part? (heavy sarcasm) They’re using some fancy obfuscation to avoid detection. Like anyone hasn’t tried that before. And they’re good at staying hidden for a while, which means more time for them to poke around and steal shit. The article mentions specific indicators of compromise (IOCs), but honestly, if you need *me* to tell you what IOCs to look for, you’re already screwed.

Look, it’s COLDRIVER. It’s Russia-focused. It steals data. It uses standard techniques. It exists. Are we done now? Can I go back to ignoring things?

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/new-coldriver-malware-campaign-joins-bo.html

Speaking of staying hidden, reminds me of this one time a sysadmin thought he’d secured his network by changing the default password on his router to “password123”. Yeah. That lasted about five minutes. People are idiots. Don’t be that guy.

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