Hackers breach FSB contractor (SyTech), expose Tor deanonymization project and more

guest · Jul 20, 2019

Hackers breach FSB contractor, expose Tor deanonymization project and more
SyTech, the hacked company, was working on research projects for the FSB, Russia's intelligence service
July 20, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-breach-fsb-contractor-expose-tor-deanonymization-project/

Hackers have breached SyTech, a contractor for FSB, Russia's national intelligence service, from where they stole information about internal projects the company was working on behalf of the agency -- including one for deanonymizing Tor traffic.

The breach took place last weekend, on July 13, when a group of hackers going by the name of 0v1ru$ hacked into SyTech's Active Directory server from where they gained access to the company's entire IT network, including a JIRA instance.
Hackers stole 7.5TB of data from the contractor's network, and they defaced the company's website with a "yoba face," an emoji popular with Russian users that stands for "trolling."
FSB'S SECRET PROJECTS
Per the different reports in Russian media, the files indicate that SyTech had worked since 2009 on a multitude of projects since 2009 for FSB unit 71330 and for fellow contractor Quantum. Projects include: [...]
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mirimir · Jul 21, 2019

tl;dr -- There's nothing very concerning re Tor. About what the FBI can manage, at best. Well short of NSA level.

guest · Mar 21, 2020

Hackers breach FSB contractor and leak details about IoT hacking project
March 20, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacke...r-and-leak-details-about-iot-hacking-project/

Russian hacker group Digital Revolution claims to have breached a contractor for the FSB -- Russia's national intelligence service -- and discovered details about a project intended for hacking Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
The group published this week 12 technical documents, diagrams, and code fragments for a project called "Fronton."

ZDNet has not seen the documents first hand since they are still password-protected; however, the hackers provided the files to BBC Russia earlier this week.
FRONTON -- THE FSB'S IOT BOTNET
Based on file timestamps, the project appears to have been put together in 2017 and 2018. The documents heavily reference and take inspiration from Mirai, an IoT malware strain that was used to build a massive IoT botnet in late 2016, which was then used to launch devastating DDoS attacks against a wide range of targets, from ISPs to core internet service providers.
FRONTON TARGETED IOT CAMERAS AND NVRS
Fronton specs say the botnet should specifically target internet security cameras and digital recorders (NVRs), which they deem ideal for carrying out DDoS attacks.
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