Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Strontium

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  1. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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    http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/arc...t-security-intelligence-report-strontium.aspx
     
  2. hawki

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    "Microsoft takes over domains controlled by Russia-based cybercriminal group Strontium [also known as Fancy Bear, APT28]...

    Microsoft recently took over seven domains connected to the Russia-based cybercriminal organization Strontium. The domains were used to target media organizations in Ukraine as well as government institutions in the United States and European Union that were involved in foreign policy. Microsoft received a court order on April 6, 2022 that allowed the company to seize the domains, which have since been redirected to a sinkhole controlled by Microsoft...

    Microsoft has worked to stop Strontium for several years. To date, the tech giant has seized over 100 domains that were once controlled by the Russia-based cybercriminal group...

    'This disruption is part of an ongoing long-term investment, started in 2016, to take legal and technical action to seize infrastructure being used by Strontium,' said Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Customer Security & Trust Tom Burt..."

    https://www.windowscentral.com/micr...ed-russia-based-cybercriminal-group-strontium
     
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