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Untangling KNOTWEED: European private-sector offensive actor using 0-day exploits

Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000

MSTIC and MSRC disclose technical details of a private-sector offensive actor (PSOA) tracked as KNOTWEED using multiple Windows and Adobe 0-day exploits, including one for the recently patched CVE-2022-22047, in limited and targeted attacks against European and Central American customers.

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Exposing POLONIUM activity and infrastructure targeting Israeli organizations

Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Microsoft successfully detected and disabled attack activity abusing OneDrive by a previously undocumented Lebanon-based activity group Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) tracks as POLONIUM.

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ACTINIUM targets Ukrainian organizations

Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0000

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) is sharing information on a threat group named ACTINIUM, which has been operational for almost a decade and has consistently pursued access to organizations in Ukraine or entities related to Ukrainian affairs. MSTIC previously tracked ACTINIUM activity as DEV-0157, and this group is also referred to publicly as Gamaredon.…

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