{"id":40778,"date":"2021-05-07T18:49:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T18:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/russian-cyber-spies-changed-tactics-after-the-uk-and-us-outed-their-techniques-so-heres-a-list-of-those-changes\/"},"modified":"2021-05-07T18:49:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T18:49:10","slug":"russian-cyber-spies-changed-tactics-after-the-uk-and-us-outed-their-techniques-so-heres-a-list-of-those-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/russian-cyber-spies-changed-tactics-after-the-uk-and-us-outed-their-techniques-so-heres-a-list-of-those-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian cyber-spies changed tactics after the UK and US outed their techniques \u2013 so here&#8217;s a list of those changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian spies from APT29 responded to Western agencies outing their tactics by adopting a red-teaming tool to blend into targets&#8217; networks as a legitimate pentesting exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the UK&#8217;s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the US warn, the SVR is busy exploiting a dozen critical-rated vulns (including RCEs) in equipment ranging from Cisco routers through to VMware virtualization kit \u2013 and the well-known Pulse Secure VPN flaw, among others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In one example identified by the NCSC, the actor had searched for authentication credentials in mailboxes, including passwords and PKI keys,&#8221; warned the GCHQ offshoot today.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,leaderboard,mpu,\" data-lg=\",fluid,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,superleaderboard,billboard,leaderboard,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YJWjlGX75X9w8OSppXT98AAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YJWjlGX75X9w8OSppXT98AAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YJWjlGX75X9w8OSppXT98AAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YJWjlGX75X9w8OSppXT98AAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YJWjlGX75X9w8OSppXT98AAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YJWjlGX75X9w8OSppXT98AAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Roughly equivalent to MI6 mixed with GCHQ, the SVR is Russia&#8217;s foreign intelligence service and is known to infosec pros as APT29. A couple of weeks ago, Britain and the US <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/04\/27\/apt29_russia_svr_tactics_cisa\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joined forces to out the SVR&#8217;s Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)<\/a>, giving the world&#8217;s infosec defenders a chance to look out for the state-backed hackers&#8217; fingerprints on their networked infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SVR cyber operators appear to have reacted to this report by changing their TTPs in an attempt to avoid further detection and remediation efforts by network defenders,&#8221; said the poker-faced NCSC today, in an advisory detailing precisely what those changed TTPs are.<\/p>\n<p>They include:<\/p>\n<p>On top of all that the SVR is also posing as legitimate red-team pentesters: looking for easy camouflage, the spies hopped onto GitHub and downloaded the free open-source Sliver red-teaming platform, in what the NCSC described as &#8220;an attempt to maintain their accesses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are more vulns being abused by the Russians and the full NCSC advisory on what these are can be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/news\/joint-advisory-further-ttps-associated-with-svr-cyber-actors\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read on the NCSC website<\/a>. The advisory includes YARA and Snort rules.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"crosshead\"> <span>The self-preservation society<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>Separately, the NCSC issued a blog post this morning warning public sector operators of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2017\/09\/07\/smart_cities_are_surveillance_cities\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">smart city infrastructure<\/a> to be wary of unnamed hostile foreign countries using these installations to steal data and more.<\/p>\n<p>Comparing the risks to <i>The Italian Job<\/i>, NCSC chief techie Ian Levy wrote: &#8220;As part of an elaborate heist, a dodgy computer professor (played by Benny Hill) switches magnetic storage tapes for the Turin traffic control to create a gridlock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,leaderboard,mpu,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YJWjlGX75X9w8OSppXT98AAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YJWjlGX75X9w8OSppXT98AAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Drawing on this, the NCSC has published a set of &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/collection\/connected-places-security-principles\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">connected places cyber security principles<\/a>&#8221; for operators of public spaces with connectivity kit and sensors in them.<\/p>\n<p>Why the sudden focus on smart streetlights and all the rest of it? Though the NCSC wouldn&#8217;t be drawn, a clue lies in <i>El Reg<\/i>&#8216;s inbox. For the past few years Huawei has been one of the most aggressively marketed smart city vendors. The Chinese company&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/e.huawei.com\/uk\/services\/industry-consulting-and-application-integration\/smart-city\">website<\/a> boasts of its &#8220;smart city solution service&#8221;, which consists of covering your dumb pavements and stupid trees in sensors that may or may not be remotely accessible by Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>More prosaically, the risk in smart cities is the direct control of operational technology; industrial equipment such as CCTV, streetlights and access control systems. We understand at least one UK council is removing some smart city gear after having had a think about the wisdom of installing it. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/05\/07\/ncsc_russia_vulns_smart_cities_china_warning\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: NCSC warns of how hostile powers may exploit smart city infrastructure Russian spies from APT29 responded to Western agencies outing their tactics by adopting a red-teaming tool to blend into targets&#8217; networks as a legitimate pentesting exercise.\u2026 READ MORE 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