Storm-2945

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Fake Conferences, OAuth and WhatsApp: Inside Russia’s New Espionage Tactics

Google tracks three Russia-linked espionage clusters using phishing and legitimate authentication tools to target researchers, diplomats and defense staff. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group tracked three separate suspected Russia-linked cyber espionage clusters. All three focus on the same thing: abusing authentication features that are supposed to protect accounts to access them instead. Threat actors target researchers, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2026
Russian Hackers Hijack Hotel Wi-Fi to Steal Microsoft 365 Tokens

Microsoft says Russian hackers hijacked hotel Wi-Fi portals to spread malware and steal Microsoft 365 tokens from travelers. Microsoft Threat Intelligence disclosed CaptiveCrunch, a campaign it attributes to Storm-2945, an operational sub-cluster of Midnight Blizzard, the Russian SVR-linked group also known as APT29 and Cozy Bear. Since early May 2026, Storm-2945 has been manipulating DNS […]