Rapid7 unmasks Iranian APT MuddyWater using a Chaos ransomware "false flag" to hide state-sponsored espionage. See how they bypassed MFA via MS Teams.
False Flag
Check Point reveals Sicarii ransomware is a Russian false flag operation. Despite Israeli branding, the group relies on machine-translated Hebrew.
Chinese APT Silver Fox is using a Cyrillic false flag in an SEO poisoning campaign impersonating Microsoft Teams. The attack installs ValleyRAT for espionage and financial fraud.
Forescout found pro-Russian hacktivist group TwoNet fabricated critical infrastructure attacks after compromising a honeypot, exploiting a default login, and pushing the false claim on Telegram.