A Russia-based hacking group named Cold River is behind an expansive and ongoing information-gathering campaign that has struck various targets in government, politics, academia, defense, journalism, and activism, Britain said Thursday. | Reuters
Russia’s embassies in London and Washington did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment about the NCSC’s comments. The advisoryrapport has been built, Cold River hackers encourage the target to click on a malicious link that tricks them into entering their login credentials on a website controlled by the group, the advisory said.
The hackers use those stolen credentials to log into the target’s email accounts, “from where they are known to access and steal emails and attachments from the victim’s inbox,” it added.Reuters reported that Cold River, also known as “Callisto” and “Seaborgium,” targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States last summer and published private emails from former British spymaster Richard Dearlove in May.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York said the Iranian government had no knowledge of the group.Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Cold River has escalated its hacking campaign against Kyiv’s allies, cybersecurity researchers and western government officials told Reuters. Western officials say the Russian government is a global leader in hacking and uses cyber-espionage against foreign governments and industries to seek a competitive advantage.
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