NCSC issue warning Russian Snake Malware

Caute_cautim — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:31:55 GMT

Hi All

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) from UK Government issued the following warning on the Russian Snake Malware:

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/uk-and-allies-expose-snake-malware-threat-from-russian-cyber-actors

Fully details within the notice:

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-129a

The Snake implant is considered the most sophisticated cyber espionage tool designed and used by Center 16 of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for long-term intelligence collection on sensitive targets. To conduct operations using this tool, the FSB created a covert peer-to-peer (P2P) network of numerous Snake-infected computers worldwide. Many systems in this P2P network serve as relay nodes which route disguised operational traffic to and from Snake implants on the FSB’s ultimate targets. Snake’s custom communications protocols employ encryption and fragmentation for confidentiality and are designed to hamper detection and collection efforts.

Regards

Caute_Cautim

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