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Emmanuel Macron hails Minsk breakthrough as Moscow and Kyiv agree to talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky brushed aside a remark from Vladimir Putin calling Ukraine his “beauty,” amid tensions over Moscow’s buildup of troops on the border.
In a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Moscow yesterday, Mr Putin criticised Mr Zelensky, who recently said he does not like the 2015 Minsk peace agreements on the country’s separatist conflict.
“Like it or not, my beauty, you have to put up with it,” Mr Putin said, using an expression that rhymes in Russian.
The remark sparked heated debate online, with many accusing Mr Putin of using the kind of language that can justify rape.
“Of course, there are things that you can’t argue about with the Russian president: Ukraine is indeed a beauty,” Mr Zelensky, who is a former comedian, said after talks with the French president.
The 44-year-old leader added during a joint news conference, “when he calls Ukraine ‘mine’ I believe that’s already too much.”
Moscow compromises USAID Constant Contact account. Beijing continues to exploit PulseVPN vulnerabilities. Ransomware updates.
Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
Russia Appears to Carry Out Hack Through System Used by U.S. Aid Agency (NYTimes) Microsoft reported that it had detected the intrusion and that the same hackers behind the earlier SolarWinds attack were responsible.
Microsoft says group behind SolarWinds hack now targeting government agencies, NGOs (Reuters) The group behind the SolarWinds (SWI.N) cyber attack identified late last year is now targeting government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Thursday.
Russian hackers launch major cyberattack through U.S. aid agency’s email system, Microsoft says (CNBC) The Russian hackers thought to be behind the catastrophic SolarWinds attack last year have launched another major cyberattack, Microsoft warned.
Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers target email accounts used by State Department aid agency (USA TODAY) Hackers with suspected ties to Moscow launch new assaults on email accounts used by the State Department’s international aid agency, Microsoft says.
Cozy Bear revisits one of its greatest hits, researchers say: election skulduggery (CyberScoop) It looks like the Russian government-linked hacking group Cozy Bear is back in the election trickery business. The security firm Volexity publicized a spearphishing campaign on Thursday that it identified only days ago, a scheme that uses an election fraud document as a lure.
Microsoft: SolarWinds hackers target 150 orgs with phishing (The Independent) Microsoft says the state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks this week
Another Nobelium Cyberattack (Microsoft On the Issues) This week, Microsoft observed cyberattacks by the threat actor Nobelium targeting government agencies, think tanks, consultants and non-governmental organizations. These attacks appear to be a continuation of Nobelium’s intelligence gathering efforts.
Suspected APT29 Operation Launches Election Fraud Themed Phishing Campaigns (Volexity) On May 25, 2021, Volexity identified a phishing campaign targeting multiple organizations based in the…
Hacker opens 2,732 PickPoint package lockers across Moscow
Image via PickPoint
A mysterious hacker used a cyber-attack to force-open the doors of 2,732 package delivery lockers across Moscow.
The attack, which took place on Friday afternoon, December 4, targeted the network of PickPoint, a local delivery service that maintains a network of more than 8,000 package lockers across Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
Russians can order products online and choose to have any of their orders delivered to a PickPoint locker instead of their home address.
Once the package arrives, users receive an email or mobile notification, and they can show up and pick up their orders using the PickPoint app.
However, the same system that allows users to open lockers and retrieve their packages was attacked on Friday.
Using a yet-to-be-identified exploit, a mysterious hacker forced open the doors for a third of PickPoint’s lockers, leaving thousands of packages exposed to theft across Moscow.
Хакерская атака обрушилась сегодня утром на постоматы PickPoint, из-за чего камеры хранения открылись на распашку. В пресс службе компании сообщили, что сбой затронул более 3000 терминалов и обещали связаться со всеми пострадавшими клиентами. pic.twitter.com/rjCYakCOUh
— роман соболев (@MicroRomario) December 7, 2020
The reason for the attack has yet to be discovered, but in press releases over the weekend, PickPoint said it notified authorities.
The Russian company said it is currently working to restore its network, which has been damaged during the attack.
It also remains unclear if packages were stolen from lockers. According to social media posts, guards and landlords were quick to intervene on Friday and restrict access to the obviously malfunctioning lockers.
As the…