Russian national charged in Void Blizzard cyber-espionage scheme
A Russian national, Denis Nikolayevich Obrezko, has been charged with helping facilitate a massive cyber-espionage scheme that infiltrated at least 11 US companies, with authorities suspecting many more victims nationwide. Obrezko allegedly played a key role in the Void Blizzard campaign by buying a virtual private server and registering…
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🔍 New Threat Actor Alert: Void Blizzard
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified Void Blizzard—a newly observed Russia-affiliated threat actor engaged in cyberespionage across critical sectors including government, defense, healthcare, transportation, media, and NGOs, especially in Europe and North America.
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Microsoft Threat Intelligence has discovered a cluster of worldwide cloud abuse activity conducted by a threat actor we track as Void Blizzard, who we assess with high confidence is Russia-affiliated and has been active since at least April 2024. Void Blizzard’s cyberespionage operations tend to be highly targeted at specific organizations of interest to Russia, including in government, defense, transportation, media, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and healthcare sectors primarily in Europe and North America.
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has discovered a cluster of worldwide cloud abuse activity conducted by a threat actor we track as Void Blizzard, who we assess with high confidence is Russia-affiliated and has been active since at least April 2024. Void Blizzard’s cyberespionage operations tend to be highly targeted at specific organizations of interest to Russia, including in government, defense, transportation, media, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and healthcare sectors primarily in Europe and North America.
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