Russian Defense corporation Rubin Central Design Bureau of Marine Engineering hit by malware attack in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Summary:

In April 2021, the in saint Petersburg based Russian Defence Industry Rubin Central Design Bureau of Marine Engineering was attacked with the means of spear-phishing and PortDoor malware. With a malicious attachment in the form of an RTF-file, an previously unknown backdoor came into play. The campaign of the hackers (the Chinese communist party state-sponsored cyber-criminals) was to gain information about submarines that are designed by the company. Nonetheless, there was no impact.

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