Rewterz Threat Update – Transneft Data Leaked by Anonymous – Russian-Ukrainian Cyber Warfare

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

Anonymous, a hacktivist and activist collective, has declared their support for Ukraine in this ongoing cyber war. In doing so, they have disabled Russian websites such as http://kremlin.ru/ and other government portals. In addition to this, the group also took down RT News, and leaked 200GB of emails between Belarusian weapons maker Tetraedr and Russia. The collective also hacked Russian TV channels, played the Ukrainian national anthem on them, and also showed uncensored news of what was happening in Ukraine.

Recently, Anonymous has leaked data stolen from the Russian pipeline company “Transneft.” The Omega company was hacked by Anonymous and it is the in-house R&D unit of Transneft. Thus, the Russia-Based oil giant was also affected. This is a critical data breach because Transneft is the largest oil pipeline company in the world and 79 Gb of its emails have been released. These emails also contain employee credentials, asset information, technical configurations of the equipments, and shipment information on the product. Anonymous has dedicated the leak to Hillary Clinton.

“People who love freedom, and understand that our way of life depends on supporting those who believe in freedom as well, could be engaged in cyber support of those in the streets in Russia,” Clinton said.

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Impact

• Cyber Espionage
• Cyber Warfare
• Credential Theft

Remediation

• Antivirus – Enable antivirus and anti-malware software and update signature definitions in a timely manner.
• 2FA – Enable two-factor authentication.
• Patch – Patch and upgrade any platforms and software timely. Prioritize patching known exploited vulnerabilities.
• WAF – Set up a Web Application Firewall with rules to block suspicious and malicious requests.
• Admin Access – limit access to administrative accounts and portals to only relevant personnel and make sure they are not publicly accessible.
• Passwords – Implement strong passwords.
• Logging – Log your eCommerce environment’s network activity and web server activity.