Pawn Storm Uses Brute Force and Stealth Against High-Value Targets
January 31, 2024 at 03:00AM Pawn Storm, also known as APT28 and Forest Blizzard, has been utilizing brute force and stealth tactics to launch NTLMv2 hash relay attacks against high-value targets, particularly government departments, from April 2022 to November 2023. The group’s aggressive and repetitive spear-phishing campaigns mask their advanced and stealthy post-exploitation actions, often … Read more