{"id":244708,"date":"2026-10-01T01:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/russian-state-hackers-use-new-redflick-technique-to-push-malware"},"modified":"2026-10-01T01:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:29:15","slug":"russian-state-hackers-use-new-redflick-technique-to-push-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/russian-state-hackers-use-new-redflick-technique-to-push-malware","title":{"rendered":"Russian state hackers use new RedFlick technique to push malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/russian-state-hackers-use-new-redflick-technique-to-push-malware.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Russian state actor Star Blizzard has been using a new malware installation tactic dubbed \u201cRedFlick\u201d to deploy its signature CosmicPulse backdoor.<\/p>\n<p>Although the tactic is not a new cybersecurity technique, it is a new delivery approach for the threat actor, allowing it to further automate attacks and reduce victim interaction.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft researchers say that Star Blizzard expanded its phishing operations and streamlined malware delivery in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian state actor Star Blizzard has been using a new malware installation tactic dubbed \u201cRedFlick\u201d to deploy its signature CosmicPulse backdoor. Although the tactic is not a new cybersecurity technique, it is a new delivery approach for the threat actor, allowing it to further automate attacks and reduce victim interaction. Microsoft researchers say that [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}