"The IOC plans to give the international sports arena to athletes who not only sympathize with the murders of Ukrainian women and children but are also probably directly involved in these terrible crimes," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry wrote on Dec. 9.
IOC President Thomas Bach said the committee's two Russian members, Yelena Isinbayeva and Shamil Tarpischev, will not be penalized because they have no ties to Russia's military and do not support the war against Ukraine.
On install they decrypt Fernet encrypted code, which loads further code from https://funcaptcha[.]ru/paste2?package=asyncioo (replace the parameter with the package name).
I was blocked from accessing that code (am on mobile right now, so I don't have the means to investigate for real, Fernet decryption was already fun :abloblamp: ).
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Thursday that it is suspending the Russian Olympic Committee until further notice.
According to the IOC’s statement, the decision is in response to Russia’s decision to include regional sports organizations from the occupied territories of Ukraine as its own members, which the IOC called a violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee.
When Pierre de Coubertin revived the #Olympics in 1894, he imagined the Games as an occasion for world peace as countries came together in amicable sporting events. But the Games were soon caught up in nations' rivalries and political agendas. The #IOC struggled – and failed – to distance itself from the 20th century's global crises and conflicts, from holding the Berlin Olympics in 1936 during Nazi rule to rival boycotts of the Games during the Cold War.
CISA and FBI released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Known Indicators of Compromise Associated with Androxgh0st Malware, to disseminate known indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with threat actors deploying Androxgh0st malware.
🔗 https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-016a
Athletes from Russia and Belarus have not been allowed to compete at the Asian Games, which begin on September 23, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has deprived London of the right to conduct qualifying competitions in new sports for the 2024 Olympics because of the UK government position on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
Akamai reports that two unidentified Zero-Day RCE vulnerabilities are actively being exploited in the wild to build a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) InfectedSlurs botnet. The payload targets routers and network video recorder (NVR) devices with default admin credentials and installs Mirai variants when successful. Akamai implies that the two Zero-Days affect router and NVR models, and would reveal details after the vendor(s) release a patch in December. Note: the threat actors use racial slurs and offensive language in their filenames. IOC provided, as well as YARA and Snort rules. Link:https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/2023/nov/new-rce-botnet-spreads-mirai-via-zero-days
The Kremlin has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of “racism and neo-Nazism” over its decision to bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from participating in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics this summer.
A couple weeks back we noticed an uptick of incidents from trojanized Advanced IP Installer's delivered due to #malvertising. We tied it back to a group who were formerly a #darkside#ransomware affiliate according to Mandiant.
You may remember articles circulating about Bing's AI providing malvertising links. This is from the same campaign.
The Russian Olympic team has been officially stripped of its gold medal in the team figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, following the four-year suspension of team member Kamila #Valieva for doping.
A number of Russian judo athletes with military ties are seeking to compete at the European #Judo Championships in France next month as “neutral” athletes, despite International Olympic Committee (#IOC) guidance that active military members should not participate in international sports events.
BERLIN, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Russians and Belarusians who qualify in their sport for the Paris 2024 Olympics can take part as neutrals without flags, emblems or anthems at the event next year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday.
#Russia is waging a disinformation campaign aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the #IOC and stoking fears of violence at this summer's #Paris Games, according to a new report from Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center. The influence operations use a mix of fake videos, fictitious news stories, and AI-generated impersonations, including the faked voice of Hollywood star Tom Cruise. FRANCE24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more. #France#Ukraine
Foreign Ministry condemns IOC decision to let Russian athletes compete at Paris Olympics (kyivindependent.com)
"The IOC plans to give the international sports arena to athletes who not only sympathize with the murders of Ukrainian women and children but are also probably directly involved in these terrible crimes," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry wrote on Dec. 9.
IOC president: Russian members don't support war in Ukraine, won't be banned (kyivindependent.com)
IOC President Thomas Bach said the committee's two Russian members, Yelena Isinbayeva and Shamil Tarpischev, will not be penalized because they have no ties to Russia's military and do not support the war against Ukraine.
IOC bans London from conducting qualifiers for 2024 Olympics due to UK position on Russian and Belarusian athletes (www.pravda.com.ua)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has deprived London of the right to conduct qualifying competitions in new sports for the 2024 Olympics because of the UK government position on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
Russia accuses Olympic Committee of ‘racism and neo-Nazism’ over opening ceremony decision (kyivindependent.com)
The Kremlin has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of “racism and neo-Nazism” over its decision to bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from participating in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics this summer.
Russians, Belarusians to participate at Paris Olympics as neutrals - IOC (www.reuters.com)
BERLIN, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Russians and Belarusians who qualify in their sport for the Paris 2024 Olympics can take part as neutrals without flags, emblems or anthems at the event next year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday.
IOC so far does not plan to invite Russia and Belarus to Olympics-2024 (www.pravda.com.ua)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not send Russia and Belarus the invitation to the 2024 Olympics, set to be held in Paris, on 26 July.