Operation Masquerade: FBI Disrupts Russian Router Hacking Campaign

Multiple high-impact threats and vulnerabilities reported: US authorities disrupted a Russian GRU campaign (Operation Masquerade / Forest Blizzard) that hijacked home/business routers via DNS manipulation to conduct espionage and credential theft; Storm-1175 is rapidly weaponizing disclosed flaws to deploy Medusa ransomware against healthcare and education (exploitation within 24 hours); a ClickFix campaign uses fake CAPTCHAs to deliver Tor-backed Node.js malware that drains crypto wallets; REF1695 is distributing Monero-mining malware via fake non‑profit installers; GrafanaGhost is a critical