Cyber warfare

Mar 06- Mar 12 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective.

March 12 – Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram

Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram in Russia to prevent the spreading of info related to the Ukraine invasion.

March 11 – Anonymous hacked Roskomnadzor agency revealing Russian disinformation

The Anonymous collective continues to launch attacks against Russian entities, this is a summary of recent offensives.

March 10 – Crooks target Ukraine’s IT Army with a tainted DDoS tool

Threat actors are spreading password-stealing malware disguised as a security tool to target Ukraine’s IT Army.

March 9 – Multiple Russian government websites hacked in a supply chain attack

Threat actors hacked Russian federal agencies’ websites in a supply chain attack involving the compromise of a stats widget.

March 9 – Anonymous hacked Russian cams, websites, announced a clamorous leak

The collective Anonymous has hacked public cameras in Russia and transmitted their live feed on a website, it also announced a clamorous leak.

March 8 – Google TAG: Russia, Belarus-linked APTs targeted Ukraine

Google TAG observed Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeting Ukraine and European government and military orgs.

March 8 – Ukraine’s CERT-UA warns of phishing attacks against Ukrainian citizens

Ukraine’s CERT-UA warned citizens of new phishing attacks launched through compromised email accounts belonging to Indian entities.

March 7 – Coinbase blocked 25,000 crypto addresses linked to Russian individuals and entities

Coinbase announced that it’s blocking access to more than 25,000 blockchain addresses linked to Russian individuals and entities.

March 7 – Anonymous hacked Russian streaming services to broadcast war footage

Anonymous hacked into the most popular Russian streaming services to broadcast war footage from Ukraine.

March 6 – Anonymous offers $52,000 worth of Bitcoin to Russian troops for surrendered tank. Is it fake news?

The popular hacker collective Anonymous is offering to Russian troops $52,000 in BTC for each surrendered tank.

March 6 – Charities and NGOs providing support in Ukraine hit by malware

Malware based attacks are targeting charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) providing support in Ukraine

Below is the timeline of the events related to the previous weeks:

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Pierluigi Paganini

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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