Cyber warfare

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2022
Russia-Ukraine cyber conflict poses critical infrastructure at risk

While the Russia-Ukraine cyber conflict goes on, nation-state actors, crooks, and hacktivists continue to pose critical infrastructure at risk. Critical infrastructure is a privileged target for almost any kind of threat actor, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine cyber conflict is posing them at risk. Ongoing attacks could cause severe damages to multiple sectors, including transportation, communication, financial […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2022
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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2022
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. Russia will ban Instagram, the decision was announced by Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor. Officially the Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor explained that the decision is the response of Meta that the posting of information […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2022
Anonymous hacked Roskomnadzor agency revealing Russian disinformation

The Anonymous collective continues to launch attacks against Russian entities, this is a summary of recent offensives. Anonymous announced to have hacked the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, also known as Roskomnadzor. The agency is responsible for monitoring, controlling and censoring Russian mass media and according to Anonymous, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2022
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. Anonymous and other hacker groups continue to target Russia, in a recent attack the collective has taken over more than 400 Russian cameras in support of Ukraine. The hacktivist shared the live feed […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2022
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. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which focuses on the analysis of nation-state threat actors, revealed to have blocked attacks against hundreds of Ukrainians conducted by Belarus and Russian state-sponsored hackers. The attacks have been attributed to the Russia-linked […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2022
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. Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) is warning of new phishing attacks targeting Ukrainian citizens through compromised email accounts belonging to three different Indian entities. The attacks were aimed at stealing sensitive information from compromised accounts. The malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2022
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. The popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced today that it’s blocking access to more than 25,000 blockchain addresses linked to Russian people and entities. Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal explained that its company is complying with sanctions […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2022
Anonymous hacked Russian streaming services to broadcast war footage

Anonymous hacked into the most popular Russian streaming services to broadcast war footage from Ukraine. The popular hacker collective Anonymous continues to target Russian entities, a few hours ago the group hacked into the most popular Russian streaming services to broadcast war footage from Ukraine and demonstrate to Russians the atrocity of the invasion ordered […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2022
Feb 27- Mar 05 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 5 – Anonymous #OpRussia Thousands of sites hacked, data leaks and more Anonymous and its affiliates continue to target Russia and Belarus, it is also targeting the Russian disinformation machine. March 5 – Thousands […]