Cyber warfare

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2022
Anonymous and its affiliates continue to cause damage to Russia

The massive operation launched by the Anonymous collective against Russia for its illegitimate invasion continues. The popular collective Anonymous, and its affiliates, relentlessly continue their offensive against Russian targets. In the last few hours, in addition to government sites, the sites of the country’s main banks have been brought to their knees. News of alleged […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2022
IsaacWiper, the third wiper spotted since the beginning of the Russian invasion

IsaacWiper, a new data wiper was used against an unnamed Ukrainian government network after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ESET researchers uncovered a new data wiper, tracked as IsaacWiper, that was used against an unnamed Ukrainian government network after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The wiper was first spotted on February 24 within an organization that was […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2022
FoxBlade malware targeted Ukrainian networks hours before Russia’s invasion

Microsoft revealed that Ukrainian entities were targeted with a previous undetected malware, dubbed FoxBlade, several hours before the invasion. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) continues to investigate the attacks that are targeting Ukrainian networks and discovered that entities in Ukraine were targeted with a previously undetected malware, dubbed FoxBlade, several hours before Russia’s invasion. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2022
Anonymous breached the internal network of Belarusian railways

The Anonymous hacker collective claims to have breached the Belarusian Railway’s data-processing network. The Anonymous collective announced that the internal network of Belarusian railways has been compromised, the group claims to have blocked all services and will deactivate them until Russian troops will leave the territory of Belarus. Purpose of attack – to disrupt the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2022
Feb 7- Feb 27 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. Below is the timeline of Russia – Ukraine cyber dispute February 27 – Ukraine: Volunteer IT Army is going to hit tens of Russian targets from this list Ukraine is recruiting a volunteer IT army […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2022
Ukraine: Volunteer IT Army is going to hit tens of Russian targets from this list

Ukraine is recruiting a volunteer IT army composed of white hat hackers to launch attacks on a list of Russian entities. Ukraine is recruiting a volunteer IT army of cyber security experts and white hat hackers to launch cyberattacks on a list of Russian entities. The list is composed of 31 targets including Russian critical […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2022
Anonymous hacked the Russian Defense Ministry and is targeting Russian companies

Anonymous collective has hacked the Russian Defense Ministry and leaked the data of its employees in response to the Ukraine invasion. A few hours after the Anonymous collective has called to action against Russia following the illegitimate invasion of Ukraine its members have taken down the website of the Russian propaganda station RT News and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2022
Ukraine calls on independent hackers to defend against Russia, Russian underground responds

While Ukraine calls for hacker underground to defend against Russia, ransomware gangs make their moves. Ukraine’s government is asking for volunteers from the hacker underground to provide their support in protecting critical infrastructure and carry out offensive operations against Russian state-sponsored hackers, reported Reuters which cited two e experts involved in the project. The call […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2022
US and UK details a new Python backdoor used by MuddyWater APT group

US and UK cybersecurity agencies provided details of a new malware used by Iran-linked MuddyWater APT. CISA, the FBI, the US Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK), and the NSA, and law enforcement agencies have published a joint advisory on new malware used by Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2022
Data wiper attacks on Ukraine were planned at least in November and used ransomware as decoy

Experts reported that the wiper attacks that yesterday hit hundreds of systems in Ukraine used a GoLang-based ransomware decoy. Yesterday, researchers from cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom’s Symantec discovered a new data wiper malware that was employed in a recent wave of attacks that hit hundreds of machines in Ukraine. A tweet from ESET revealed that the company’s telemetry shows […]