Cyber warfare Archives - Page 89 of 139

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2017

US blames North Korea for the $81 million Bangladesh cyber heist

US federal prosecutors speculate the involvement of North Korea in the cyber heist of $81 million from Bangladesh’s account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The news was reported by The Wall Street Journal, prosecutors suspect the involvement of Chinese middlemen who helped the Government of Pyongyang to organize the cyber theft. In February 2016, unknown hackers transferred […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2017

Exclusive: Dirty Political Spying Attempt behind the FHAPPI Campaign: all the details in the interview with @unixfreaxjp

The role of China (PRC) in the worldwide cyber espionage game of conditioning political life: when reserved information are brandished against the political opponent. In the days of testimony of U.S. Federal investigators about the role played during the last year by Russians, their alleged cyber operation is once again under examination. The mainstream media […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2017

New APT Campaign based on Poison Ivy RAT with C&C in China has been reversed by MalwareMustDie

New APT Campaign based on Poison Ivy RAT with C&C in China has been reversed by MalwareMustDie who shared a lot of interesting details about the attack vectors and reverse techniques. Our travel along the great analysis of a fresh, new insidious APT China campaign. An ordinary case of phishing? At the beginning, it seemed […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2017

UK NCSC warns of cyber attacks powered by Russia against the political system

The UK National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) is warning of Russian political hacking capabilities, the risk of cyber attacks against the political system is high. The alert was raised by the UK National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) that is informing political parties in the UK to warn about “the potential for hostile action against the UK political […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2017

Wikileaks Vault7: CIA Umbrage team, the factory of false flag ops

Wikileaks Vault7 data leak – the Umbrage team was tasked by the Central Intelligence Agency for false flag hacking operations. WikiLeaks has obtained thousands of files allegedly originating from a CIA high-security network that details CIA hacking tools and capabilities.Digging in the huge trove of files, it is possible to find information about the ability of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2017

The Gamaredon Group is back with new weapons in its arsenal

The Russian state-actor dubbed Gamaredon is back and has been using a custom-developed malware in a new cyber espionage campaign. According to the experts from Palo Alto Networks, a Russian state-actor dubbed Gamaredon has been using a custom-developed malware in cyber espionage campaign on the Ukrainian government, military and law enforcement officials. The Gamaredon APT was first spotted in […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2017

The Singaporean Defence Ministry was hit by a cyber attack, no secrets were exfiltrated

The Singaporean Defence Ministry confirmed that threat actors have breached government systems stealing personal information of its employees. On Tuesday, the Defence Ministry confirmed that unknown hackers have breached government system and have stolen personal information belonging about 850 Singapore national servicemen and employees. Data accessed by hackers includes telephone numbers, dates of birth, and national […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2017

Shamoon 2 malware, ASERT has shed light on the C2 and the infection process

The analysis conducted by Arbor Networks on the Shamoon 2 malware has shed light on the control infrastructure and the infection process. Security researchers from Arbor Networks’ Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) have conducted a new analysis of the Shamoon 2 malware discovering further details on the tools and techniques used by the threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2017

South Korea targeted by a cyber espionage campaign, experts blame Norks

South Korea is once against under attack, alleged nation-state hackers have launched a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign on organizations in the public sector. According to the experts at Cisco Talos, the cyber espionage campaign was active between November 2016 and January 2017 and leveraged on vulnerabilities in a Korean language word processing program (Hangul Word […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2017

For the second time in a few months Montenegro suffered massive and prolonged cyberattacks

For the second time in a few months Montenegro suffered massive and prolonged cyberattacks against government and media websites. According to the Balkan Insight, attackers have launched a renewed attack on the Montenegrin government and media. The last wave of cyber attacks started on February 15 and lasted several days, according to the government experts it was […]

Cyber warfare

US blames North Korea for the $81 million Bangladesh cyber heist

Exclusive: Dirty Political Spying Attempt behind the FHAPPI Campaign: all the details in the interview with @unixfreaxjp

New APT Campaign based on Poison Ivy RAT with C&C in China has been reversed by MalwareMustDie

UK NCSC warns of cyber attacks powered by Russia against the political system

Wikileaks Vault7: CIA Umbrage team, the factory of false flag ops

The Gamaredon Group is back with new weapons in its arsenal

The Singaporean Defence Ministry was hit by a cyber attack, no secrets were exfiltrated

Shamoon 2 malware, ASERT has shed light on the C2 and the infection process

South Korea targeted by a cyber espionage campaign, experts blame Norks

For the second time in a few months Montenegro suffered massive and prolonged cyberattacks

newsletter

Subscribe to my email list and stay
up-to-date!

recent articles

Hackers deploy fake SonicWall VPN App to steal corporate credentials

Mainline Health Systems data breach impacted over 100,000 individuals

Disrupting the operations of cryptocurrency mining botnets

Prometei botnet activity has surged since March 2025

The U.S. House banned WhatsApp on government devices due to security concerns

QUICK LINKS

Cyber warfare

newsletter

Subscribe to my email list and stay up-to-date!

recent articles

Subscribe to my email list and stay
up-to-date!