Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2024
China-linked APT Gelsemium has been observed using a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane in attacks targeting East and Southeast Asia. China-linked APT Gelsemium has deployed a previously unknown Linux backdoor, WolfsBane, in attacks targeting East and Southeast Asia, according to ESET. Victims include entities in Taiwan, the Philippines, and Singapore, as seen in VirusTotal samples from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 11, 2024
South Korea claims Pro-Russia actors intensified cyberattacks on national sites after it decided to monitor North Korean troops in Ukraine. South Korea’s government blames pro-Russia threat actors for an intensification of cyberattacks on national sites after it decided to monitor North Korean troops in Ukraine. South Korea reports that over 10,000 North Korean troops are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2024
The DoJ charged Anonymous Sudan members and disrupted their DDoS infrastructure, halting its cyber operations. The US Justice Department charged two Sudanese brothers (Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer, 22, and Alaa Salah Yusuuf Omer, 27) with operating and controlling the cybercrime collective Anonymous Sudan that launched tens of thousands of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 27, 2024
UK police are investigating a cyberattack that disrupted Wi-Fi networks at several train stations across the country. U.K. transport officials and police are investigating a cyber attack on public Wi-Fi networks at the country’s biggest railway stations. Following the ‘cyber-security incident,’ passengers trying to log onto the Wi-Fi at several stations on Wednesday evening were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2024
Hacktivist group Twelve is back and targets Russian entities to destroy critical assets and disrupt their operations. The hacktivist group Twelve has been active since at least April 2023, it was formed in the wake of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The threat actor focuses on destroying critical assets, disrupting target business, and stealing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 04, 2024
A group of hacktivist known as Head Mare took advantage of the recent CVE-2023-38831 WinRAR flaw in attacks against organizations in Russia and Belarus. Kaspersky researchers reported that a hacktivist group known as Head Mare exploited recently disclosed WinRAR flaw CVE-2023-38831 in attacks against organizations in Russia and Belarus. Head Mare has been active since at least 2023 exclusively targeting companies in Russia […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2024
The US government sanctioned two Russian hacktivists for their cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure, including breaches of water facilities. The United States sanctioned Russian hacktivists Yuliya Vladimirovna Pankratova and Denis Olegovich Degtyarenko, members of the Russian hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR), for their roles in cyber operations against U.S. critical infrastructure. The US […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 28, 2024
A cyber attack started targeting the University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb) on Wednesday night, reported the Croatian Radiotelevision. A cyber attack began targeting the University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb), the largest Croatian hospital, on Wednesday night, according to a report by Croatian Radiotelevision. The hospital has shut down its IT infrastructure in response […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2024
Resecurity warns of a surge in malicious cyber activity targeting the election in India, orchestrated by several independent hacktivist groups Resecurity has identified a spike of malicious cyber activity targeting the election in India, which is supported by multiple independent hacktivist groups who arrange cyber-attacks and publication of stolen personal identifiable information (PII) belonging to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2024
Pro-Russia hackers targeted government websites in Kosovo in retaliation for the government’s support to Ukraine with military equipment. Pro-Russia hackers targeted Kosovo government websites, including the websites of the president and prime minister, with DDoS attacks. The attacks are a retaliation for Kosovo’s support of Ukraine with military equipment. Defense Minister Ejup Maqedonci claimed that […]
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