Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2021
President Joe Biden has appointed two former senior NSA officials for two prominent cyber roles in his administration. President Joe Biden has assigned to two former senior National Security Agency (NSA) officials key cyber roles in his administration. The first name was John Chris Inglis, who was nominated as the first-ever National Cyber Director, a role […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2021
On Sunday, an “accident” occurred in the electricity distribution network at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, experts speculate it was caused by a cyberattack. A mysterious incident occurred on Sunday at the Natanz nuclear enrichment site and the media speculate it was caused by a cyber attack. The “accident” impacted the electricity distribution network at Iran’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2021
China-linked APT group Cycldek is behind an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. China-linked APT group LuckyMouse (aka Cycldek, Goblin Panda, Hellsing, APT 27, and Conimes) is targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam with spear-phishing. The threat actors are sending out spear-phishing messages to compromise diplomatic targets in Southeast […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 31, 2021
President Joe Biden has extended Executive Order 13694, issued in 2015 by President Obama, regarding sanctions issued in response to cyberattacks. President Joe Biden this week has extended Executive Order 13694 regarding sanctions issued in response to cyberattacks. Executive Order 13694 was issued by President Barack Obama in 2015, it allows the government to block […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 31, 2021
Russian hackers accessed the email accounts of US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials as a result of the SolarWinds hack. Russia-linked hackers were able to access email accounts belonging to US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials during the SolarWinds supply chain attack. “Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2021
China-linked APT group RedEcho has taken down its attack infrastructure after it was exposed at the end of February by security researchers. China-linked APT group RedEcho has taken down its attack infrastructure after security experts have exposed it. At the end of February, experts at Recorded Future have uncovered a suspected Chinese APT actor targeting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2021
Several members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) and other members of the state parliament were hit by a targeted attack allegedly launched by Russia-linked hackers. German newspaper Der Spiegel revealed that email accounts of multiple members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) were targeted with a spearphishing attack. The messages were sent by threat actors to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2021
China-linked cyber espionage group APT31 is believed to be behind an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place in 2020. China-linked cyber espionage group APT31 is believed to be behind an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place in 2020. According to the government experts, the hackers breached some parliament email […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2021
Norway parliament, the Storting, has suffered a new cyberattack, hackers stole data by exploiting recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities. Norway ‘s parliament, the Storting, was hit by a new cyberattack, threat actors stole data exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange, collectively tracked as ProxyLogon. On March 2nd, Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band security updates that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2021
Russia-linked APT groups leveraged the Lithuanian nation’s technology infrastructure to launch cyber-attacks against targets worldwide. The annual national security threat assessment report released by Lithuania’s State Security Department states that Russia-linked APT groups conducted cyber-attacks against top Lithuanian officials and decision-makers last in 2020. APT29 state-sponsored hackers also exploited Lithuania’s information technology infrastructure to carry […]
