disinformation

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2022
Russia’s disinformation uses deepfake video of Zelenskyy telling people to lay down arms

Russian disinformation continues, this time it used a deepfake video of Zelenskyy inviting Ukrainians to ‘lay down arms.’ A deepfake video of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy telling its citizens to lay down arms is the last example of disinformation conducted by Russia-linked threat actors. The fake video shows President Zelenskyy saying ‘It turned out […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2022
Russia restricts Twitter in the country amid conflict with Ukraine

Global internet monitor working group NetBlocks reported that Twitter has been restricted in Russia amid conflict with Ukraine. Global internet monitor working organization NetBlocks shared its metrics confirming the restriction of Twitter in Russia from early morning amid conflict with Ukraine. Multiple local providers (Rostelecom, MTS, Beeline and MegaFon) were blocking access to the popular […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2022
SSU: Russia-linked actors are targeting Ukraine with ‘massive wave of hybrid warfare’

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) said the country is the target of an ongoing “wave of hybrid warfare.” The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) today revealed the country is the target of an ongoing “wave of hybrid warfare” conducted by Russia-linked malicious actors. Threat actors aim at destabilizing the social contest in the country […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2021
European Union formally blames Russia for the GhostWriter operation

European Union representatives formally accused Russia of attempting to target the elections and political systems of several EU states. European Union has formally accused Russia of meddling in the elections and political systems of several EU states. EU high representative said that Russia-linked threat actors were behind a recent operation tracked as Ghostwriter. The officials […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2021
Germany protests to Russia over attacks ahead of the upcoming election

Germany has protested to Russia over attempts to steal data from lawmakers and use them to spread disinformation ahead of the upcoming election. Germany has formally protested to Russia over a series of cyber attacks aimed at stealing data from lawmakers that could be used to arrange disinformation campaigns before the upcoming German election. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2021
Russia-linked APT groups exploited Lithuanian infrastructure to launch attacks

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2021
Twitter removes 100 accounts linked to Russia disseminating disinformation

Twitter removed dozens of accounts allegedly used by Russia-linked threat actors to disseminate disinformation and target western countries. Twitter has removed dozens of accounts used by Russia-linked threat actors that were used to disseminate disinformation and to target the European Union, the United States, and the NATO alliance. Experts believe the accounts were part of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2020
FBI and CISA warn of disinformation campaigns about the hack of voter systems

The FBI and the US CISA issued a joint public service announcement about the threat of disinformation campaigns targeting the 2020 US election. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint public service announcement to warn of the threat of disinformation campaigns targeting the upcoming 2020 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2020
Trump admits to have authorized a cyber attack on Russian troll farm in 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump has revealed that in 2018 US have launched a cyberattack against a Russian company suspect to be a Russian troll farm. U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that in 2018 US cyber army has launched a cyber-attack against a Russian company believed to be a troll farm behind some major disinformation […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2020
COVID-19 disinformation and misinformation campaigns continue to proliferate

COVID-19 disinformation and misinformation campaigns continue to proliferate around the world, with potentially harmful consequences for society. During a COVID-19 crisis, while most of the people have to maintain social distancing and work from home, threat cyber are attempting to conduct disinformation and misinformation campaigns. The main difference between misinformation and disinformation is that the […]