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Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2024

Global Malicious Activity Targeting Elections is Skyrocketing

Resecurity has identified a growing trend of malicious cyber-activity targeting sovereign elections globally With more voters than ever in history heading to the polls in 2024, Resecurity has identified a growing trend of malicious cyber-activity targeting sovereign elections globally. In an era of unprecedented geopolitical volatility, this trend is particularly concerning, as Time Magazine notes […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2019

Upcoming Ukraine elections in the crosshairs of hackers

The Ukrainian authorities are observing a surge in allege state-sponsored attacks aimed at disrupting the upcoming presidential election. Ukraine reported a surge in cyber attacks aimed at disrupting the upcoming presidential election, the Government believes that Russian nation-state actors could be responsible for them. The news was reported by Reuters, attackers intensified attacks against the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2018

China-based TEMP.Periscope APT targets Cambodia’s elections

FireEye uncovered a large-scale Chinese phishing and hacking campaign powered by Temp.periscope APT aimed at Cambodia’s elections. Security researchers at FireEye have uncovered a large-scale Chinese phishing and hacking campaign aimed at Cambodia’s elections. The hackers distributed a remote access trojan (RAT) and data exfiltration operation targeting the poll. The experts from FireEye attributed the attacks to an APT group tracked […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2016

Hong Kong Government Hacked by APT3 Group before elections

Two Hong Hong government departments were targeted by Chinese hackers belonging the APT3 group just before the legislative elections. Security experts from FireEye have discovered a new cyber espionage campaign launched by the Chinese APT3 group against Hong Kong Government before upcoming parliamentary elections that are to be held today September 4. The hackers targeted two Hong Kong government departments […]

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Global Malicious Activity Targeting Elections is Skyrocketing

Upcoming Ukraine elections in the crosshairs of hackers

China-based TEMP.Periscope APT targets Cambodia’s elections

Hong Kong Government Hacked by APT3 Group before elections

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