This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Apr 02 – Anonymous leaked 15 GB of data allegedly stolen from the Russian Orthodox Church Anonymous claims to have hacked the Russian Orthodox Church ‘s charitable wing and leaked 15 GB of alleged stolen […]
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Anonymous claims to have hacked the Russian Orthodox Church ‘s charitable wing and leaked 15 GB of alleged stolen data. Anonymous continues to target Russian government entities and private businesses, this week the group claimed to have hacked the private firms Thozis Corp and Marathon Group owned by oligarchs. Now the collective announced the hack of the […]
The City of London Police charged two of the seven teenagers who were arrested for their alleged role in the LAPSUS$ data extortion gang. The duo has been released on bail after appearing in the Highbury Corner Magistrates Court court on Friday. The City of London Police charged two of the seven teenagers recently arrested […]
Operators behind the Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) added exploits for Totolink routers. The Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) now includes exploits for Totolink routers. Like most DDOS botnets, Beastmode attempt to infect other devices by launching brute-forcing attacks or exploiting multiple vulnerabilities. Between February and March 2022, researchers from the FortiGuard Labs […]
GitLab has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-1162 (CVSS score of 9.1), that could allow remote attackers to take over user accounts. The CVE-2022-1162 vulnerability is related to the set of hardcoded static passwords during OmniAuth-based registration in GitLab CE/EE. “A hardcoded password was set for accounts registered using an OmniAuth provider (e.g. OAuth, LDAP, […]
Trend Micro has fixed a high severity arbitrary file upload flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-26871, in the Apex Central product management console. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has addressed a high severity security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-26871, in the Apex Central product management console. The CVE-2022-26871 vulnerability is an arbitrary file upload issue, its exploitation could lead […]
Anonymous continues its operations against Russia, the group announced the hack of the Russian investment firm Marathon Group. Anonymous continues to target Russian firms owned by oligarchs, yesterday the collective announced the hack of the Thozis Corp, while today the group claimed the hack of Marathon Group. The Marathon Group is a Russian investment firm […]
Researchers spotted a new destructive wiper, tracked as AcidRain, that is likely linked to the recent attack against Viasat. Security researchers at SentinelLabs have spotted a previously undetected destructive wiper, tracked as AcidRain, that hit routers and modems and that was suspected to be linked to the Viasat KA-SAT attack that took place on February […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Sophos firewall flaw and seven other issues to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the recently disclosed CVE-2022-1040 flaw in the Sophos firewall, along with seven other issues, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational […]