Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2024
Poland ‘s security officials announced that they successfully thwarted cyberattacks that were carried out by Russia and Belarus. Poland security services announced they have thwarted a cyber operation orchestrated by Russia and Belarus, aimed at destabilizing the country, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for digital affairs Krzysztof Gawkowski. “The Belarusian and Russian foreign […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2024
The United States and its allies state that Russia-linked threat actors operating under the GRU are behind global critical infrastructure attacks. The FBI, CISA, and NSA linked threat actors from Russia’s GRU Unit 29155 to global cyber operations since at least 2020. These operations include espionage, sabotage, and reputational damage. The United States and its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 05, 2024
A cyber attack hit the German air traffic control agency (DFS) disrupting its operations, experts attribute it to Russia-linked group APT28. A cyber attack targeted the German Air Traffic Control Agency (DFS), as reported by Spiegel and European Truth. DFS, based in Langen near Frankfurt, confirmed that attackers breached its office connection but confirmed that […]
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
August 30, 2024
Russia-linked APT29 group was spotted reusing iOS and Chrome exploits previously developed by surveillance firms NSO Group and Intellexa. Google TAG (Threat Analysis Group) researchers observed the Russia-linked group APT29 (aka SVR group, BlueBravo, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes). using exploits previously used by surveillance software vendors NSO Group and Intellexa. The circumstance suggests that the nation-state actors […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2024
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of new phishing attacks, carried out by the Vermin group, distributing a malware. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign conducted by the Vermin group that distributed malware. Vermin is a pro-Russian hacker group, also tracked as UAC-0020, that operates under […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2024
A Russia-linked APT used a car for sale as a phishing lure to deliver a modular Windows backdoor called HeadLace. Palo Alto researchers reported that a Russia-linked threat actor known as Fighting Ursa (also identified as APT28, Fancy Bear, or Sofacy) used a fake car advertisement to distribute HeadLace backdoor malware, targeting diplomats. The campaign began […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2024
Ukraine launched a massive cyber operation that shut down the ATM services of the biggest Russian banks on July 27, reported the Kyiv Post. Ukraine has launched a massive cyberattack against ATMs of Russian banks, the cyber operation began on July 23. “This is an opportune moment to fully implement the Kremlin’s long-desired âimport substitutionâ […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2024
In April 2024, Dragos researchers spotted the malware FrostyGoop that interacts with Industrial Control Systems (ICS) using the Modbus protocol. In April 2024, Dragos researchers discovered a new ICS malware named FrostyGoop that interacts with Industrial Control Systems using the Modbus protocol. FrostyGoop is the ninth ICS malware that was discovered an that a nation-state […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 11, 2024
The US and its allies disrupted an AI-powered Russia-linked bot farm on the social media platform X relying on the Meliorator AI software. The U.S. FBI and Cyber National Mission Force, along with Dutch and Canadian intelligence and security agencies, warned social media companies about Russian state-sponsored actors using covert AI software, Meliorator, in disinformation […]
Cyber Crime / November 15, 2024
