Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2022
The popular hacker collective Anonymous is offering to Russian troops $52,000 in BTC for each surrendered tank. The popular hacker collective Anonymous will reportedly pay $52,000 in BTC for a tank surrendered by Russian troops. Ukrainian media reported that the hacker group claims to have collected over RUB 1 billion (worth £7.8 million at the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2022
This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. March 5 – Anonymous #OpRussia Thousands of sites hacked, data leaks and more Anonymous and its affiliates continue to target Russia and Belarus, it is also targeting the Russian disinformation machine. March 5 – Thousands […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2022
Anonymous and its affiliates continue to target Russia and Belarus, it is also targeting the Russian disinformation machine. Anonymous announced to have hacked more than 2,500 websites linked to the Russian and Belarusian governments, state-owned media outlets spreading disinformation, Russian private organizations, banks, hospitals, airports. The attacks were conducted as part of the #OpRussia launched […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2022
Thousands of satellite internet users across Europe were disconnected from the internet by a cyber-event, experts suspect a cyber attack. Orange confirmed that “nearly 9,000 subscribers” of a satellite internet service provided by its subsidiary Nordnet in France were offline following a “cyber event” that took place on February 24 at Viasat, the US giant […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2022
State communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has ordered to block access to Facebook in Russia amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. State communications watchdog Roskomnadzor ordered to block access to Facebook over its decision to ban Russian media and state information resources. The block comes after Facebook recently deactivated or restricted access to accounts belonging to media […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2022
While Russia is invading Ukraine, multiple forces are joining in the conflict, especially in the cyber space, let’s analyze them The analysis of the current scenario in cyberspace is not easy due to the presence of multiple threat actors and the difficulty of attributing the attacks. Security group CyberKnow shared an interesting analysis about the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2022
Russia considers it legitimate to invade another country but warns it will consider cyberattacks on its satellites an act of war. Anonymous and the numerous hacker groups that declared war on Russia continue to target Russian government entities and private businesses. Yesterday, the hacking group Network Battalion 65 (‘NB65’) which is affiliated with Anonymous, announced to have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2022
A Ukrainian researcher leaked the source for the Conti ransomware and components for the control panels. Recently a Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,694 messages internal chat messages belonging to the Conti ransomware operation after the announcement of the group of its support to Russia. He was able to access the database XMPP chat server of the Conti group. Clearly, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2022
US CISA and the FBI warned US organizations that data wiping attacks targeting Ukraine entities could spill over to targets worldwide. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn US organizations of data wiping attacks targeting Ukraine that could hit targets worldwide. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2022
Microsoft revealed that Ukrainian entities were targeted with a previous undetected malware, dubbed FoxBlade, several hours before the invasion. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) continues to investigate the attacks that are targeting Ukrainian networks and discovered that entities in Ukraine were targeted with a previously undetected malware, dubbed FoxBlade, several hours before Russia’s invasion. […]
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