Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2022
The U.S. has indicted four Russian government employees for their involvement in attacks on entities in critical infrastructure. The U.S. has indicted four Russian government employees for their role in cyberattacks targeting hundreds of companies and organizations in the energy sector worldwide between 2012 and 2018. “The Department of Justice unsealed two indictments today charging […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2022
A researcher discovered critical flaws that can be exploited by remote attackers to hack a building controller popular in Russia. A researcher has identified critical vulnerabilities that can allegedly be exploited to remotely hack a building controller predominantly used by organizations in Russia. Researcher Jose Bertin discovered critical flaws affecting a controller made by Russian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2022
The Anonymous hacker collective claims to have hacked the Central Bank of Russia and stole accessed 35,000 documents. Anonymous continues to target Russian government organizations and private businesses, now it is claiming to have hacked the Central Bank of Russia. The popular hacker collective claims to have compromised the systems of the Central Bank of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 23, 2022
Ukraine CERT-UA warns of cyberattack aimed at Ukrainian enterprises using the a wiper dubbed DoubleZero. Ukraine CERT-UA continues to observe malware based attacks aimed at Ukrainian organizations, in a recent alert it warned of attacks employing a wiper dubbed DoubleZero. The government CERT started observing this campaign on March 17, 2022, threat actors launched spear-phishing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2022
The popular Anonymous hacktivist collective announced to have hacked Nestlè and leaked 10 GB of sensitive data because the food and beverage giant continued to operate in Russia. The popular Anonymous hacktivist collective recently declared war on all companies that decided to continue to operate in Russia by paying taxes to the Russian government. Nestlè […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2022
Ukraine CERT (CERT-UA) warns of spear-phishing attacks conducted by UAC-0035 group (aka InvisiMole) on state organizations of Ukraine. The Government Team for Response to Computer Emergencies of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of spear-phishing messages conducted by UAC-0035 group (aka InvisiMole) against Ukrainian state bodies. The messages use an archive named “501_25_103.zip”, which contains a shortcut file. Upon opening […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2022
Anonymous hacked Omega Company, the in-house R&D unit of Transneft, the Russian oil pipeline giant, and leaked stolen data. Anonymous collective claims it has hacked Omega Company, which is the in-house R&D unit of Transneft, the Russia-based state-controlled oil pipeline company. Transneft is the largest oil pipeline company in the world, the hacktivists have stolen […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2022
This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the previous weeks: March 18 – China-linked threat actors are targeting the government of Ukraine Google’s TAG team revealed that China-linked APT groups are targeting Ukraine […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2022
FBI, CISA, and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) warn of possible threats to international satellite communication (SATCOM) networks. Satellite communication (SATCOM) networks are critical infrastructure for modern society, US and EU agencies warn of possible threats to them. Victor Zhora, Chief Digital Transformation Officer at the State Service of Special Communication and Information […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2022
The recently discovered Cyclops Blink botnet, which is believed to be a replacement for the VPNFilter botnet, is now targeting the ASUS routers. The recently discovered Cyclops Blink botnet is now targeting the ASUS routers, reports Trend Micro researchers. The Cyclops Blink malware has been active since at least June 2019, it targets WatchGuard Firebox and other […]
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