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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2022
The developer behind the popular “node-ipc” NPM package uploaded a destructive version to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. RIAEvangelist, the developer behind the popular “node-ipc” NPM package, shipped a new version that wipes Russia, Belarus systems to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Node-ipc node module allows local and remote inter-process communication with support for Linux, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2022
The collective Anonymous and its affiliated groups continue to target the Russian government and private organizations. The collective Anonymous, and other groups in its ecosystem, continue to target the Russian government and private organizations. Let’s summarize the most interesting attacks observed in the last few days. Yesterday Anonymous announced the hack of the website of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2022
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the arrest of a “hacker” who helped Russian Army during the invasion. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced to have arrested a hacker who provided technical support to Russian troops during the invasion, the man provided mobile communication services inside the Ukrainian territory. The man has broadcasted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2022
Russian disinformation continues, this time it used a deepfake video of Zelenskyy inviting Ukrainians to ‘lay down arms.’ A deepfake video of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy telling its citizens to lay down arms is the last example of disinformation conducted by Russia-linked threat actors. The fake video shows President Zelenskyy saying ‘It turned out […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2022
FBI and CISA warn Russia-linked threats actors gained access to an NGO cloud after enrolling their own device in the organization’s Duo MFA. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that Russia-linked threat actors have gained access to a non-governmental organization (NGO) cloud by exploiting misconfigured default multifactor […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2022
While the Russia-Ukraine cyber conflict goes on, nation-state actors, crooks, and hacktivists continue to pose critical infrastructure at risk. Critical infrastructure is a privileged target for almost any kind of threat actor, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine cyber conflict is posing them at risk. Ongoing attacks could cause severe damages to multiple sectors, including transportation, communication, financial […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2022
Anonymous has published a new message for Russian citizens inviting them to remove Putin that is sacrificing them and killing Ukrainians. The hacker collective Anonymous has published a new message for Russians inviting them to wake up and remove Putin, who is responsible for war crimes against Ukrainian. Putin is killing a defenseless population, it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2022
This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. March 12 – Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram in Russia to prevent the spreading of info related to the Ukraine invasion. March […]
