Russia

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2020
The Russian Government blocked ProtonMail and ProtonVPN

The popular ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service have been blocked by the Russian government this week. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service. Roskomnadzor explained that the services were abused by cybercriminals and that Proton Technologies refused to register them with state authorities. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2020
Why Russian APT Fancy Bear hacked the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma?

Russia-linked cyber-espionage group hacked the Ukrainian energy company Burisma at the center of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump. The Russian cyberspies, operating under Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency (aka Fancy Bear) carried out a spear-phishing campaign in November aimed at accessing the email of Burisma Holdings employees. The attack was detailed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2019
DHS report – Voting systems in North Carolina county in 2016 were not hacked

Computer faults that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016 were not caused by cyber attacks, a federal investigation states. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security shared the results of an investigation on computer errors that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016, authorities were not able to associate […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2019
Vladimir Putin ‘s computers still run Windows XP, Media reports

Russia is one of the most advanced cyber states, but according to the media President Vladimir Putin ‘s personal PC is apparently still running Win XP. The news is curious and it probably has little real if not the fact that Vladimir Putin is not a super cyber security expert, although he knows its importance […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2019
RuNet – Russia successfully concluded tests on its Internet infrastructure

Russia successfully disconnected from the internet Russia’s government announced that it has successfully concluded a series of tests for its RuNet intranet aimed at country disconnection from the Internet. The Russian Government has announced on Monday that it has successfully concluded the test on its RuNet intranet and the complete disconnection of the country from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2019
The evolutions of APT28 attacks

Analyzing how tactics, techniques and procedures of the Russia-linked APT28 cyberespionage group evolve over the time. APT28 is a well known Russian cyber espionage group attributed, with a medium level of confidence, to Russian military intelligence agency GRU (by CrowdStrike). It is also known as Sofacy Group (by Kaspersky) or STRONTIUM (by Microsoft) and it’s used to target Aereospace, Defence, Governmente Agencies, International […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2019
Czech Police and Intelligence agency dismantled Russian Spy ring on its soil

Czech police and intelligence services have identified a Russian espionage network operating having a nerve center in its Prague embassy. Czech police and intelligence services have dismantled a Russian espionage network operating that was operating via its Prague embassy. The officials were helped by peers at the National Organised Crime Centre (NCOZ). According to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2019
US will help Baltic states to secure baltic energy grid

The United States and Baltic announced cooperation to protect the Baltic energy grid from cyber attacks as they disconnect from the Russian electricity grid. The US and Baltic agreed to cooperate to protect the Baltic energy grid from cyber attacks as they disconnect from the Russian electricity grid. US Energy Secretary Rick Perry and counterparts […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2019
Study shows connections between 2000 malware samples used by Russian APT groups

A joint research from Intezer and Check Point Research shows connections between nearly 2,000 malware samples developed by Russian APT groups. A joint research from Intezer and Check Point Research shed light on Russian hacking ecosystem and reveals connections between nearly 2,000 malware samples developed by Russian APT groups. The report is extremely interesting because gives to the analysts […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2019
Expert found Russia’s SORM surveillance equipment leaking user data

A Russian security researcher has found that hardware wiretapping equipment composing Russia’s SORM surveillance system had been leaking user data. The Russian researcher Leonid Evdokimov has found that hardware wiretapping equipment used by the Kremlin as part of the SORM surveillance system (Russian: Система оперативно-разыскных мероприятий, lit. ‘System for Operative Investigative Activities’) had been leaking data online. The […]