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Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2018
Russia-linked APT group DustSquad targets diplomatic entities in Central Asia

Kaspersky experts published a detailed analysis of the attacks conducted by the Russian-linked cyber espionage group DustSquad. Earlier October, security experts from ESET shared details about the operations of a cyber espionage group tracked as Nomadic Octopus, a threat actor focused on diplomatic entities in Central Asia. The group has been active since at least 2015, ESET researchers presented […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2018
Group-IB: $49.4 million of damage caused to Russia’s financial sector from cyber attacks

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2018
APT28 group return to covert intelligence gathering ops in Europe and South America.

Experts from Symantec collected evidence that APT28 group returns to covert intelligence gathering operations in Europe and South America. APT28 state-sponsored group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, and STRONTIUM) seems to have shifted the focus for its operations away from election interference to cyber espionage activities. The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2018
US DoJ indicted 7 Russian Intelligence officers for attacking Anti-Doping Organizations

US DoJ indicted seven defendants working for the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), for hacking, wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. The news of the day is that a US DoJ indicted seven defendants working for the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), for hacking, wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. The defendants are […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2018
Canada blames Russia for cyber attacks against its structures

The Government of Canada blamed the GRU, the Russian military’s intelligence agency, for cyber attacks at the Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency. “The government of Canada assesses with high confidence that the Russian military’s intelligence arm, the GRU, was responsible” for these cyber attacks, the foreign ministry said in a statement. [cyber attacks are] “part of a broader […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 04, 2018
US offers its cyber warfare defense capabilities to NATO

The United States will offer its offensive cyber capabilities to NATO to strengthen its defenses against threat actors like Russian ones. The United States is expected to announce to provide cyber warfare capabilities to NATO to strengthen its defenses against threat actors like Russian ones. The announcement is expected today at a meeting of defence ministers in Brussels, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2018
Former NSA TAO hacker sentenced to 66 months in prison over Kaspersky Leak

Former NSA TAO hacker was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky. A former member of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations hacking team was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky software. The former NSA hacker is Nghia […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2018
Dutch expelled two Russian spies over hack plan on Swiss lab working on Skripal case

Dutch intelligence services arrested two alleged Russian spies that were planning to hack a Swiss laboratory where is ongoing an investigation on the poisoning of the spy Sergei Skripal. According to Dutch-based NRC newspaper and Swiss daily Tages-Anzeiger, Dutch intelligence services arrested two alleged Russian spies working for Russia’s GRU military intelligence service on suspicion of planning to […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2018
Microsoft says Russian hackers continue targeting 2018 midterm elections

Microsoft has spotted a new hacking campaign targeting 2018 midterm elections, the experts attributed the attacks to Russia-linked APT28 group. Microsoft has spotted a new hacking campaign targeting 2018 midterm elections. The tech giant attributed to Russia-linked APT28 a series of cyber attacks aimed at Members of United States’ Senate, conservative organizations and think tanks. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2018
Russian troll factory suspected to be behind the attack against Italian President Mattarella

The Russian shadow behind the attack on Italian President Mattarella, a coordinated attack via Twitter involved hundreds of profiles inviting him to resign. Cybersecurity experts and Italian media believe that the Italian President Sergio Mattarella is the last victim of the Russian troll farm. On May 27 the late afternoon, thousands of Twitter profiles suddenly started spreading […]