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Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2018
Update CSE Malware ZLab – Operation Roman Holiday – Hunting the Russian APT28

Researchers from the Z-Lab at CSE Cybsec analyzed a new collection of malware allegedly part of a new espionage campaign conducted by the APT28 group. It was a long weekend for the researchers from the Z-Lab at CSE Cybsec that completed the analysis a number of payloads being part of a new cyber espionage campaign […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2018
12 Russian Intel Officers charged of hacking into U.S. Democrats

The week closes with the indictment for twelve Russian intelligence officers by a US grand jury. The charges were formulated just three days before President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Vladimir Putin. The special Counsel Robert Mueller, who indicted on February 13 Russians for a massive operation aimed to influence the 2016 Presidential election, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2018
Ukraine ‘s SBU Security Service reportedly stopped VPNFilter attack at chlorine station

Ukraine ‘s SBU Security Service reportedly stopped VPNFilter attack at chlorine station, the malware infected the network equipment in the facility that supplies water treatment and sewage plants. According to the Interfax-Ukraine media outlet, the VPNFilter hit the LLC Aulska station in Auly (Dnipropetrovsk region), according to the experts the malware aimed at disrupting operations at the chlorine station. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2018
Russian police detained cybercriminals who broke into the accounts of 700,000 customers of popular Internet stores

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and Group-IB have detained cybercriminals who broke into the accounts of 700,000 customers of popular Internet stores The Administration “K” of the MIA of Russia, with the assistance of Group-IB, an international company specializing in the prevention of cyberattacks and the development of information security products, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2018
Singapore was hit by an unprecedented number of attacks during the Trump-Kim Summit

Researchers observed a spike in the number of cyber-attacks targeting Singapore during the Trump-Kim Summit, from June 11 to June 12. Researchers at F5 Labs have observed a spike in the number of cyber-attacks targeting Singapore from June 11 to June 12, in the wake of the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean President Kim Jong-un in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2018
2018 Russia World Cup : Russian cyber spy may hack travelers’ mobile devices

According to a top US intelligence official, mobile phones of football fans traveling to Russia for the World Cup could be hacked by the Russian Intelligence.  Russia World Cup 2018 – Mobile devices and computers of football fans traveling to Russia could be hacked by the Russian Intelligence, the alert was issued by William Evanina, Director […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2018
Former GCHQ chief Hannigan warns of Russia’s aggressive approach to the cyberspace

According to former GCHQ chief, the recently discovered VPNFilter botnet is the demonstration that Russia appears to be live-testing cyberattacks. Former GCHQ chief Robert Hannigan has warned that the availability of hacking tools in the main marketplaces is rapidly changing the threat landscape. Hannigan served as the director of the UK intelligence agency between November 2014 until January 2017. Threat actors have an […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2018
Search Engines in Russia cannot link to banned VPN services and Internet proxy services

Russia strengthens online censorship by announcing fines for search engines that link to VPN serviced banned in the country. Russian Government has approved a new bill to punish search engines that are not aligned with Moscow and that allows its users to find VPN services, and anonymization tools that allow circumventing the censorship. According to the amendments to the Code […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2018
Russia-linked Sofacy APT group adopts new tactics and tools in last campaign

Sofacy APT group (APT28, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, Sednit, Tsar Team, and Strontium) continues to operate and thanks to rapid and continuously changes of tactics the hackers are able to remain under the radar. According to experts from Palo Alto Networks, the hackers also used new tools in recent attacks, recently the APT group has shifted focus in their interest, from NATO member […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2018
Researchers And The FBI Work Together to Take Down the Russian VPNFilter Botnet Targeting Home Routers

Researchers and the FBI are working together to take down the dreaded VPNFilter botnet composed of hundreds of thousands of compromised devices. For several months, there have been rumors and vague warnings about highly skilled adversaries targeting critical infrastructure. Last week we learned some details about the warning, why you might be impacted and how […]