Russia

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2017
Alleged Russian state-sponsored hackers behind Baltic energy networks

A wave of cyber attacks against the Baltic energy networks raised concerns that foreign states could disable them in the region. A wave of “exploratory” cyber attacks targeted energy networks of the Baltic states, the NATO alliance is following with apprehension the events. Baltic attacks raised concerns that foreign states could disable the energy networks in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2017
While Trump confirms information sharing with Russians, CIA and NSA leaks threaten Global Security

Opponents of U.S. President Trump are currently locked into scoring political points over alleged leaks from the White House during a meeting with top Russian envoys. Yet, classified details of the meeting leaked to press outlets by either the CIA or NSA shows massive breaches of valuable sources and details from inside U.S. intelligence agencies […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2017
President Donald Trump Fires the FBI Director James Comey

President Trump on Tuesday fired the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey due to the FBI’s investigation into alleged links between Trump and Russia. The news has shocked the media, President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey. The most popular opinion is that Comey was fired […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2017
The Snake APT Group is preparing its offensive against high-profile Mac users

According to experts from the Fox-IT firm, the notorious Russian Snake APT group is ready to target also Mac users with a new variant of its malicious code. The sophisticated Russian Snake APT group is back and is leveraging on new malware to target Mac users.The Snake APT group, also known as Turla or Uroburos, has ported its Windows […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2017
Cracking APT28 traffic in a few seconds

Security experts from security firm Redsocks published an interesting report on how to crack APT28 traffic in a few seconds. Introduction APT28 is a hacking group involved in many recent cyber incidents. The most recent attack allegedly attributed to this group is the one to French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign. Incident response to this Advanced […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2017
Denmark blamed Russia APT28 group for cyber intrusions in Defense Ministry Emails

Denmark on Monday denounced Russia after the publication of a report that accused Russian APT28 of hacking the defense ministry’s email accounts. Today the Danish Government officially blamed Russia for cyber attacks against its Defense Ministry. Denmark denounced a cyber intrusion in several Defense Ministry’s email accounts. The accusation comes after the publishing by the Centre for Cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2017
Joining the dots between the ancient Moonlight Maze espionage campaigns and the Turla APT

Experts at Kaspersky presented the findings of its research that definitively connect the Moonlight Maze cyber espionage campaigns to the Turla APT group. One year ago, the researcher Thomas Rid at the Security Analyst Summit disclosed the alleged links between the Moonlight Maze cyber espionage operation of mid 1990s and the Turla APT. Today at […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2017
Top German official said Germany blocked Russian APT28 cyber attacks in 2016

According to a German top official, Germany warded off two cyber attacks launched by the Russian state actor APT28 group in 2016. On Friday, a top German official told Reuters that last year Germany warded off two cyber attacks launched by the Russian APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sednit, Sofacy, and Strontium) According to Arne Schoenbohm, president of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2017
UK NCSC warns of cyber attacks powered by Russia against the political system

The UK National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) is warning of Russian political hacking capabilities, the risk of cyber attacks against the political system is high. The alert was raised by the UK National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) that is informing political parties in the UK to warn about “the potential for hostile action against the UK political […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2017
New variant of the macOS Proton RAT advertised on Russian cybercrime underground

Experts from security firm Sixgill have discovered a new strain of the macOS Proton RAT that is offered for sale on Russian cybercrime underground. The Dark Web is the right place where to find any kind of illegal products and services, malware such as banking trojan and spyware are very popular in cyber criminal underground. Recently a […]