Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2017
According to intelligence experts the recent Zapad drills conducted by Russia simulated an attack on all Baltic countries, it included the use of cyber weapons. Baltic and NATO officials claim Russia was behind outage in Latvia’s mobile communications network before Russia’s war games in September code-named Zapad. According to the expert, Russia may have tested one […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2017
The CSE CybSec Z-Lab Malware Lab analyzed the Hospitality malware used by the Russian APT28 group to target hotels in several European countries. The Russian hacker group APT28, also known as Sofacy or Fancy Bear, is believed to be behind a series of attacks in last July against travelers staying in hotels in Europe and Middle […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2017
Evidence that Russian hackers attempted to interfere with the 2016 US Election continues to pile up, DHS notified states whose systems were hit by APTs. Evidence that Russia attempted to interfere with the 2016 US Election continues to pile up. Rumours started almost as soon as the 2016 US Election was completed, individuals with the White House have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 19, 2017
Wikileaks releases a new batch of documents that claim to detail the Russia mass surveillance apparatus implemented with the help of firm Peter-Service. Wikileaks has released a batch of documents, dubbed Spy File Russia, that detail the surveillance infrastructure implemented by Russia. The Kremlin’s surveillance apparatus allows the Russian agencies to spy online activities and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 24, 2017
Russia-linked hackers Fancy Bears claimed that around 160 football players failed drug tests in 2015, and 25 2010 World Cup players used doping medicines. A self-styled hacker group that calls itself Fancy Bears has set up the website fancybear.net to leak emails and medical records related to football players who used doping substances under a campaign dubbed OpOlympics. The group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2017
Trend Micro spotted a new espionage campaign that has been active for at least 2 months and that is targeting Russian-speaking firms with a new backdoor Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted a new cyber espionage campaign that has been active for at least two months and that is targeting Russian-speaking enterprises delivering a new Windows-based backdoor, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2017
Security experts from ESET that spotted the Industroyer malware used against Ukraine’s power grid released a free tool for ICS Malware analysis ESET researchers Robert Lipovsky and Anton Cherepanov have released a free tool for the analysis of ICS malware. The security duo is the same that discovered the CrashOverride/Industroyer malware that targeted the Ukraine’s power […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2017
A new infostealer malware dubbed Ovidiy Stealer was offered for sale by a Russia-speaking malware developer that goes online with the moniker “TheBottle.” TheBottle has advertised the malware on various cybercrime forums. The Ovidiy Stealer was first spotted in June 2017, according to the experts at security firm Proofpoint the malware is under development and is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 27, 2017
A new wave of cyber attacks is shocking the IT industry, a massive attack leveraging the Petwrap ransomware has infected systems across the world. A new wave of cyber attacks is shocking the IT industry, a few weeks after the WannaCry massive attack, security experts are facing a new threat that is rapidly spreading. Once […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 08, 2017
Former FBI Director Comey hearing: Comey Has ‘No Doubt’ on the Russia’s Involvement in cyber attacks against 2016 US Presidential Election. James Comey today testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that he believes that Russia Government is behind the cyber attacks aimed to interfere with the 2016 US election. Former FBI Director James Comey today […]
