Russia

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2016
Turkish hackers took over a Russian Govt Instagram account

Alleged Turkish hackers have taken over the Russian Communications and Mass Media Minister Nikolai Nikiforov’s Instagram account. Events in the cyberspace are strictly correlated with facts in the real life, in many cases, disputes between countries are associated with numerous cyber events that could be analyzed by intelligence analysts. The recent crisis in Crimea between Russia and Ukraine is just […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2015
Are Russian hackers infecting critical infrastructure in Ukraine?

The Ukrainian Government is blaming Russians state-sponsored hackers for a number of electricity cut-offs occurred in Western Ukraine. The Ukrainian Government is suffering a series of power outages in the Western region of the country likely caused by cyber attacks. The Ukrainian Government believes that the power outages are caused by operations conducted by Russian […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2015
Turkish systems under attack. Is it information warfare?

Turkish systems are suffering a major cyber attack which is causing serious problems to organizations in the country. Is is an act of Information warfare? On  Thursday, the non-governmental organization Nic.tr that manages IP addresses assigned to Turkish websites (the “tr” domain) confirmed  that the Turkish Internet servers are suffering a powerful cyber attack that appeared […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2015
Roaming Tiger Hackers targets Russian organizations for espionage

Security researchers from ESET uncovered the Roaming Tiger hacking campaign, bad actors in the wild are targeting Russian organizations. Roaming Tiger is the name of a cyber espionage campaign targeting high profile organizations in Russia and former Soviet Union countries, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The Roaming Tiger campaign was discovered by experts at […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2015
Russia deploys jamming systems in Syria as tensions rise

Russia will deploy jamming systems in Syria to protect its air forces and prevent attacks against its aircraft. The Russian army in Syria is planning to launch electronic warfare in the country with the institution of jamming systems. The jamming systems are an essential component of the Russian military strategy that aims to prevent attacks against its troops in the area. On Tuesday, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2015
Russia, Hackers Stole $4 Million in cash with Reverse ATM Hack method

Russian criminals Steal $4 Million In cash with a new technique dubbed reverse ATM Attack. Russian hackers have adopted a new technique, dubbed Reverse ATM Attack to steal Millions of dollars from ATMs of financial institutions. According to the experts at security firm GroupIB, the Reverse ATM Attack allowed criminal rings in Russia to steal 252 Million […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2015
Russia has a new anti wiretapping System

A Russian manufacturer has built an advanced system for the protection of any channels of telephone communication against wiretapping. The Russian Government has a new system for the protection of communication channels against the wiretapping, the news was disclosed by the director general of the Interstate Corporation of Development (ICD), Ivan Polyakov, and it was reported by […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2015
Offline Ransomware is spreading among Russian users

Malware researchers at Check Point Technologies have discovered a new offline ransomware that is targeting mainly Russian users. Malware researchers at Check Point Technologies have spotted a new “offline” ransomware that is targeting Russian users. The principal characteristic of this strain of malware is that it doesn’t need to communicate with a command and control […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2015
The DUKES APT – 7 years of Russian state sponsored hacking

F-Secure has published an interesting report on the cyber espionage operations conducted by the Dukes APT group, which appears linked to the Kremlin. Security researchers at F-Secure have published an interesting report detailing the cyber espionage operation of a Russian APT group, dubbed the Dukes, the experts speculate the group is backed by the Russian government. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2015
Shifu, a dangerous Banking Trojan is Attacking Japanese Banks

The Shifu Banking Trojan is a new sophisticated malware that has been used to target the customers of more than a dozen Japanese banks. Shifu is the name of a new banking trojan that has been around since at least April targeting Japanese banks and a number of European e-banking platforms. “Shifu currently targets 14 […]