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Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2020

Nation-state actors are targeting UK universities to steal info on COVID-19 research

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of cyber attacks against UK universities and scientific institutes involved in COVID-19 research. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned of targeted attacks against UK universities and scientific facilities that are involved in the COVID-19 research. The NCSC reported that nation-state actors are carrying out cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2020

Estonian intelligence reports foreign hackers breached Mail.ee email provider

State-sponsored hackers have compromised a small number of accounts of the Estonian email provider Mail.ee belonging to high-profile people. Alleged state-sponsored hackers have hijacked a small number of accounts at the Estonian email provider Mail.ee, they exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the attack. According to the end-of-year report published this month by Estonian Internal Security […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2020

State-sponsored hackers are using COVID-19 lures, Google warns

Google warns that nation-backed hackers are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to organizations involved in the fight against the pandemic. Google is warning that nation-state actors are exploiting the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic to target health care organizations and entities involved in the fight against the pandemic. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared its latest findings related […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2020

Austria’s foreign ministry is facing a ‘serious cyberattack’

Austria’s foreign ministry announced it was facing a “serious cyberattack” and that it could be the work of a nation-state actor. Austria’s foreign ministry was the victim of a cyber-attack that is suspected to have been conducted by a foreign state due to its level of sophistication. “Due to the gravity and nature of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2020

U.S. CISA Agency warns of possible cyber attacks from Iran

US Government fears a new wave of cyber attacks from Iran as retaliation for the airstrike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani at the Baghdad airport in Iraq. Christopher C. Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned of a potential new wave of cyber attacks carried out by Iran-linked hacker groups targeting U.S. assets. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2019

Google warned 12K+ users targeted by state-sponsored hackers

Google revealed that over 12,000 of its users were targeted by state-sponsored hackers in the third quarter of this year. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that it has detected and blocked attacks carried out by nation-state actors on 12,000 of its users in the third quarter of this year. Over 90 percent of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2019

Tracking Iran-linked APT33 group via its own VPN networks

APT33, the Iran-linked APT group, has been using multiple layers of obfuscation to run a dozen live C2 servers for extremely targeted attacks. APT33, the Iran-linked APT group, has been using multiple layers of obfuscation to run a dozen live C2 servers involved in extremely targeted malware attacks. The targeted malware campaigns aimed at organizations […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2019

UK/US investigation revealed that Russian Turla APT masqueraded as Iranian hackers

A joint UK and US investigation has revealed that the Russian cyber espionage group Turla carried out cyber attacks masqueraded as Iranian hackers. According to the Financial Times, a joint UK and US investigation revealed that Russia-linked cyberespionage group Turla conducted several cyber attacks in more than 35 countries masqueraded as Iranian hackers. The use […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2019

US will help Baltic states to secure baltic energy grid

The United States and Baltic announced cooperation to protect the Baltic energy grid from cyber attacks as they disconnect from the Russian electricity grid. The US and Baltic agreed to cooperate to protect the Baltic energy grid from cyber attacks as they disconnect from the Russian electricity grid. US Energy Secretary Rick Perry and counterparts […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2018

Operation Shaheen – Pakistan Air Force members targeted by nation-state attackers

Security firm Cylance has uncovered a sophisticated state-sponsored campaign, tracked as Operation Shaheen, against the Pakistan Air Force. According to the experts the campaign was carried out by a nation-state actor tracked as the White Company with access to zero-day exploits and exploit developers. “The preliminary findings detail one of the group’s recent campaigns, a year-long espionage effort […]