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Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2025

Russia-linked threat actors targets Ukraine with PathWiper wiper

A Russia-linked threat actor targeted a critical infrastructure organization in Ukraine with a new destructive malware dubbed PathWiper. Russia-linked threat actor targeted Ukraine’s critical infrastructure with a new wiper named PathWiper. Cisco Talos researchers reported that attackers utilized a legitimate endpoint administration tool, indicating they had access to the administrative console, then used it to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2024

US announces a $10M reward for Russia’s GRU hacker behind attacks on Ukraine

The US DoJ announced charges against a member of Russia’s military intelligence service GRU for conducting wiper attacks on Ukraine in 2022. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced charges against Russian national Amin Timovich Stigal, who is a member of Russia’s military intelligence service GRU, for conducting wiper attacks on Ukraine in 2022. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2024

New AcidPour wiper targets Linux x86 devices. Is it a Russia’s weapon?

A new variant of the Russia-linked wiper AcidRain, tracked as AcidPour, was spotted targeting Linux x86 devices. A new variant of a data wiper AcidRain, tracked as AcidPour, is specifically designed for targeting Linux x86 devices has been detected in the wild. Researchers at SentinelLabs first discovered the wiper AcidRain in March 2022. The malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2023

Iranian Agonizing Serpens APT is targeting Israeli entities with destructive cyber attacks

Iran-linked Agonizing Serpens group has been targeting Israeli organizations with destructive cyber attacks since January. Iran-linked Agonizing Serpens group (aka Agrius, BlackShadow, Pink Sandstorm, DEV-0022) has been targeting Israeli organizations in higher education and tech sectors with destructive cyber attacks since January 2023. Palo Alto Networks’ s Unit 42 researchers reported that threat actors first attempt to steal sensitive […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2023

Pro-Hamas hacktivist group targets Israel with BiBi-Linux wiper

A pro-Hamas hacker group is targeting Israeli entities using a new Linux-based wiper malware dubbed BiBi-Linux Wiper. During a forensics investigation, Security Joes Incident Response team discovered a new Linux Wiper malware they tracked as BiBi-Linux Wiper. Pro-Hamas hacktivist group used the wiper to destroy the infrastructure of Israeli companies. The researchers noticed that the malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2023

Microsoft sheds light on a year of Russian hybrid warfare in Ukraine

Russia-linked threat actors targeted at least 17 European nations in 2023, and 74 countries since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. Microsoft revealed that Russia-linked threat actors targeted at least 17 European nations between January and mid-February 2023. According to a report published by the IT giant, the state-sponsored hackers have targeted 74 countries […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2023

Many cyber operations conducted by Russia are yet to be publicly disclosed, says Dutch intelligence

Dutch intelligence revealed that many cyber operations attributed to Russia against Ukraine and NATO members have yet to be publicly disclosed. According to a joint report published by the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), and the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD), many cyber operations conducted by Russia-linked hackers against Ukraine and NATO […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2023

Sandworm APT group hit Ukrainian news agency with five data wipers

The Ukrainian (CERT-UA) discovered five different wipers deployed on the network of the country’s national news agency, Ukrinform. On January 17, 2023, the Telegram channel “CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn” reported the compromise of the systems at the Ukrainian National Information Agency “Ukrinform”. The Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) immediately investigated the claims and as of January 27, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2023

Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper

Russia-linked Sandworm APT group is behind a new Golang-based wiper, tracked as SwiftSlicer, that hit Ukraine, ESET reports. Researchers from ESET discovered a new Golang-based wiper, dubbed SwiftSlicer, that was used in attacks aimed at Ukraine. The experts believe that the Russia-linked APT group Sandwork (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots) is behind the wiper attacks. The Sandworm group has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2022

New CryWiper wiper targets Russian entities masquerading as a ransomware

Experts spotted a new data wiper, dubbed CryWiper, that was employed in destructive attacks against Russian mayor’s offices and courts. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a previously unknown data wiper, dubbed CryWiper, that was employed in destructive attacks against Russian mayor’s offices and courts. The malware masquerades as ransomware, but the analysis of the code demonstrates that it […]

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Russia-linked threat actors targets Ukraine with PathWiper wiper

US announces a $10M reward for Russia’s GRU hacker behind attacks on Ukraine

New AcidPour wiper targets Linux x86 devices. Is it a Russia’s weapon?

Iranian Agonizing Serpens APT is targeting Israeli entities with destructive cyber attacks

Pro-Hamas hacktivist group targets Israel with BiBi-Linux wiper

Microsoft sheds light on a year of Russian hybrid warfare in Ukraine

Many cyber operations conducted by Russia are yet to be publicly disclosed, says Dutch intelligence

Sandworm APT group hit Ukrainian news agency with five data wipers

Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper

New CryWiper wiper targets Russian entities masquerading as a ransomware

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