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Project PowerUp – Helping to keep the lights on in Ukraine in the face of electronic warfare
As Russias invasion of Ukraine entered its first winter in late 2022, nearly half of Ukraines energy infrastructure had been destroyed, leaving millions without power. The resulting energy deficit has exacerbated something that hasnt had much media attention: The effects of electronic GPS jammers...
ChatGPT Spit Out Sensitive Data When Told to Repeat ‘Poem’ Forever
Plus: A major ransomware crackdown, the arrest of Ukraine’s cybersecurity chief, and a hack-for-hire entrepreneur charged with attempted murder...
Ukraine Hacks Russia’s Aviation Agency, Claims “Aviation Cannibalism”
By Deeba Ahmed In a press release, Ukraine’s intelligence agency referred to the hacking as a “successful complex special operation in cyberspace.” This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukraine Hacks Russias Aviation Agency, Claims "Aviation Cannibalism"...
Key Cybercriminals Behind Notorious Ransomware Families Arrested in Ukraine
A coordinated law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of key individuals in Ukraine who are alleged to be a part of several ransomware schemes. "On 21 November, 30 properties were searched in the regions of Kyiv, Cherkasy, Rivne, and Vinnytsia, resulting in the arrest of the 32-year-old...
LitterDrifter USB Worm
A new worm that spreads via USB sticks is infecting computers in Ukraine and beyond. The group--known by many names, including Gamaredon, Primitive Bear, ACTINIUM, Armageddon, and Shuckworm--has been active since at least 2014 and has been attributed to Russia’s Federal Security Service by the...
27 Malicious PyPI Packages with Thousands of Downloads Found Targeting IT Experts
An unknown threat actor has been observed publishing typosquat packages to the Python Package Index PyPI repository for nearly six months with an aim to deliver malware capable of gaining persistence, stealing sensitive data, and accessing cryptocurrency wallets for financial gain. The 27 package...
New Protestware Uses npm Packages to Call for Peace in Gaza and Ukraine
By Waqas Apart from displaying these messages, the packages performed no other actions. This indicates that these aren't malicious per se. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Protestware Uses npm Packages to Call for Peace in Gaza and Ukraine...
Russian Hackers Sandworm Cause Power Outage in Ukraine Amidst Missile Strikes
The notorious Russian hackers known as Sandworm targeted an electrical substation in Ukraine last year, causing a brief power outage in October 2022. The findings come from Google's Mandiant, which described the hack as a "multi-event cyber attack" leveraging a novel technique for impacting...
Sandworm Hackers Caused Another Blackout in Ukraine—During a Missile Strike
Russia's most notorious military hackers successfully sabotaged Ukraine's power grid for the third time last year. And in this case, the blackout coincided with a physical attack...
Turla Updates Kazuar Backdoor with Advanced Anti-Analysis to Evade Detection
The Russia-linked hacking crew known as Turla has been observed using an updated version of a known second-stage backdoor referred to as Kazuar. The new findings come from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which is tracking the adversary under its constellation-themed moniker Pensive Ursa. "As the code...
Elon Musk Mocked Ukraine, and Russian Trolls Went Wild
Inauthentic accounts on X flocked to its owner’s post about Ukrainian president Vlodymr Zelensky, hailing “Comrade Musk” and boosting pro-Russia propaganda...
green-ukraine.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3756256
Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...
CERT-UA Reports: 11 Ukrainian Telecom Providers Hit by Cyberattacks
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has revealed that threat actors "interfered" with at least 11 telecommunication service providers in the country between May and September 2023. The agency is tracking the activity under the name UAC-0165, stating the intrusions led to servi...
Pro-Russian Hackers Exploiting Recent WinRAR Vulnerability in New Campaign
Pro-Russian hacking groups have exploited a recently disclosed security vulnerability in the WinRAR archiving utility as part of a phishing campaign designed to harvest credentials from compromised systems. "The attack involves the use of malicious archive files that exploit the recently discover...
New PEAPOD Cyberattack Campaign Targeting Women Political Leaders
European Union military personnel and political leaders working on gender equality initiatives have emerged as the target of a new campaign that delivers an updated version of RomCom RAT called PEAPOD. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro attributed the attacks to a threat actor it tracks under the nam...
DDoS Attacks Leveraged by Attackers in Israel Conflict
Over the last few years, we’ve observed Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks used in many conflicts. In the Russia-Ukraine war, DDoS was used both by government cyber agencies and individual hacktivist groups to disrupt the flow of information and deface sites to promote propaganda. The...
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How Cyberattacks Are Transforming Warfare
There is a new battlefield. It is global and challenging to defend. What began with a high-profile incident back in 2007, when Estonia was hit by hackers targeting its government and commercial sector, has evolved into cyber warfare that is being waged constantly worldwide. Today, cyberattacks ha...
Cybercriminals Using PowerShell to Steal NTLMv2 Hashes from Compromised Windows
A new cyber attack campaign is leveraging the PowerShell script associated with a legitimate red teaming tool to plunder NTLMv2 hashes from compromised Windows systems primarily located in Australia, Poland, and Belgium. The activity has been codenamed Steal-It by Zscaler ThreatLabz. "In this...