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Ukraine Warns of Cyber attack Aiming to Hack Users' Telegram Messenger Accounts
Ukraine's technical security and intelligence service is warning of a new wave of cyber attacks that are aimed at gaining access to users' Telegram accounts. "The criminals sent messages with malicious links to the Telegram website in order to gain unauthorized access to the records, including th...
Multiple Hacker Groups Capitalizing on Ukraine Conflict for Distributing Malware
At least three different advanced persistent threat APT groups from across the world have launched spear-phishing campaigns in mid-March 2022 using the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war as a lure to distribute malware and steal sensitive information. The campaigns, undertaken by El Machete, Lyceum, and...
How Explosions Actually Kill
Wars often spark misinformation about the nature of blast trauma. Russia's unprovoked bombardment of Ukraine is no different...
A week in security (March 28 – April 3)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: New UAC-0056 activity: There’s a Go Elephant in the room Globant suffers network breach due to LAPSUS$ compromise Update now! Apple patches two zero-day vulnerabilities that may have been actively exploited Hive ransomware impacts California non-profit health...
New UAC-0056 activity: There’s a Go Elephant in the room
This blog post was authored by Ankur Saini, Roberto Santos and Hossein Jazi. UAC-0056 also known as SaintBear, UNC2589 and TA471 is a cyber espionage actor that has been active since early 2021 and has mainly targeted Ukraine and Georgia. The group is known to have performed a wiper attack in...
Russian Wiper Malware Likely Behind Recent Cyberattack on Viasat KA-SAT Modems
The cyberattack aimed at Viasat that temporarily knocked KA-SAT modems offline on February 24, 2022, the same day Russian military forces invaded Ukraine, is believed to have been the consequence of wiper malware, according to the latest research from SentinelOne. The findings come a day after th...
Russia Inches Toward Its Splinternet Dream
For years, the country has been trying to create its own sovereign internet—a goal given new impetus by the backlash to its invasion of Ukraine...
Belarusian ‘Ghostwriter’ Actor Picks Up BitB for Ukraine-Related Attacks
Ghostwriter – a threat actor previously linked with the Belarusian Ministry of Defense – has glommed onto the recently disclosed, nearly invisible “Browser-in-the-Browser” BitB credential-phishing technique in order to continue its ongoing exploitation of the war in Ukraine. In a Wednesday post,...
Ukraine Leaks Personal Details of 620 Alleged FSB Agents
By Deeba Ahmed The Ukrainian Defense Ministrys Directorate of Intelligence claims the personal data includes names, phone numbers, addresses, vehicle license… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukraine Leaks Personal Details of 620 Alleged FSB Agents...
Ukraine shuts down disinformation bot farm
Given current world events, there’s an incredible amount of misinformation and disinformation around at the moment. Whether we’re talking 5G, the pandemic, vaccines, or invasions, there’s a lot out there. One of the biggest problems where bad information placed online is concerned is bot farms. A...
Attacks on Ukraine communications are a major part of the war
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the war on the battlefield has been accompanied by cyber attacks. Those attacks against critical infrastructure have knocked out banking and defense platforms, mostly by targeting several communication systems. In a timeline set up by NetBlocks,...
Satellites are critical infrastructure and need to be cybersecured
In the context of this article we will use the term satellite for a machine that is launched into space and moves around Earth. And there might be a lot more of them than you would expect—this live map tracks a huge number of satellites. Originally most of earth’s satellites were launched for...
Anonymous Hacks 2 Russian Industrial Firms, Leak 112GB of Data for Ukraine
By Waqas Anonymous has taken Operation OpRussia a step further by targeting MashOil and RostProekt, which happened to be giants… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Anonymous Hacks 2 Russian Industrial Firms, Leak 112GB of Data for Ukraine...
Another Chinese Hacking Group Spotted Targeting Ukraine Amid Russia Invasion
A Chinese-speaking threat actor called Scarab has been linked to a custom backdoor dubbed HeaderTip as part of a campaign targeting Ukraine since Russia embarked on an invasion last month, making it the second China-based hacking group after Mustang Panda to capitalize on the conflict. "The...
Threat Source newsletter (March 24, 2022) — Of course the deepfake videos are here
By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. The war in Ukraine has involved misinformation since before Russia’s ground forces invaded the country. So, it’s not really a shock that we’ve reached the stage of information warfare where deepfake... This is only th...
Threat Advisory: DoubleZero
Overview The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine released an advisory on March 22, 2022 disclosing another wiper dubbed "DoubleZero" targeting Ukrainian enterprises during Russia's invasion of the country. This wiper was detected as early as March 17, 2022. DoubleZero is yet another...
Putin and Biden Must Choose: How Does Russia Want to Lose?
As Russia's failures mount in its war against Ukraine, can Biden prevent an isolated Putin from doing the unthinkable?...
White House Warns of Possible Russian Cyberattacks
News: The White House has issued its starkest warning that Russia may be planning cyberattacks against critical-sector U.S. companies amid the Ukraine invasion. … Context: The alert comes after Russia has lobbed a series of digital attacks at the Ukrainian government and critical industry sectors...
U.S. Government Warns Companies of Potential Russian Cyber Attacks
The U.S. government on Monday once again cautioned of potential cyber attacks from Russia in retaliation for economic sanctions imposed by the west on the country following its military assault on Ukraine last month. "It's part of Russia's playbook," U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement,...