Dutch Teens Arrested Over Alleged Spying for Pro-Russian Hackers

Dutch authorities arrest two teens recruited by pro-Russian hackers for spying missions. Learn how Russia is using disposable agents for sabotage across Europe...

Notes of cyber inspector: three clusters of threat in cyberspace

Hacktivism and geopolitically motivated APT groups have become a significant threat to many regions of the world in recent years, damaging infrastructure and important functions of government, business, and society. In late 2022 we predicted that the involvement of hacktivist groups in all major...

Norway Blames Pro-Russian Hackers for Dam Cyberattack

Norway says pro-Russian hackers breached a dam in Bremanger in April, opening a water valve for 4 hours…...

Europol Disrupts NoName057(16) Hacktivist Group Linked to DDoS Attacks Against Ukraine

An international operation coordinated by Europol has disrupted the infrastructure of a pro-Russian hacktivist group known as NoName05716 that has been linked to a string of distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against Ukraine and its allies. The actions have led to the dismantling of a maj...

Ransomware Groups Demystified: CyberVolk Ransomware

As part of our ongoing efforts to monitor emerging cyber threats, we have analyzed the activities of CyberVolk, a politically motivated hacktivist group that transitioned into using ransomware and has been active since June 2024. Unlike traditional ransomware groups, CyberVolk initially positione...

Exposed and vulnerable: Recent attacks highlight critical need to protect internet-exposed OT devices

Since late 2023, Microsoft has observed an increase in reports of attacks focusing on internet-exposed, poorly secured operational technology OT devices. Internet-exposed OT equipment in water and wastewater systems WWS in the US were targeted in multiple attacks over the past months by different...

DDoSia Attack Tool Evolves with Encryption, Targeting Multiple Sectors

The threat actors behind the DDoSia attack tool have come up with a new version that incorporates a new mechanism to retrieve the list of targets to be bombarded with junk HTTP requests in an attempt to bring them down. The updated variant, written in Golang, "implements an additional security...

Winter Vivern with Pro-Russian Objectives Targets Government

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Winter Vivern Advanced Persistent Threat APT is a relatively underreported group that operates with pro-Russian objectives and targets government agencies. To receive real-time threat advisories, plea...

List of Proxy IPs Exposed to Block Killnet’s DDoS Bots

By Waqas Kallnet is a pro-Russian group known for targeting hospitals and other critical infrastructure in countries unfriendly to Russia. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: List of Proxy IPs Exposed to Block Killnets DDoS Bots...

Hospitals Hit by DDoS Attacks as Killnet Group Targets the Healthcare Sector – What You Need to do Now

The increase in DDoS attacks on healthcare organizations in the US in the last 48 hours by the Pro-Russian hacktivist group Killnet has become a serious concern. These types of attacks are designed to overload a network or system with traffic, making it difficult or impossible for users to access...

Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group NoName057(16) Launches Cyber Attacks on Ukraine and NATO Organizations

Threat Level Actors Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary NoName05716 is a pro-Russian hacktivist group that has been conducting a campaign of DDoS attacks on Ukraine and NATO organizations since the early days of the war in Ukraine. The group has targeted...

Trellix Global Defenders: Analysis and Protections for Destructive Wipers

Trellix Global Defenders: Analysis and Protections for Destructive Wipers By Ayed Al Qartah · November 17, 2022 Modern cyber warfare involves the actions of a nation-state or their proxies organized crime and hacker groups to attack and attempt to damage other nations’ computers or information...

Russian ‘Hacktivists’ Are Causing Trouble Far Beyond Ukraine

The pro-Russian group Killnet is targeting countries supporting Ukraine. It has declared "war" against 10 nations...

Gamaredon - When nation states don’t pay all the bills

By Warren Mercer and Vitor Ventura. Update 02/22: The IOC section has been updated Gamaredon is a threat actor, active since at least 2013, that has long been associated with pro-Russian activities in several reports throughout the years. It is extremely aggressive and is usually not associated...

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 investigation shows Russian disinformation campaigns have global reach

A little background: on July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot from the sky on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur above the Ukraine. The plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile, and as a result, all 298 people on board were killed. At that time, there was a revolt of pro-Russia...