British Cyber Agency Warns of Russian and Iranian Hackers Targeting Key Industries

The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre NCSC on Thursday warned of spear-phishing attacks mounted by Russian and Iranian state-sponsored actors for information-gathering operations. "The attacks are not aimed at the general public but targets in specified sectors, including academia, defense,...

The Unrelenting Menace of the LockBit Ransomware Gang

The notorious Russian-speaking cybercriminals grew successful by keeping a low profile. But now they have a target on their backs...

Gamaredon Group Launches Cyberattacks Against Ukraine Using Telegram

The Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Gamaredon has continued its digital onslaught against Ukraine, with recent attacks leveraging the popular messaging app Telegram to strike military and law enforcement sectors in the country. "The Gamaredon group's network infrastructure...

[updated]Ransomware money laundering operation disrupted, founder arrested

The US Department of Justice DOJ has released information about the arrest of Anatoly Legkodymov, the founder and majority owner of a cryptocurrency exchange called Bitzlato, on money laundering charges. Legkodymov, a Russian national who lives in China, is accused of processing over $700 million...

Founder of Bitzlato Exchange Arrested for ransomware, $700 mln Fraud

By Habiba Rashid Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national and the owner of Bitzlato Ltd., was arrested in Miami Tuesday night. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Founder of Bitzlato Exchange Arrested for ransomware, $700 mln Fraud...

Kasablanka Group Launches Phishing Campaigns Targeting Russian Government Entities

Threat Level Actors Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The GitLab CE and EE have two security issues in Git. One of them is CVE-2022-41903, which is an integer overflow in the ‘git-log’ and ‘git-archive’ commands that can result in arbitrary heap writes and...

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...

Russian Ransomware Gang Attack Destabilizes UK Royal Mail

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Russian Hackers Eager to Bypass OpenAI’s Restrictions to Abuse ChatGPT

By Waqas One of the threat actors inquired about the ideal way to use a stolen payment card to purchase an upgraded user on OpenAI. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Hackers Eager to Bypass OpenAIs Restrictions to Abuse ChatGPT...

Crypto-inspired Magecart skimmer surfaces via digital crime haven

This blog post was authored by Jerome Segura Online criminals rarely reinvent the wheel, especially when they don't have to. From ransomware to password stealers, there are a number of toolkits available for purchase on various underground markets that allow just about anyone to get a jumpstart...

Information Stealer LummaC2 Targets Browsers and Crypto Wallets

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary LummaC2 Stealer is an information stealer that targets Chromium and Mozilla-based browsers. It is designed to steal sensitive information from a victims machine, including crypto wallets, extensions, and...

Russian Hackers Targeted Three US Nuclear Research Labs

By Deeba Ahmed The attacks, according to Reuters' report, happened between August and September 2022. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Hackers Targeted Three US Nuclear Research Labs...

Russian Turla Hackers Hijack Decade-Old Malware Infrastructure to Deploy New Backdoors

The Russian cyberespionage group known as Turla has been observed piggybacking on attack infrastructure used by a decade-old malware to deliver its own reconnaissance and backdoor tools to targets in Ukraine. Google-owned Mandiant, which is tracking the operation under the uncategorized cluster...

Slack Discloses Breach of Its Github Code Repository

Plus: Russian spies uncovered in Europe, face recognition leads to another wrongful arrest, a new porn ID law, and more...

Turla, a Russian Espionage Group, Piggybacked on Other Hackers' USB Infections

The infamous, FSB-connected Turla group took over other hackers' servers, exploiting their USB drive malware for targeted espionage...

Hacking the JFK Airport Taxi Dispatch System

Two men have been convicted of hacking the taxi dispatch system at the JFK airport. This enabled them to reorder the taxis on the list; they charged taxi drivers $10 to cut the line...

Sale or No Sale; Hacker Leaks FBI’s InfraGard database Online

By Habiba Rashid Hackread.com can confirm that the InfraGard database is also circulating on several Russian cybercrime forums and Telegram groups. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sale or No Sale; Hacker Leaks FBIs InfraGard database Online...

RisePro: A New Threat Emerges on the Russian Online Marketplace

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary RisePro is a type of malware that has been designed to steal sensitive information from infected computers and send it back to the attacker. It was first seen being sold on the illegal Russian online...

Ukraine Intercepting Russian Soldiers’ Cell Phone Calls

Theyre using commercial phones, which go through the Ukrainian telecom network: "You still have a lot of soldiers bringing cellphones to the frontline who want to talk to their families and they are either being intercepted as they go through a Ukrainian telecommunications provider or intercepted...

Russian Killnet Hackers Claim Data Theft of FBI Agents

By Habiba Rashid On Telegram, Killnet hackers have leaked a text file showing the login credentials of 10,000 individuals whom they claim are FBI agents. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Killnet Hackers Claim Data Theft of FBI Agents...