Ukrainian telecom hit with major disruption, its most severe since Russian invasion

The disruption targeted large service provider in what might be the latest in a string of ongoing intentional internet disruptions.

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DOJ unseals charges against Russians in attempted hacks of infrastructure, including Trisis case

One indictment alleges hacking attempts on industrial control systems, and the other involves a separate spree from 2012-17.

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Dual North Korean hacking efforts found attacking Google Chrome vulnerability

The hacking attempts are just the latest in the multiple ongoing hacking campaigns from the North Korean government.

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Microsoft investigating hacking group’s claims of successful breach

Cybercrime organization Lapsus$ posted suspicious screenshots. Microsoft officials said they are “aware of the claims and are investigating.”

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New details emerge on prolific Conti-linked cybercrime group

Google’s Threat Analysis Group is calling the hackers Exotic Lily, and it says they employed relatively novel tactics.

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Top Ukrainian cyber official praises volunteer hacks on Russian targets, offers updates

Ukraine’s Victor Zhora said the so-called IT Army has done “useful” things, and he offered information about the “CaddyWiper” incident.

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Political fallout in cybercrime circles upping the threat to Western targets

Political motivations might be making the cybercrime undergound a more dangerous place, researchers say.

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Canadian man accused of extorting $28 million in ransomware scheme extradited to U.S.

One of NetWalker’s alleged most prolific affiliates made his first court appearance in the U.S. Thursday.

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Against backdrop of Russian-Ukraine war, researchers witness flurry of nation-aligned hacking

Hackers believed to be associated with the governments of Russia, Belarus and China are targeting Ukraine, Poland and European governments, researchers say, ranging from espionage attempts to phishing campaigns and coinciding with the intensification of the Russian assault on Ukraine. Shane Huntley, the director of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), said in a blog post Monday that the group has observed well-known Russian military hacking group Fancy Bear (also known as APT28) conducting several large credential phishing campaigns targeting UkrNet, a Ukrainian media company. Two recent campaigns, he said, involved newly created Blogspot domains as initial landing pages, which then redirected targets to credential phishing pages. TAG also observed a hacking operation known as Ghostwriter, or UNC1151, running credential phishing campaigns over the past week against Polish and Ukrainian government and military organizations. Ghostwriter refers to activity believed to be operating out of Belarus, researchers with cybersecurity firm Mandiant reported […]

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