Operator of Major Proxy Botnet ‘IPStorm’ Arrested, Pleads Guilty in US

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The FBI arrested the operator of the IPStorm botnet, a Russian-Moldovan national, in Spain.
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Russian Hackers Used Novel OT Attack to Disrupt Ukrainian Power Amid Mass Missile Strikes

Mandiant says Russia’s Sandworm hackers used a novel OT attack to cause power outages that coincided with mass missile strikes on critical infrastructure across Ukraine.
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Russian hackers disrupted Ukrainian electrical grid last year

The notorious Russian hacking group known as Sandworm took down a substation that caused a brief outage, according to a new Mandiant report.

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Russia’s 2nd-Largest Insurer Rosgosstrakh Hacked; 400GB of Data Sold Online

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The hackers are selling the trove of data for $50,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) or Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency.
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Russian Pair Charged with JFK Airport Taxi System Hack for Over 2 Years

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A cybersecurity incident apparently involving collaboration between Russians and Americans…
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Hive0051’s large scale malicious operations enabled by synchronized multi-channel DNS fluxing

Recent analysis of Hive0051 has identified three key changes to capabilities: an improved multi-channel approach to DNS fluxing, obfuscated multi-stage scripts, and the use of fileless PowerShell variants of the Gamma malware.

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Kaspersky reveals ‘elegant’ malware resembling NSA code

The Russian cybersecurity firm discovered sophisticated malware that combined cryptocurrency mining and espionage capabilities.

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