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Romanian energy supplier Electrica Group is facing a ransomware attack

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Romanian energy supplier Electrica Group is investigating an ongoing ransomware attack impacting its operations. The company assured investors that the attack hadn’t affected its critical systems, but temporary disruptions in customer services might occur due to enhanced security protocols. The company serves over 3.8

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Study shows connections between 2000 malware samples used by Russian APT groups

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Beginning with the first publicly known attacks by Moonlight Maze , in 1996, the Pentagon breach in 2008, Blacking out Kyiv in 2016, hacking the United States elections in 2016, and including some of the largest, most infamous cyberattacks in history, targeting an entire nation with NotPetya ransomware.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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RansomBoggs Ransomware hit several Ukrainian entities, experts attribute it to Russia

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Several Ukrainian organizations were hit by Russia-based RansomBoggs Ransomware in the last week, ESET reports. Researchers from ESET observed multiple attacks involving a new family of ransomware, tracked as RansomBoggs ransomware, against Ukrainian organizations. MSIL/Filecoder.RansomBoggs.A

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Russia-linked APT Seashell Blizzard is behind the long running global access operation BadPilot campaign

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Seashell Blizzard (aka Sandworm , BlackEnergy and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRUs Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). The group also created the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017.

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SonicWall warns of ‘imminent ransomware’ attacks on its EOL products

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SonicWall has issued an urgent security alert to warn customers of “ an imminent ransomware campaing ” targeting EOL equipment. SonicWall has issued an urgent security alert to warn companies of “ an imminent ransomware campaing ” targeting some of its equipment that reached end-of-life (EoL). continues the alert.

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Russia-linked IRIDIUM APT linked to Prestige ransomware attacks against Ukraine

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Microsoft linked Prestige ransomware attacks against organizations in Ukraine and Poland to Russia-linked threat actors. Microsoft has identified a new ransomware strain "Prestige" in limited targeted attacks in Ukraine and Poland. The campaign shares victimology with recent operations conducted by Russia-linked threat actors.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 349

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Threat actors stole $18.7M Threat actors stole $18.7M Threat actors stole $18.7M US NCSC and DoS share best practices against surveillance tools Swiss army asks its personnel to use the Threema instant-messaging app Russian submarines threatening undersea cables, UK defence chief warns.