SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Department of Commerce spokesperson made the following cryptic confirmation: "We have asked CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] and the FBI to investigate, and we cannot comment further at this time.". Russian hackers, most likely the hacking group APT29, are believed to be behind the attack.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 10, 2022

When we think of nation-state hacking most of us have a western skew, immediately think of “the usual suspects”, China, North Korea, and Russia. In most cases State hacking programs utilize both directly affiliated actors (possibly military affiliated) and private “for hire” or sponsored groups not directly affiliated.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On May 13, the HSE’s antivirus security provider emailed the HSE’s security operations team, highlighting unhandled threat events dating back to May 7 on at least 16 systems. The HSE Security Operations team requested that the Server team restart servers. Let me say up front that all organizations get hacked.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2023

In the midst of ongoing tensions stemming from the Russia-Ukraine war, Microsoft's Threat Intelligence team has recently exposed the existence of a new Russian state-sponsored hacker group known as Cadet Blizzard. The group operates with a lower degree of operational security compared to other well-established Russian hacker groups.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2022

Tuesday’s story examined how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and governments. – Administrators: Workers tasked with setting up, tearing down servers, other attack infrastructure. ” Both Hof and Reverse appear to have direct access to the Emotet crimeware platform.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2021

With all of the craziness in the last year related to cybersecurity, it only makes sense to recap some of SecureWorld's most intriguing stories. An 8th Grader Could Have Hacked' Colonial Pipeline. Ever since the SolarWinds hack compromised thousands of organizations, with many victims in the U.S, A Russian national in U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Lots of accounts including Bezos, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mr Beast, and a ton more getting hacked for a bitcoin scheme. Tabriz is a tireless advocate for ethical hacking.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2021

They are the Russian hacking group behind the Kaseya ransomware attack, the JBS meat ransomware attack, and many more. Here are some questions our SecureWorld New editorial team kicked around: Did the U.S. deliver on promises to retaliate against Russia-linked hacking efforts? What we know about REvil websites being down.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2021

They are the Russian hacking group behind the Kaseya and JBS ransomware attacks, and many more. CNBC covered the news of these REvil sites being offline as breaking news: "These are sites, maintained by the hacking group, which is linked to Russia in the dark web, they use these sites to communicate with their victims.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

There’s a classic trope in fiction, that a criminal hacker somehow gets information that allows them or their team to take down a power grid of a major city. Like any other criminal hack. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. Sometimes the fiction is too good to be true.

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

As illustrated in the timeline above ( full screen. ) , Mirai’s story is full of twist and turns. Behind the scenes, many of these turns occurred as various hacking groups fought to control and exploit IoT devices for drastically different motives. Covers the Mirai code release and how multiple hacking groups end-up reusing the code.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Mark Lance, the VP of DFIR and Threat intelligence for GuidePoint Security, provides The Hacker Mind with stories of ransomware cases he’s handled. VAMOSI: Four days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 28, 2022, members of the Conti ransomware group began leaking information about the internal operations.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

PBS : Judy Woodruff: Officials confirm that a Russian criminal group is behind the hacking of a crucial energy pipeline. The Biden administration said it is working with a Colonial Pipeline Company to deal with the cyber hack and its effects. William Bangham is back now with the latest on that story.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

Centre for Defence: In 2007, a struggle over a divisive Soviet statutes set the standard for a new form of Russian interference in the affairs of foreign states. But the full story of the bronze soldier affair is only becoming clearer now. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Technology company Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) disclosed this week that suspected Russian state-sponsored hackers compromised its cloud email system and accessed employee mailboxes for months before detection. Follow SecureWorld News for more stories related to cybersecurity.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Would you use it?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Would you use it?

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

Nation-state backed hacking collectives have been around at least as long as the Internet. Military operatives and intelligence units today routinely hack to knock down critical infrastructure, interfere with elections, and even to exact revenge on Hollywood studios. Rise of North Korea. In the run-up to the 2016 U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Russian hacking groups have set out to systematically erode Western democratic institutions — and they’ve been quite successful at it. iFunny is a Russian company; it was launched in 2011 and has been downloaded to iOS and Android phones an estimated 10 million times. Yet, one recent disclosure floored me. Advertising practices.

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