On May 11 and 22, two waves of coordinated attacks against 22 energy organizations amounted to the largest coordinated attack against Danish critical infrastructure to date. The hackers exploited …
Russian Cyber War: An Elite Russian Hacker Spells Out His Vision for “Information Confrontation in World Politics”
Editor’s note: This post by Dr. Bilyana Lilly provides insights into an aspect of Russia’s information warfare activities. Dr. Lilly, part of the OODA Network, is the author of the book Russian …
US Offers $10m for Russian NotPetya Sandworm Team
US authorities are offering $10 million for anyone with information that could help locate or identify six members of a Russian state hacking group responsible for the NotPetya attacks. The award was …
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Ukrainian Energy Supplier Targeted by New Industroyer Malware
According to cybersecurity vendor ESET, a Ukrainian energy supplier has been targeted by a new variant of the Industroyer malware, Industroyer2. ESET discovered the cyberattack in collaboration with …
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Sandworm rolls out Industroyer2 malware against Ukraine
A new variant of the Industroyer malware, used to great effect against the Ukrainian energy sector by Russia’s Sandworm or Voodoo Bear advanced persistent threat (APT) group in 2016, has been …
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US Action Disrupts Russian Botnet Cyclops Blink
US authorities claim to have disrupted a botnet controlled by the Russian state. The disruption occurred as a result of a court- authorized operation that took place in March. The botnet, called …
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US charges Russian GRU officers for NotPetya, other major hacks
On Monday, the Justice Department announced that a federal grand jury had charged six Russian intelligence officers labeled the Sandword team responsible for notoriously destructive attacks spanning …
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Kremlin Hackers Take Aim at the Swiss Lab That’s Working the Skripal Poisoning Case
A state-backed Russian hacking group that targeted the Ukrainian power grid is now "targeting a Swiss laboratory that’s helping investigators solve the March poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his …