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Most likely russian hackers defaced Ukrainian government websites

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJanuary 14, 2022

Hackers defaced several Ukrainian government websites: the attack occurred on the night of January 13-14 and affected the websites of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Defense, the State Emergency Service, the website of

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyNovember 25, 2021

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the arrest of five members of the international hacker group Phoenix, which specializes in remote hacking of mobile devices and collection of personal data. Law enforcement officers report that the group included five citizens

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FBI and NSA release a statement about attacks by Russian hackers

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJuly 2, 2021

The FBI and NSA claim that a group of Russian government hackers are brute-forcing companies and organizations around the world. The NSA, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS CISA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency, the FBI and the UK National

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Russian-speaking hackers attacked the government infrastructure of Poland

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJune 16, 2021

The Sejm of Poland will hold a secret meeting, at which the government will hear information about the recent attacks by Russian-speaking hackers on the government infrastructure of Poland and the Internet accounts of high-ranking officials. According to government spokesman

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A competition at a hacker forum: $115,000 paid for new attack methods related to cryptocurrency

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJune 3, 2021

Intel 471 analysts discovered that at the end of April this year, a competition was announced on an unnamed Russian-speaking hacker forum for the best new hacking methods related to cryptocurrencies. The administration of the resource encouraged everyone to publish articles

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Cyrillic on the keyboard may become a “vaccine” against Russian hackers

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMay 18, 2021

After the sensational cyberattack on the American fuel giant Colonial Pipeline, experts proposed a kind of “vaccine” against Russian hackers. The cybercriminal group DarkSide behind the attack on the Colonial Pipeline hastened to disown any political motives.

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Hacker XSS Forum Banned Ransomware Ads

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMay 14, 2021

The administration of the popular hacker forum XSS (formerly DaMaGeLab) has banned advertising and sale of any ransomware on its pages. Groups like REvil, LockBit, DarkSide, Netwalker, Nefilim, and so on have often used the forum to advertise new customer acquisition. As a

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Hackers Bypass Firewalls Using Windows Feature

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyApril 2, 2021

Hackers now bypass firewalls using a legitimate component of the Windows operating system called Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), installing malware into it. In 2020, hospitals, medical centres and nursing homes suffered from an ever-changing phishing campaign

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REvil spokesman boasts that hackers have access to ballistic missile launch systems

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 17, 2021

A Revil representative under the pseudonym Unknown, claims that the hackers, partners in the use of malware, have access to ballistic missile launch systems. Cybercriminal group REvil operates on the RaaS ransomware-as-a-service business model, in which attackers offer

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Hackers gained access to surveillance cameras in Tesla, Cloudflare and banks

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 10, 2021

Bloomberg reports that some hackers have gained access to surveillance cameras installed in Tesla, Equinox, medical clinics, prisons and banks. In addition to the images from the cameras, the hackers published screenshots proving that they had direct access to the