Dan Black of Google’s Threat Intelligence Group writes: Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has observed increasing efforts from several Russia state-aligned threat actors to compromise Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russia’s intelligence services. While this emerging operational interest has likely been sparked by wartime demands to gain access to sensitive government…
Category: cyberwar
Hackers target Taliban databases
Habib Mohammadi reports: A group of unidentified hackers has breached the Taliban’s databases, leaking documents from 21 ministries and government agencies, some of which appear to be classified, according to reports circulating online. The leaked files reportedly include documents from the Taliban-controlled ministries of finance, justice, foreign affairs, information and culture, telecommunications, and mining, as…
DeepSeek hit with ‘large-scale’ cyber-attack after AI chatbot tops app stores
Dara Kerr reports: DeepSeek said its newly popular app was hit with a cyber-attack on Monday, which forced the Chinese company to temporarily limit registrations. The attack came after the DeepSeek AI assistant app soared to the top of Apple’s App Store, becoming the highest rated free app in the US, and climbed high in Google’s Play…
EU sanctions 3 GRU members for cyberattacks against Estonia
ERR News reports: The European Union on Monday (January 27) imposed sanctions on three members of Russia’s military intelligence (GRU), who conducted a cyberattack against Estonia in May 2020. Estonia named the three GRU members – Yuri Denisov, Nikolay Korchagin and Vitali Shevchenko – last autumn after an investigation. It then declared them international fugitives….
The state registers of Ukraine have suffered a large-scale cyberattack: details from the Ministry of Justice
Svyatenko Tamara On December 19, the most extensive external cyberattack on the state registers of Ukraine in recent times occurred. This was reported by Olha Stefanishyna, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Minister of Justice of Ukraine. This targeted attack led to the temporary suspension of the Unified and State Registers, which are…
Cyberwar: Hackers tried to attack UA defense enterprises; UA hits Gazprombank with DDoS
State Special Communications / Yelyzaveta Kovtun reports: Hacker group UAC-0185 attempted to attack Ukrainian defense enterprises, as well as the Security and Defense Forces. Hackers used phishing emails for this. As reported in the State Intelligence Service, the hackers disguised their letters as official messages on behalf of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs….