Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group ‘KillNet’ Threat to HPH Sector January 30, 2023 TLP:CLEAR Report: 202301301200 Executive Summary The hacktivist group ‘KillNet’—has targeted the U.S. healthcare industry in the past and is actively targeting the health and public health sector. The group is known to launch DDoS attacks and operates multiple public channels aimed at recruitment and…
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HC3: Analyst Note: Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group ‘KillNet’ Threat to HPH Sector
December 22, 2022 TLP:CLEAR Report: 202212221500 Executive Summary HC3 is closely tracking hacktivist groups which have previously affected a wide range of countries and industries, including the United States Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector. One of these hacktivist groups—dubbed ‘KillNet’—recently targeted a U.S. organization in the healthcare industry. The group is known to launch…
The Pope’s website taken offline in suspected hacker attack
Anugraha Sundaravelu reports: Hackers have targeted the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church in an apparent cyberattack. The official Vatican website was taken offline on Wednesday following an apparent hacking attack, the Holy See said. ‘Technical investigations are ongoing due to abnormal attempts to access the site,’ Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said, without giving any…
Canadian police arrest suspected LockBit ransomware operator (updated)
Is the end of LockBit near? First an irate developer leaked the builder code for LockBit 3.0 code on GitHub in September. And now one of their big operators has been arrested in Canada. Howard Solomon reports: Canadian police have arrested a Russian citizen who they say is one of the world’s most prolific ransomware…
US Airports in Cyberattack Crosshairs for Pro-Russian Group Killnet
Jai Vijayan reports: Hot on the heels of attacks against US state government websites, pro-Russian threat group Killnet on Monday disrupted the websites of multiple US airports in a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. It also called on similarly aligned groups and individuals to carry out DDoS attacks on other US infrastructure targets, in…
Russian-speaking hackers knock US state government websites offline
Sean Lyngaas reports: Russian-speaking hackers on Wednesday claimed responsibility for knocking offline state government websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi, among other states — the latest example of apparent politically motivated hacking following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Kentucky Board of Elections’ website, which posts information on how to register to vote, was also temporarily offline…