Reuters reports: Russian hackers attempted to launch a destructive cyberattack on Ukraine’s electricity grid last week, Ukrainian officials and cybersecurity researchers said on Tuesday. The group, dubbed “Sandworm” by security researchers and previously tied to destructive cyberattacks attributed to Russia, deployed destructive and data-wiping malware on computers controlling high voltage substations in Ukraine, the Computer…
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War stirs up cybercrime
(Machine translation of German-language article at zdf.de). Peter Wering reports: ….. Russian groups are currently making little ransom from ransomware attacks…. That is why Russian IT criminals have partially relocated their activities to Ukraine. There they are attacking Ukrainian IT infrastructure on behalf of the Kremlin. But they also use the Internet connections there to…
Pentester for FIN7 sentenced for scheme that compromised tens of millions of debit and credit cards
Seattle – A Ukrainian man was sentenced today in the Western District of Washington to 5 years in prison for his criminal work in the hacking group FIN7. Denys Iarmak, 32, served as a high-level hacker, whom the group referred to as a “pen tester,” for FIN7. He was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand in November…
Cyberwar: Are attacks by Russian hackers still covered by cyber insurance? Germany’s perspective (for now)
Google translation: In the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, there are fears that Russia will launch a broad-based cyber war. Western countries could also become the focus of Russian cyber attacks. In this context, it can be expected that cyber insurers will invoke the so-called war exclusion and refuse to pay benefits. However, the considerations made by…
An Interview with AgainstTheWest
They are anonymous, but they are not Anonymous. Meet the individuals who are using their skills to take on the West’s enemies. Names can be misleading. When I first read about a group called “AgainstTheWest,” I assumed they were working against the west. But while threat actors from Russia, China, Belarus, and North Korea attack…
Anonymous Claims It Hacked Russian Orthodox Church, Leaked 15 GB Data And 57,500 Emails
Ajay Sharma reports: Hacker group Anonymous has launched another attack on Russia. The Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Lipetsk Mechanical Plant, which manufactures components for anti-aircraft missile launchers and other military equipment, were hacked by them on Friday. The hacker group posted on Twitter that they have merged and posted about 15 GB of…