Seven Russian government operatives have been charged with hacking into the computer networks of organizations working to investigate and stop Russian athletic doping, just after Russia was banned from the Olympics due to state-sponsored doping revelations. The hackers also allegedly targeted other international entities seen as thwarting Russia’s strategic interests. According to an indictment unsealed…
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New VPNFilter malware targets at least 500K networking devices worldwide
Cisco’s Talos writes: For several months, Talos has been working with public- and private-sector threat intelligence partners and law enforcement in researching an advanced, likely state-sponsored or state-affiliated actor’s widespread use of a sophisticated modular malware system we call “VPNFilter.” We have not completed our research, but recent events have convinced us that the correct…
Manuel Delia’s Blog Cyber-Attacked By Ukrainian Hackers On A Scale ‘Rarely Seen On Other Maltese Websites’
Tom Diacono reports: Journalist-blogger Manuel Delia has warned his blog is being targeted by Ukrainian hackers in what he described as one of the most vicious cyber-attacks in Maltese history. “The storm has been raging for most of this week and every effort of the technical team to counter the attack is met by a…
UK and US blame Russia for ‘malicious’ NotPetya cyber-attack
BBC reports: The Russian military was directly behind a “malicious” cyber-attack on Ukraine that spread globally last year, the US and Britain have said. The White House said June’s NotPetya ransomware attack caused billions of dollars in damage across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said Russia was “ripping up the…
Russian hackers involved in largest hacking scheme ever prosecuted in U.S. sentenced
Vladimir Drinkman, the Russian hacker indicted and extradited as part of what was the largest hacking case of its time, was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison by a federal judge in New Jersey. Drinkman had pleaded guilty in 2015 to conspiring to hack firms including Heartland Payment Systems Inc., 7-Eleven, and Hannaford Bros., and Jet Blue. Dmitriy Smilianets,…
Personal data of 500,000 Nova Poshta clients allegedly leaked to dark web
Kostiantyn Tsentsura reports: The largest private delivery company in Ukraine, Nova Poshta, has been accused of leaking the personal information of hundreds of thousands of its users to the dark web. […] According to Papyshev, the seller is offering two databases: the first has 500,000 records of clients, with their full names, phone numbers, city…