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Ukraine says Russian hackers backdoored govt websites in 2021

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) says Russian state hackers have breached multiple government websites this week using backdoors planted as far back as December 2021.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 23, 2023
- 02:50 PM
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Russian malware dev behind NLBrute hacking tool extradited to US

A Russian malware developer accused of creating and selling the NLBrute password-cracking tool was extradited to the United States after being arrested in the Republic of Georgia last year on October 4.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 23, 2023
- 12:36 PM
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Russian hacker convicted of $90 million hack-to-trade charges

Russian national Vladislav Klyushin was found guilty of participating in a global scheme that involved hacking into U.S. computer networks to steal confidential earnings reports, which helped the criminals net $90,000,000 in illegal profits.
- Bill Toulas
- February 15, 2023
- 03:39 PM
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Russian hackers using new Graphiron information stealer in Ukraine

The Russian hacking group known as 'Nodaria' (UAC-0056) is using a new information-stealing malware called 'Graphiron' to steal data from Ukrainian organizations.
- Bill Toulas
- February 08, 2023
- 06:00 AM
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New DDoS-as-a-Service platform used in recent attacks on hospitals

A new DDoS-as-a-Service (DDoSaaS) platform named 'Passion' was seen used in recent attacks by pro-Russian hacktivists against medical institutions in the United States and Europe.
- Bill Toulas
- February 01, 2023
- 12:58 PM
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Hackers use new SwiftSlicer wiper to destroy Windows domains

Security researchers have identified a new data-wiping malware they named SwiftSlicer that aims to overwrite crucial files used by the Windows operating system.
- Ionut Ilascu
- January 28, 2023
- 10:21 AM
- 5
Ukraine: Sandworm hackers hit news agency with 5 data wipers

The Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) found a cocktail of five different data-wiping malware strains deployed on the network of the country's national news agency (Ukrinform) on January 17th.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 27, 2023
- 01:10 PM
- 0
Yandex denies hack, blames source code leak on former employee

A Yandex source code repository allegedly stolen by a former employee of the Russian technology company has been leaked as a Torrent on a popular hacking forum.
- Bill Toulas
- January 26, 2023
- 09:44 AM
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Russia’s largest ISP says 2022 broke all DDoS attack records

Russia's largest internet service provider Rostelecom says 2022 was a record year for Distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) targeting organizations in the country.
- Bill Toulas
- January 23, 2023
- 03:18 PM
- 2
Ukraine links data-wiping attack on news agency to Russian hackers

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has linked a destructive malware attack targeting the country's national news agency (Ukrinform) to Sandworm Russian military hackers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 18, 2023
- 02:57 PM
- 0
BleepingComputer's most popular technology stories of 2022

2022 is over, and it's been filled with a wide assortment of stories ranging from the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the many bugs introduced by Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for Windows.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 02, 2023
- 11:07 AM
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Ukrainian govt networks breached via trojanized Windows 10 installers

Ukrainian government entities were hacked in targeted attacks after their networks were first compromised via trojanized ISO files posing as legitimate Windows 10 installers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 15, 2022
- 12:24 PM
- 6
Massive DDoS attack takes Russia’s second-largest bank VTB offline

Russia's second-largest financial institution VTB Bank says it is facing the worse cyberattack in its history after its website and mobile apps were taken offline due to an ongoing DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack.
- Bill Toulas
- December 06, 2022
- 10:11 AM
- 0
Microsoft warns of Russian cyberattacks throughout the winter

Microsoft has warned of Russian-sponsored cyberattacks continuing to target Ukrainian infrastructure and NATO allies in Europe throughout the winter.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 05, 2022
- 07:44 PM
- 0
New ransomware attacks in Ukraine linked to Russian Sandworm hackers

New ransomware attacks targeting organizations in Ukraine first detected this Monday have been linked to the notorious Russian military threat group known as Sandworm.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 25, 2022
- 01:01 PM
- 3
Pro-Russian hacktivists take down EU Parliament site in DDoS attack

The website of the European Parliament has been taken down following a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack claimed by Anonymous Russia, part of the pro-Russian hacktivist group Killnet.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 23, 2022
- 12:21 PM
- 0
Russian cybergangs stole over 50 million passwords this year

At least 34 distinct Russian-speaking cybercrime groups using info-stealing malware like Raccoon and Redline have collectively stolen 50,350,000 account passwords from over 896,000 individual infections from January to July 2022.
- Bill Toulas
- November 23, 2022
- 06:02 AM
- 2
Whoosh confirms data breach after hackers sell 7.2M user records

The Russian scooter-sharing service Whoosh has confirmed a data breach after hackers started to sell a database containing the details of 7.2 million customers on a hacking forum.
- Bill Toulas
- November 14, 2022
- 01:19 PM
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Ukraine says Russian hacktivists use new Somnia ransomware

Russian hacktivists have infected multiple organizations in Ukraine with a new ransomware strain called 'Somnia,' encrypting their systems and causing operational problems.
- Bill Toulas
- November 13, 2022
- 10:06 AM
- 0
Russian military hackers linked to ransomware attacks in Ukraine

A series of attacks targeting transportation and logistics organizations in Ukraine and Poland with Prestige ransomware since October have been linked to an elite Russian military cyberespionage group.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 10, 2022
- 02:47 PM
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