Tag: Ukraine
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Microsoft Security Blog: New Star Blizzard spear-phishing campaign targets WhatsApp accounts
Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/16/new-star-blizzard-spear-phishing-campaign-targets-whatsapp-accounts/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: New Star Blizzard spear-phishing campaign targets WhatsApp accounts Feedly Summary: In mid-November 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the Russian threat actor we track as Star Blizzard sending their typical targets spear-phishing messages, this time offering the supposed opportunity to join a WhatsApp group. This is the first…
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The Register: Hackers game out infowar against China with the US Navy
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/20/china_taiwan_wargames/ Source: The Register Title: Hackers game out infowar against China with the US Navy Feedly Summary: Taipei invites infosec bods to come and play on its home turf Picture this: It’s 2030 and China’s furious with Taiwan after the island applies to the UN to be recognized as an independent state. After…
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Data and computer security | The Guardian: ‘Security through obscurity’: the Swedish cabin on the frontline of a possible hybrid war
Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/swedish-cabin-frontline-possible-hybrid-war-undersea-cables-sabotage Source: Data and computer security | The Guardian Title: ‘Security through obscurity’: the Swedish cabin on the frontline of a possible hybrid war Feedly Summary: Amid claims of sabotage of undersea cables, a small wooden structure houses a key cog in Europe’s digital connectivityAt the end of an unmarked path on a…
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Microsoft Security Blog: Frequent freeloader part II: Russian actor Secret Blizzard using tools of other groups to attack Ukraine
Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/11/frequent-freeloader-part-ii-russian-actor-secret-blizzard-using-tools-of-other-groups-to-attack-ukraine/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Frequent freeloader part II: Russian actor Secret Blizzard using tools of other groups to attack Ukraine Feedly Summary: Since January 2024, Microsoft has observed Secret Blizzard using the tools or infrastructure of other threat groups to attack targets in Ukraine and download its custom backdoors Tavdig and…
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Hacker News: Hacking Rooftop Solar Is a Way to Break Europe’s Power Grid
Source URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/europe-s-power-grid-vulnerable-to-hackers-exploiting-rooftop-solar-panels Source: Hacker News Title: Hacking Rooftop Solar Is a Way to Break Europe’s Power Grid Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the rising cybersecurity threats to Europe’s electric grid, primarily stemming from vulnerabilities in solar panel technology and the increasing digitalization of energy infrastructure. It highlights…
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The Register: Russia arrests one of its own – a cybercrime suspect on FBI’s most wanted list
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/02/russia_ransomware_arrest/ Source: The Register Title: Russia arrests one of its own – a cybercrime suspect on FBI’s most wanted list Feedly Summary: The latest in an unusual change of fortune for group once protected by the Kremlin An alleged former affiliate of the LockBit and Babuk ransomware operations, who also just happens to…