Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that would have reaffirmed a nearly 50-year-old ban on placing weapons of mass destruction into orbit, two months after reports Russia has plans to do just that. Russia’s vote against the resolution was no surprise. As one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, […]
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Experts See Surge in Attacks, Including in Russia, Using Leaked LockBit Code Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • April 17, 2024 A LockBit ransomware attack doesn’t always come from LockBit. (Image: Shutterstock) What do a German healthcare network, a Russian security company and an American bridal clothing retailer […]
Russia is trying to sabotage European railways, Czech minister said Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2024 Czech transport minister warned that Russia conducted ‘thousands’ of attempts to sabotage railways, attempting to interfere with train networks and signals. Early this month, the Czech transport minister Martin Kupka warned that Russia has conducted ‘thousands’ of attempts to sabotage […]
Russian influence operations against Baltic states and Poland having ‘significant impact’ on society
Russia has improved the quality and upped the frequency of its information campaigns against Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland, according to the latest report from Lithuanian security services. Over the past year, Moscow’s operations against these Eastern European NATO members have become more aggressive. “They had a significant impact on society and required a large […]
Russian influence operations against Baltic states and Poland having ‘significant impact’ on society
Russia has improved the quality and upped the frequency of its information campaigns against Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland, according to the latest report from Lithuanian security services. Over the past year, Moscow’s operations against these Eastern European NATO members have become more aggressive. “They had a significant impact on society and required a large […]
National intelligence agency of Moldova warns of Russia attacks ahead of the presidential election Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2024 The national intelligence agency of Moldova warns of hybrid attacks from Russia ahead of the upcoming elections. The Moldovan national intelligence agency warns of hybrid attacks from Russia ahead of the upcoming elections. 2024 is a […]
Both Russia and China attempted to influence the 2022 U.S. midterms but did not successfully hack into the country’s election infrastructure or otherwise disrupt voting, the U.S. intelligence community said on Monday. “We have no evidence that any detected activity prevented voting, changed votes, or disrupted the ability to tally votes or to transmit election […]
IT Army of Ukraine disrupted internet providers in territories occupied by Russia Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2023 IT Army of Ukraine hacktivists have temporarily disrupted internet services in some of the territories that have been occupied by Russia. Ukrainian hacktivists belonging to the IT Army of Ukraine group have temporarily disabled internet services in some of […]
Oct 19, 2023NewsroomCyber Threat / Vulnerability A number of state-back threat actors from Russia and China have been observed exploiting a recent security flaw in the WinRAR archiver tool for Windows as part of their operations. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2023-38831 (CVSS score: 7.8), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when a user […]
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