Cybersecurity

OfflRouter Malware Evades Detection in Ukraine for Almost a Decade

Apr 18, 2024NewsroomIncident Response / Cyber Espionage Select Ukrainian government networks have remained infected with a malware called OfflRouter since 2015. Cisco Talos said its findings are based on an analysis of over 100 confidential documents that were infected with the VBA macro virus and uploaded to the VirusTotal malware scanning platform. “The documents contained […]

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Blackjack group used ICS malware Fuxnet against Russian targets

Ukrainian Blackjack group used ICS malware Fuxnet against Russian targets Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2024 The Ukrainian hacking group Blackjack used a destructive ICS malware dubbed Fuxnet in attacks against Russian infrastructure. Industrial and enterprise IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty reported that the Ukrainian Blackjack hacking group claims to have damaged emergency detection and response capabilities […]

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29-Year-Old Ukrainian Cryptojacking Kingpin Arrested for Exploiting Cloud Services

Jan 13, 2024NewsroomCryptojacking / Cloud Security A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been arrested in connection with running a “sophisticated cryptojacking scheme,” netting them over $2 million (€1.8 million) in illicit profits. The person was apprehended in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on January 9 by the National Police of Ukraine with support from Europol and an unnamed cloud […]

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NoName on Rampage! Claims DDoS Attacks on Ukrainian Government Sites

NoName ransomware group has allegedly targeted multiple Ukrainian government websites. The latest victims of the alleged NoName ransomware attack on Ukraine include Accordbank, Zaporizhzhya Titanium-Magnesium Plant, State Tax Service, Central Interregional Tax Administration, Western Interregional Tax Administration, and the Main Directorate of the State Tax Service in Kyiv. The Cyber Express tried to verify the […]

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Top Ukrainian Mobile Operator Kyivstar Hit by Cyberattack

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Is in Washington David Perera (@daveperera) • December 12, 2023     The Kyivstar logo displayed in Kherson, Ukraine in February 2022 (Image: Shutterstock) Ukrainian telecom operator Kyivstar was the target of a cyberattack that knocked internet access […]