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Microsoft sues to take control of domains involved in Iran hacking campaign

sudshr47 March 27, 2019

Microsoft has won a restraining order in a U.S. court in order to take control of domains used by an Iranian hacker group. The software and cloud giant applied to the court in order to take control of 99 websites used by the hacker group, known as Phosphorus or APT 35, in various hacking operations. […]

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Hacker leaks data on Angela Merkel and hundreds of German lawmakers

sudshr47 January 4, 2019

A hacker has targeted and released private data on German chancellor Angela Merkel and other senior German lawmakers and officials. The data was leaked from a Twitter account, since suspended, and included email addresses, phone numbers, photo IDs and other personal data on hundreds of senior political figures. According to a government spokesperson, there was […]

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Russian government hackers mined bitcoin to fund attacks on FIFA, anti-doping agencies

sudshr47 October 4, 2018

People are definitely spending bitcoin, just maybe not the kind of people proponents of cryptocurrency adoption had in mind.

A lengthy indictment from the Justice Department dropped today, accusing seven Russian intelligence officers of conspiring to hack anti-doping agencies around the world in retaliation for their efforts to expose Russian athletic doping. And, at least according to the US officials, the GRU hacking group mined bitcoin to fund its efforts.

“The pool of bitcoin generated from the GRU’s mining activity was used, for example, to pay a United States-based company to register the [phishing] domain wada-arna.org through a payment processing company located in the United States,” reads the indictment. “The conspirators used the same funding structure—and in some cases, the very same pool of funds—to purchase key accounts, servers, and domains used in their anti-doping related hacking activity.” Read more…

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Justice Department files criminal charges against seven Russian spies over Fancy Bear cyberattacks

sudshr47 October 4, 2018

U.S. prosecutors have charged seven suspects accused of working for the Russian GRU, the country’s military intelligence unit. The Justice Department’s National Security Division alleged the seven hackers were part of “a conspiracy to use computer hacking to obtain non-public, health information about athletes and others in the files of anti-doping agencies in multiple countries, […]

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UK says Russia’s GRU was behind a spate of chaotic cyber attacks between 2015 and 2017

sudshr47 October 4, 2018

The UK has directly accused Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, of being behind a number of cyber attacks that took place between 2015 and 2017, calling them “indiscriminate and reckless” with a range of target types including political institutions, businesses, media and even sport. It says the chaotic campaign of attacks by the GRU […]

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Russian hackers are taking their cyber warfare to the next level

sudshr47 September 27, 2018

Russian hackers are upping the ante of their cyberattacks.

The next level of cyber warfare may not be here thanks to the latest weapon being utilized by Russian hackers.

Researchers with the cybersecurity company ESET have discovered what is believed to be the first known UEFI rootkit malware used in a cyber attack. In a blog post, ESET explains:

If the name “Fancy Bear” sounds familiar, it’s because they’re the hacking group embedded in Russia’s GRU intelligence agency that has been found responsible for the 2016 DNC emails hack and various misinformation campaigns surrounding the US elections. Earlier this summer, special counsel Robert Mueller indicted a number of Russian nationals with the Fancy Bear hacking group for their role in these attacks. Read more…

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Russian hackers slipped up in attempt to hack senator

sudshr47 August 23, 2018

Hackers that targeted a Democratic senator up for reelection this year may have left behind clues in their attack that further suggest Russian involvement. The office of Claire McCaskill, a Missouri senator, was targeted in an apparent targeted phishing attack from a fake Microsoft domain that the software giant later seized pursuant to a court […]

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Russian hackers already targeted a Missouri senator up for reelection in 2018

sudshr47 July 27, 2018

A Democratic senator seeking reelection this fall appears to be the first identifiable target of Russian hacking in the 2018 midterm race. In a new story on the Daily Beast, Andrew Desiderio and Kevin Poulsen reported that Democratic Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill was targeted in a campaign-related phishing attack. That clears up one unspecified target […]

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Russian hackers are targeting U.S. Senate email accounts

sudshr47 January 12, 2018

According to a new report, the same group that hacked the Democratic National Committee actively targeted the U.S. Senate through the latter half of 2017. The revelation comes out of a new report from Trend Micro, a Japanese firm that has reveale…

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Russian hacking group Fancy Bear targets hundreds of journalists

sudshr47 December 22, 2017

The Russian hackers behind Hillary Clinton’s leaked emails are still at it. This time, Fancy Bear is being accused of targeting hundreds of journalists

The Associated Press found at least 200 journalists have been part of a long-term attack dating back to at least mid-2014. The most recent hacks happened just months ago.

The list AP obtained from cybersecurity firm Secureworks included 50 New York Times journalists, a Washington Post columnist, and a Daily Beast reporter. Along with U.S. journalists, other major hack attempts were focused on the Kyiv Post and other media members in Ukraine and Russia. Read more…

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Yep: Russian hackers have targeted everyone from Colin Powell to Pussy Riot to the Vatican

sudshr47 November 2, 2017

Russian hackers — they’re everywhere. Not even those in the the pope’s camp are safe from them, according to a new report. And yes: That pope.

While the narrative surrounding Russian hacking efforts has centered mostly around the 2016 U.S. election, a new report published by cybersecurity firm Secureworks and obtained by the Associated Press shows hackers also targeted figures like John Kerry, Colin Powell, a member of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot, and — gasp! — a representative of the Pope Francis, based in Kiev.

According to the AP, the list shows hackers, aligned with the Russian government, who attempted to bust into around 4,700 Gmail accounts (leaving one to wonder why a representative for the pope even uses Gmail). Read more…

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