Cyber war news

The hacktivist collective has pledged to fight Iran's "dictatorial rule and murderous cops" after a woman died in police custody for not wearing a headscarf properly.

Ukrainian business received a welcome relief when Amazon agreed to waive referral fees for entrepreneurs located in the embattled country for a year.

Pro-Russian hacker collective Killnet has launched several attacks against Japan over its support for Ukraine.

The Secret Service of Ukraine (SSU) dismantled two bot farms in Kyiv and Odesa this September alone. It also accused an operator of a bot farm in the Carpathian region, dismantled in 2021, of coordinating his actions with Russia.

A significant share of attacks occurred before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Hackers meddled with ride-hailing service Yandex Taxi to create a two-hour-long traffic jam in the Russian capital.

Cyberwarfare is ultimately more cost-effective than terrorist attacks in intimidating a population or forcing governments to act. Longtime cybersecurity expert Nadir Izrael says we should brace for more cyberattacks in the near future.

The cyberattack that crippled the Montenegro government’s digital infrastructure was likely carried out by a Russia-linked Cuba ransomware gang, authorities claim.

NetBlocks, which monitors internet service disruptions, reported a major disruption to communications at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

Two in three businesses suspect they have been targeted by a nation-state cybercriminal organization since the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine, according to a cybersecurity analyst.

A cybercriminal gang is using vulnerabilities in Microsoft products to go after US and NATO-affiliated organizations, according to threat intelligence analyst Mandiant.

As the war continues raging in Ukraine, Russia maintains pressure by launching a series of cyberattacks and hijacking legitimate penetration testing tools to destroy or gain control over targeted systems.

Even before its invasion of Ukraine, Russia had been attacking the West. How effective are its techniques?

A forum specializing in cyberattacks against Russia and Belarus has appeared on the scene – and while it charges for the service it also appears to be strongly partisan in nature, according to infosecurity firm Digital Shadows.

Pro-Russian hackers took down the website of Finland’s parliament, citing Helsinki’s NATO application as the reason behind the DDoS attack.

Russian special services partly used the bot farm to destabilize the social and political situation, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) claims.

Threat actors reportedly broadcasted a message suggesting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in critical condition.

The hackers aimed to carry out a supply chain attack on a large Ukrainian software development company servicing state organizations.