Cyber war news
Germany targeted by Russian propaganda, claims analyst
A Russian disinformation campaign is targeting the German government and its voters in the run-up to elections.
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US disrupts Russian espionage botnet
The Department of Justice (DoJ) says it has taken down a global botnet controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU.
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Arrest warrant issued for Meta spokesperson, from Russia with love
A Moscow court this week issued an arrest order for Meta spokesperson Andy Stone on charges of inciting terrorism. Is this Kremlin propaganda or does Stone seriously need to watch his back?
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Russian APT28 phishing Ukraine's military to steal login info
Ukraine’s National Cyber Security Coordination Center (NCSCC) is warning its military members of a new phishing campaign led by the Russian government backed cybercriminal group APT28.
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Telecom blackout hits Gaza, Israeli cell service cut by hackers
The interruption of telecom services has become the latest fallout of Israel’s war against Hamas as the Jewish nation’s largest cellular provider gets knocked offline, and the Gaza Strip goes digitally dark.
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Putin's intel agencies lose internet, Ukraine IT Army takes claim
Moscow internet provider Akado is hacked by the volunteer IT Army of Ukraine knocking out wifi access for Putin’s administration, intel, security agencies, and more.
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Audits show less antisemitism on X than other apps, Musk says
Social media company X's platform has less antisemitic content compared with other applications, according to audits , X owner Elon Musk it has commissioned, the X owner said on Monday at a conference on combating antisemitism.
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Russian-web provider Qwerty down, Ukraine’s IT Army takes credit
The IT Army of Ukraine claims to have taken down the Moscow-based internet provider Qwerty in its latest attack on the Kremlin – the second time a major Russian telecom service has been hit in less than a week.
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Russian telecom targeted by Ukrainian hacktivists as payback for Kyivstar
Ukrainian hacktivists have targeted the Russian internet provider M9com as payback for the December cyberattack on Ukraine’s nationwide telecoms provider Kyivstar.
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Everything we know about the Kyivstar cyberattack
Kyivstar suffered an attack by Russian hackers that lasted for months and wiped out the telecommunication company’s systems. The hack...
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Ukraine breaches Russian water supply company, seizes data
Ukraine has reportedly hacked Rosvodokanal, one of Russia’s largest private companies, and seized 1.5TB of data.
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Kyivstar telecom slowly back up after massive cyberattack, two Russian groups take claim
Ukraine’s largest mobile and internet provider Kyivstar has started to come back online after a massive cyberattack left more than half the nation’s population without service. This as two separate Russian hacker groups are claiming responsibility for the attack..
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Ukraine says it attacked Russia’s tax service
Ukraine’s defense intelligence directorate (GUR) has claimed that its hackers infected thousands of servers belonging to Russia’s IRS equivalent, the Federal Taxation Service (FTS), and destroyed backups.
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Israel unplugged Gaza: Human rights watchdog says “Internet shutdowns are fatal”
“They couldn’t know which areas were bombed, if their families are safe, and where to evacuate,” says a human rights watchdog, calling for an immediate digital and physical ceasefire as Gaza runs out of fuel and goes into a complete internet blackout in the coming hours.
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TikTok responds to charges of antisemitism as it battles misinformation
A TikTok blog post, released Thursday, aims to dispel accusations that the social app is pushing a political agenda regarding the still unfolding Israel-Hamas conflict.
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DDoS attacks trending upwards: multiple EU websites under siege
Since their emergence in the late 1990s, Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continue to be a mainstay for threat actors.
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Israeli security data for sale at $15,000 – report
A threat actor has been trying to sell compromised information from Israeli security entities on a Russian-speaking cybercriminal forum.
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Russian hacktivists now targeting Israeli global satellite and Industrial Control Systems
The Russian-linked hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan – who pledged solidarity with Hamas over the weekend – is now claiming multiple attacks on Israel’s Industrial Control Systems (IDS) in an attempt to disrupt critical infrastructure.
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Killnet’s attacks on Israel: an invitation to open fire
Killnet, a vehemently pro-Russian hacktivist group with suspected ties to the Kremlin, attacked Israel after Hamas militants massacred hundreds of Israeli civilians.
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Microsoft names Hamas-linked group targeting Israel
The Gaza-based cyber group, tracked by Microsoft as Storm-1133, targeted Israel’s infrastructure ahead of Hamas’ attack on the country.
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