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US banks brace for cyberattacks amid harsher Russian sanctions
As the West tightens its financial grip on Russia by introducing increasingly more “stringent” sanctions, US banks are preparing to...
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Conti leaks: pro-Ukrainian member exposed more gang’s chats and Trickbot’s source code
Ransomware group Conti, which recently announced its allegiance with Vladimir Putin, is paying a high price for siding with Russia. An insider continues leaking sensitive Conti data, including internal chats, TrickBot source code, and even unmasking its members.
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Rumors about the app being hacked are false - Signal
Updated on 2 March. The company said the false information is likely a part of a misinformation campaign. The encrypted...
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Cyber army grows as digital partisans flock to Ukraine banner
As casualties mount in the conventional field, hacker groups are signing up in droves to join the conflict’s cyber campaign.
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Cyberattacks in Ukraine raise concerns under the Geneva Convention - Microsoft's president
Cyberattacks on emergency response services and humanitarian aid go beyond the wartime rules nations agreed on. Microsoft has an obligation...
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Hackers breach Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation
The group known as “AgainstTheWest” (ATW) published claims to have breached the company founded by Vladimir Putin himself. The screenshots...
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A sophisticated Chinese hacking tool evaded attention for a decade – research
The tool was designed for attacks against hardened networks in espionage campaigns against select governments and other critical infrastructure targets....
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Major Russian media outlets hacked
Many Russian media outlets, including state-owned news agency TASS, were hacked. Cyber pro-Ukrainian activists have replaced their websites with anti-war messages.
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Ransomware gang starts leaking Nvidia's internal data
The Lapsus$ ransomware gang has begun leaking Nvidia's internal data, infuriated by the US chipmaker's efforts to fight back against an attack launched against it last week.
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Cyberattack on Ukrainian border control slows refugee crossing
A data wiper was likely used to disrupt refugees escaping the war in Ukraine. A data wiper attack slowed the...
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Meta bans Ghostwriter hacker group
Facebook owner Meta has barred the Belarusian-backed hacking collective Ghostwriter from its social media platforms, in a further sign of the escalating cyberwar between Russia and Ukraine and their allies.
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Hackers sound call to arms with digital weapon aimed at Russian websites
An unknown group has set up a website tool that allows people to participate in distributed denial of service (DDos) attacks against Russian websites that it claims are spreading disinformation.
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The cyber army needs you, urges new app
Cybersecurity firms are urging ordinary civilians to join the cyberwar, by means of an app that allows them to attack Russian websites spreading disinformation.
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Hero hackers claim to have breached Belarusian weapons firm
The international hacker collective Anonymous appears to have made good on its declaration of cyberwar against Russia and its allies, apparently exposing 200GB of emails from Belarusian weapons manufacturer Tetraedr.
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Anonymous leaks database of the Russian Ministry of Defence
On Friday evening, Anonymous claimed they managed to breach the database belonging to the Russian Ministry of Defence.
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Polish state servers hit by cyberattacks
Polish national payment clearing system and government email network servers have been experiencing a series of cyberattacks over the last...
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Japan sets out plans to defend supply chains, see off hackers
Japan will step up spending to strengthen its supply chains and do more to guard against cyberattacks launched through imported...
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Anonymous declares cyberwar against Russia
The Anonymous hacker collective launched a cyberwar against Russia as Putin’s forces closed in on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.
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Lloyds on 'heightened alert' for Russian cyberattacks on banks - CEO
Britain's biggest domestic lender Lloyds said on Thursday it was on "heightened alert" for cyberattacks from Russia as the crisis...
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Ukrainian government websites down in a suspected DDoS attack
Websites of the Ukrainian parliament, Council of Ministers, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs are not responding. Ukraine-based journalists report multiple...
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