Cyber: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on continued malicious behaviour in cyberspace by the Russian Federation - Consilium
The EU issued a statement strongly condemning the malicious cyber campaign conducted by the Russia-controlled Advanced Persistent Threat Actor 28 (APT28) against Germany and Czechia.
France seeks new EU sanctions to target Russian disinformation
A draft proposal, offered ahead of European elections in June, reportedly would allow the EU to impose tougher restrictions on individuals and entities involved in Russia-backed influence operations worldwide.
Hackers Linked to Russia’s Military Claim Credit for Sabotaging US Water Utilities | WIRED
Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, a group with ties to the Kremlin’s Sandworm unit, is crossing lines even that notorious cyberwarfare unit wouldn’t dare to.
Microsoft has stumbled through a series of major cybersecurity failures over the past few years. Experts say the US government’s reliance on its systems means the company continues to get a free pass.
Researchers discover new ransomware gang ‘Muliaka’ attacking Russian businesses
A previously unknown ransomware gang has been attacking Russian businesses with malware based on the leaked source code from the Conti hacking group. The gang, which researchers at the Moscow-based cybersecurity company F.A.C.C.T. have dubbed “Muliaka," or Muddy Water in English, has left minimal traces from its attacks but has likely been active since at least December 2023.
Ukrainian cybersecurity official reveals structure of Russian hacker groups
Russian hacker groups are military units with code names that are part of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff and the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. — Ukrinform.
U.S. Sanctions 3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges for Helping Russia Evade Sanctions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three cryptocurrency exchanges for offering services used to evade economic restrictions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. This includes Bitpapa IC FZC LLC, Crypto Explorer DMCC (AWEX), and Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennostyu Tsentr Obrabotki Elektronnykh Platezhey (TOEP).
Russia’s chief propagandist leaks intercepted German military Webex conversation
Russia has been accused of attempting to inflame divisions in Germany by publishing an intercepted conversation in which Bundeswehr officials discuss the country’s support for Ukraine, particularly around the supply of Taurus cruise missiles. The 38-minute conversation, which took place on February 19, was first published on social media platform Telegram by Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of RT and a sanctioned propagandist, who said the recording had been provided to her by “comrades in uniform.”
Microsoft's Top Execs' Emails Breached in Sophisticated Russia-Linked APT Attack
Microsoft on Friday revealed that it was the target of a nation-state attack on its corporate systems that resulted in the theft of emails and attachments from senior executives and other individuals in the company's cybersecurity and legal departments. The Windows maker attributed the attack to a Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group it tracks as Midnight Blizzard (formerly Nobelium), which is also known as APT29, BlueBravo, Cloaked Ursa, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes.
NoName057(16) relies heavily on HTTPS application-layer DDoS attacks, with many attacks repeatedly sourced from the same attack harness, networks, and targeting similar countries and industries.
Exclusive: Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months
Russian hackers were inside Ukrainian telecoms giant Kyivstar's system from at least May last year in a cyberattack that should serve as a "big warning" to the West, Ukraine's cyber spy chief told Reuters. The hack, one of the most dramatic since Russia's full-scale invasion nearly two years ago, knocked out services provided by Ukraine's biggest telecoms operator for some 24 million users for days from Dec. 12.