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CISA Calls For Increased Vigilance One Year After Ukraine’s Russian Invasion
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CISA Calls For Increased Vigilance One Year After Ukraine’s Russian Invasion

Nations' defense forces were forewarned yesterday against disruptive and defacement attacks by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This, the agency suggested on Thursday, might result from efforts to cause social unrest and disorder on the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. According to the blog post, "CISA maintains public cybersecurity services, including Shields Up, in response to the increased geopolitical tensions caused by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine." Moving forward, the sector will see more cyber activity read more about CISA Calls For Increased Vigilance One Year After Ukraine Russian Invasion. Stay informed with the best cybersecurity news and raise your cybersecurity awareness with our comprehensive coverage ...
New Russian-Backed Gamaredon’s Spyware Variants Targeting Ukrainian Authorities
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New Russian-Backed Gamaredon’s Spyware Variants Targeting Ukrainian Authorities

The Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Gamaredon has come under fire from the State Cyber Protection Center (SCPC) of Ukraine for his targeted cyberattacks on the nation's public institutions and vital information infrastructure. Actinium, Armageddon, Iron Tilden, Primitive Bear, Shuckworm, Trident Ursa, and UAC-0010 are some of the other names for the advanced persistent threat, which has a history of attacking Ukrainian targets going back to 2013. The SCPC stated that the UAC-0010 group's continued activity is characterized by a multi-step download strategy and executing spyware payloads designed to keep control over infected hosts read the complete article New Russian-Backed Gamaredon's Spyware Variants Targeting Ukrainian Authorities. You can protect your business ...
Russias Ukraine War Drives 62% Slump in Stolen Cards
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Russias Ukraine War Drives 62% Slump in Stolen Cards

According to Recorded Future, there has been a noticeable decline in the number of stolen payment card records that have been posted to the dark web since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. The company's Insikt Group division compiled its Annual Payment Fraud Report: 2022 by carefully examining threat intelligence obtained from the dark web. According to the report, the number of card-not-present records on the dark web carding businesses fell by 24% annually in 2022, to 45.6 million, and fell by 62%, to 13.8 million. This huge reduction was linked by Recorded Future to two important occurrences at the beginning of the year. The first was a sudden crackdown on cybercrime organizations by the Russian government, which included the arrest of alleged members of the Revil...
Russian Hackers Targeted Petroleum Refinery in NATO Country During Ukraine War
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Russian Hackers Targeted Petroleum Refinery in NATO Country During Ukraine War

Earlier this year, during the continuing Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the Gamaredon gang, which has ties to Russia, made an unsuccessful attempt to break into a sizable petroleum refining corporation located in a NATO member state read the complete article to know Russian Hackers Targeted Petroleum Refinery. The intrusion, which happened on August 30, 2022, is just one of many that the advanced persistent threat (APT) that's linked to Russia's Federal Security Service is said to have orchestrated (FSB). Gamaredon also referred to as Actinium, Armageddon, Iron Tilden, Primitive Bear, Shuckworm, Trident Ursa, and Winterflounder, has a history of targeting Ukrainian organizations and, to a lesser extent, NATO partners in order to gather critical information. According to a report from ...