That’s according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 threat intelligence team, who said on Tuesday that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hacking unit — tracked as “Cloaked Ursa” by Unit 42 but more commonly known as APT29 or Cozy Bear — has ...
APT29 has used this new tactic in recent campaigns targeting diplomatic missions and foreign embassies in Portugal and Brazil between early May and June 2022, according to Unit 42.
Belgium says Chinese hackers attacked its Ministry of Defense
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium says multiple Chinese state-backed threat groups targeted the country's defense and interior ministries.
"Belgium exposes malicious cyber activities that significantly affected our sovereignty, democracy, security and society at large by targeting the FPS Interior and the Belgian Defence," the foreign minister said.
Russian Hackers Tricked Ukrainians with Fake "DoS Android Apps to Target Russia" — The ...
Russian threat actors capitalized on the ongoing conflict against Ukraine to distribute Android malware camouflaged as an app for pro-Ukrainian hacktivists to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Russian sites.
It's worth noting that the onslaught of cyberattacks in the immediate aftermath of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine prompted the latter to form an IT Army to stage counter-DDoS attacks against Russian websites.
Hackers step up ransomware attacks on critical infra companies - The Hindu BusinessLine
"From the ransomware attack that compromised a major US gas pipeline in 2021 to the rise of nation-state attacks, particularly since the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, critical infrastructure organisations are under siege," Thales Group, a cybersecurity and digital identity solutions ...
'Hackers love it' when you see these 6 biggest password mistakes, says security expert
What to do: There is no way to add two-factor authentication to services that don't natively offer it, but you should turn it on wherever it's supported.
It's easy to think cyberattacks won't happen to you. But given that data breaches and other cyberthreats carry a high risk of identity theft, financial loss and other severe consequences, it's best to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
Vulnerabilities in popular GPS tracker could allow hackers to remotely stop cars - Help Net Security
Six vulnerabilities in the MiCODUS MV720 GPS tracker that’s used by organizations around the world to manage and protect vehicle fleets could be exploited by attackers to remotely cut fuel to or abruptly stop vehicles.
The MiCODUS MV720 is a hardwired GPS tracker through which fleet owners can track vehicles (especially when they are stolen), cut off fuel to them, geofence them so they can’t be driven outside specific areas, and generally have remote control over the vehicles.
FBI warns hackers are using fake crypto apps to defraud investors – TechCrunch
The FBI has issued a public warning about fraudulent cryptocurrency investment apps after hackers posing as legitimate services stole tens of millions of dollars from U.S. investors.
In another case, observed between December 2021 and May 2022, unidentified hackers took some $3.7 million from 28 individuals over the course of six months by pretending to be representatives from a legitimate, unnamed financial entity.
The heads of the NSA and FBI warned that Russia-backed hackers have the bandwidth to maintain their cyber pummeling… https://t.co/qiJW5gLjj0 WSJ (from New York, NY) Tue Jul 19 21:45:04 +0000 2022
Google's Threat Analysis Group has found Russian state-sponsored hackers spoofing pro-Ukraine apps. "Cyber Azov" ap… https://t.co/z8yM0G2N6n corintxt (from Brooklyn) Tue Jul 19 15:40:13 +0000 2022
Pro-Russian hackers conduct attacks against EU countries and their partners in support of 🇷🇺's aggression against U… https://t.co/SNFurP3VCb PolandMFA (from Warsaw, Poland) Tue Jul 19 18:17:58 +0000 2022
Russian state-sponsored APT29 hackers taking advantage of legitimate cloud services such as #Google Drive and… https://t.co/khXE3dbwVo TheHackersNews (from The Internet) Wed Jul 20 04:04:35 +0000 2022
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