A view of the monument to the first Ukrainian printer Ivan Fedorov during snowfall on November 28, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine. (Photo by Les Kasyanov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) Simple ‘FrostyGoop’ malware responsible for turning off Ukrainians’ heat in January attack The attack is the latest in a string targeting Ukrainian critical infrastructure and illustrates the growing ease of targeting industrial systems. Jul 23, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
The Russian flag flies at the embassy’s compound in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Treasury sanctions Russian hackers that breached US water utilities The Russian hacktivists have been linked to the state-backed Sandworm group. Jul 19, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
The Russian flag flies at the embassy’s compound in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Mandiant: Notorious Russian hacking unit linked to breach of Texas water facility Researchers from the Google-owned firm conclude that Sandworm personas are linked to several recent attacks on critical infrastructure. Apr 17, 2024 By AJ Vicens Christian Vasquez
Buildings and ships along the harbor of Nyhavn in Copenhagen. (Getty Images) Sandworm probably wasn’t behind Danish critical infrastructure cyberattack, report says A hacking campaign thought to be attributed to the infamous Russian hacking group may have been the work of a different hacking group, Forescout researchers said in… Jan 11, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
People walk past a store of Kyivstar, a Ukrainian telecommunications company, in Kyiv on December 12, 2023. (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP) Russian hackers reportedly breached telecom network months before attack The attack on Kyivstar took out mobile and home internet service for as many as 24 million people in Ukraine. Jan 4, 2024 By AJ Vicens
PARASKOVIIVKA, UKRAINE – DECEMBER 17: An electric substation of salt mine on December 17, 2022 in Paraskoviivka, Ukraine. Now local residents remain in the village and the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There is no electricity, the village is under constant shelling. Communication works only on the pedestrian bridge via the railway. The salt mines of the state enterprise “Artemsil” stopped working due to hostilities at the end of May. (Photo by Vitalii Pavlenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) Russian hackers disrupted Ukrainian electrical grid last year The notorious Russian hacking group known as Sandworm took down a substation that caused a brief outage, according to a new Mandiant report. Nov 9, 2023 By Christian Vasquez AJ Vicens
An operator of the volunteer organization ‘Postup’ controls the flight of an UAV carrying a metal detector to search for mines near the town of Derhachi, Kharkiv region, on October 1, 2023. (SERGEY BOBOK / AFP) Russian hackers offered phony drone training to exploit WinRAR vulnerability Despite an August patch, Russian and Chinese state-backed hackers are using a vulnerability in the popular software to carry out espionage. Oct 18, 2023 By AJ Vicens
A mural near the Giraffe shopping mall depicting two girls drawing a lightning bolt in the colors of the Ukrainian flag on September 25, 2023 in Bucha, Ukraine. (Photo by Andrii Nesterenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) Russian hacking operations target Ukrainian law enforcement Ukrainian officials say Russian hackers targeted counter-intelligence and law enforcement data during the first half of this year. Sep 26, 2023 By AJ Vicens
A Russian police officer guards the Red Square near the Kremlin, June 24, 2023, in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images) ‘Five Eyes’ nations release technical details of Sandworm malware ‘Infamous Chisel’ Russia is pivoting from disruptive cyberattacks to more targeted operations aimed at giving it an advantage on the Ukrainian battlefield. Aug 31, 2023 By Christian Vasquez
People walk among the damage to an industrial area in Kyiv following a morning missile strike that left one person dead and two wounded on Jan. 26 in Kyiv. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Russia’s Sandworm hackers blamed in fresh Ukraine malware attack Researches believe the destructive malware is the work of Sandworm, a Russian military unit suspected in a series of Ukrainian cyberattacks. Jan 27, 2023 By AJ Vicens