Russian hackers Killnet, notorious for crippling DDoS attacks, claimed responsibility for cyber attacks that shut down multiple state government websites.
Russian hackers stole 50 million passwords from popular online services such as PayPal, Amazon, Roblox, Steam and crypto wallets by deploying infostealer malware on users’ devices.
The stolen passwords are for a MoD portal specifically designed to be used safely from home via member personal devices, but it appears the Russian hackers have been targeting the devices themselves and intercepting the credentials.
State-sponsored Russian hackers are targeting German political parties with fake dinner invites to deploy WINELOADER backdoors, establish persistence, and exfiltrate data.
Russian hackers targeted five US nuclear scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Brookhaven, and Argonne nuclear labs as Vladimir Putin issued nuclear threats.
Health authorities warned that Russian hacktivists were actively targeting US hospitals with DDoS attacks in a widespread campaign also targeting other Ukraine's allies.
Report found that Russian intelligence agencies FSB and SVR collaborated with ransomware gangs to compromise US government-affiliated organizations using cybercriminals tools and infrastructure.
Yandex warded off the largest DDoS attack in history recorded at 22 million requests per second and attributed to a new botnet Meris that exploits MikroTik devices.
A new Russia-based family of malware has been observed using a large language model (LLM) to issue commands on compromised systems in real time, which can potentially improve attacker capability by allowing them to shift tactics during an attack without having to introduce new payloads.
Microsoft has warned of an ongoing spear phishing campaign for intelligence gathering by the Russian state-linked threat actor Midnight Blizzard.
