sanctions

Malware & Threats

Issued by: DataBreach Today

The European Union sanctioned four Russian domestic intelligence agency hackers including two military officers who participated in what researchers have described as “hack and leak” operations against Western governments. The two officers are part of a Federal Security Service hacking group known as Callisto Group and Coldriver and formerly tracked by Microsoft as Seaborgium. The…

News

Issued by: The Hacker News

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday sanctioned two firms and four individuals for their involvement in malicious cyber activities on behalf of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC) from at least 2016 to April 2021. This includes the front companies Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik (MASN)…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

The seven individuals are being blamed for a series of major ransomware attacks targeting organizations in the US and the United Kingdom and the Treasury Department said it has information linking the hacking group to Russian intelligence services. “Current members of the Trickbot Group are associated with Russian Intelligence Services. The Trickbot Group’s preparations in…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Even before Russian troops poured across the border into Ukraine last month, Western observers had warned of massive attacks on Ukraine’s IT infrastructure, likely launched by Russian government agents or, by proxy, private hackers which give the government plausible deniability. The entire range of cyberattacks is within Russia’s capabilities, from blocking banking systems, shutting down…