Sr Admin Official on ransomware arrests today: We understand one of the individuals who was arrested today was responsible for the attack against Colonial Pipeline last spring
The cyberattack conducted against Ukrainian websites overnight was "relatively unsophisticated" says NSA Sullivan. US does not think all claims on Ukraine's foreign ministry website re data being leaked & grabbed have "borne out yet." US still getting to the bottom of it he says
Hackers who launched strikes against Ukrainian government websites appear to have used the software administration rights of a third party company that developed the sites, a top Ukrainian security official told Reuters on Friday
Investigation is still ongoing but the Security Service of Ukraine has obtained preliminary indicators suggesting that hacker groups associated with the Russian secret services may stand behind today's massive cyberattack on government websites
Cyber-attack on Ukrainian government websites carried out through one 3rd party outsource IT company Kitsoft, which developed these websites using October CMS website content management system
Database of compulsory third-party car insurance of Ukraine is offline after it was targeted in cyberattack. Online sales of insurance policies suspended
US, White House "don't have an attribution at this time" @WHNSC spox tells @VOANews "While we continue to assess the impact with the Ukrainians, it seems limited so far with websites coming back online.We will provide Ukraine with whatever support it needs to recover"
Ukraine National Security & Defense secretary tells @VOANews @MGongadze "only one country that can do it today on such a scale, it's the Russian Federation"
Ukrainian Information Ministry says "first data suggests" that today's cyberattack "was carried out by the Russian Federation." "Contrary to the allegations of the attackers, the leakage of data, including personal data, did not occur," the Ministry said
NATO chief .@jensstoltenberg says "I strongly condemn" massive cyber attack on Ukraine and says in coming days NATO & Ukraine will sign an agreement on enhanced cyber cooperation, including Ukrainian access to NATO's malware information sharing platform
The FSB, after request from the United States, detained a group of hackers behind ransomware attacks(allegedly REvil group) - FSB
Ministry of National Defense: The publication of the data does not pose a threat to the state security or the functioning of the Polish Armed Forces. After verification of the services, we inform you that the catalog disclosed on the Internet is part of the Uniform Material Index kept by the Support Inspectorate, i.e. the unit responsible for purchases in the Polish Army
A source with knowledge of recent cybersecurity initiatives in Ukraine told BuzzFeed News hours before the cyberattack that Kyiv & Washington had recently seen a "substantial uptick" in Russian cyber activity targeting Ukrainian systems & planting malware
North Korea's hacker army launched at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms in 2021 that menaced global players and netted the reclusive state almost $400 million worth of digital assets, a report said
US NATO ambassador @USAmbNATO @Julie_C_Smith says still looking into Ukraine cyber attack but confirms cyber is "certainly" a criteria to trigger threatened western sanctions against Russia for any further aggressive action against its neighbor
EU says 'mobilising all resources' to help Ukraine after cyberattack
EU’s Borrell condemns cyber attack on Ukraine, called emergency EU meeting to respond
Ukraine SBU on Cyber attack: SBU press service: The content of the sites was not changed, and the leakage of personal data, according to available information, did not occur. We are investigating the incident and collecting digital evidence
1 سنة منذSources tell ~15 sites in Ukraine - all using October content management system - have been defaced, incl Min of Foreign Affairs, Cabinet of Ministers, Min of Ed, Emergency Services, Treasury, Environmental Protection
Ukraine Foreign Ministry spokesperson: As a result of a massive cyber attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down. Our specialists have already started restoring the work of IT systems, and the cyberpolice has opened an investigation
1 سنة منذUkrainian e-government services website down, Cabinet of Ministers site not responding, Foreign Ministry site hacked: Defence Ministry, Rada, and other sites OK for now
1 سنة منذUkrainian government websites hit by a major cyberattack this morning. Below is the screenshot from Foreign ministry website. It says in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish: 'Ukrainian, be afraid and prepare for the worst. All your personal data has been uploaded to the web'
Petrol tankers all over Ukraine could not leave oil storages after database of tax service went down on Thursday morning. Access restored late evening, only few stations went out off fuel
1 سنة منذWholesale AIS spoofing of maritime vessels occurring right now from the Imam Khomeini International Airport south of Tehran, Iran. Around 50 vessels (domestic and foreign-flagged), including a couple of tankers, are falsely identifying themselves from an airport 900km away
Reuters: "White House will meet execs from Apple, Amazon, IBM to discuss software security"
Citizen Lab found the cell phones of nearly three dozen journalists and activists in El Salvador, most investigating alleged state corruption, were hacked since mid-2020 with Pegasus spyware typically available only to governments and law enforcement
Per @US_CYBERCOM, this is the 1st time the US government has publicly connected the actions of MuddyWater to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence & Security re cyber threats
. @CNMF_CyberAlert identified & disclosed multiple open-source tools actively used by Iranian hacker group MuddyWater. The group is subordinate to Iranian intelligence MOIS and collects intel & conducts malicious cyber activity
1 سنة منذPer @US_CYBERCOM, it's not just MuddyWater - other Iranian APTs are also using some of the techniques US is warning about
1 سنة منذInternet has been significantly restored in Kazakhstan from ~6 am local time following a digital curfew that lets users go online a few hours each day. The state-imposed shutdown has left millions without access to services and information
