Microsoft has observed a notable shift in Russian influence operations tactics reflecting the changing U.S. political environment. Specifically, we have observed Russia pivot towards targeting the Harris-Walz campaign.
2 day agoOne of the explosions of communication devices of Hezbollah filmed
2 day agoThe mem @elonmusk posted apparently was created by someone named Sofiya, who worked for a Russian government agency sanctioned by the US and aimed at spreading propaganda in the West. @cxemu got access to a massive data leak and uncovered some interesting details
Meta bans RT and other Russian state media networks
Website of "President of Abkhaziya" was hacked
U.S. is imposing sanctions on 5 individuals and one entity associated with the Intellexa Consortium for their role in developing, operating, and distributing commercial spyware tech misused to target Americans, including U.S. officials, journalists, and policy experts
1 week agoConfirmed: Metrics show a nation-scale disruption to internet service in Senegal with connectivity registering at 8% of ordinary levels; the incident is attributed to widespread power outages with Senelec reporting distribution failures after an incident at Hann Substation
1 week agoRussian EvilWeb hackers claimed cyberattack against Lockheed Martin
X (formerly Twitter) has been experiencing international outages for some users; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering
Telegram Messenger shutters multiple Hamas channels including group's main channel, spokesman Abu Obaida and English channels
CNN: US has detected increased Russian military activity around key undersea cables and believes Russia may now be more likely to carry out potential sabotage aimed at disabling a critical communications infrastructure, two US officials tell
1 week agoThe @FBI announce a $10 m award for information leading to the arrest of GRU Unit 29155 hackers who targeted Ukrainian gov't infrastructure at the start of the invasion
Russia RT employees facing charges: -31 yo Kostiantyn Kalashnikov -27yo Elena Afanasyeva Both charged with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and conspiracy to commit money laundering
"Russia is not the only foreign power seeking to interfere" per AG GarlandSays seeing "increasingly aggressive" activity by Iran
At the end of July, Sberbank suffered the most powerful DDoS attack in its history, organized by the IT army of Ukraine, - said Stanislav Kuznetsov, deputy chairman of the bank's board. The attack lasted 13 hours, he said, and in addition to the Ukrainian side, several third-party botnets, consisting of more than 62 thousand devices, also participated in it.
Starlink Says Are Complying with The Order to Block Access to X in Brazil- Post on X
3 week agoUsers in Russia complaining on the issues with online marketplaces Wildberries and Ozon, and Telegram messenger
Russian hackers "EvilWeb" claimed cyberattack against website of French agency on Cybersecurity
State Dept is announcing a reward offer of up to $2.5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Volodymyr Kadariya, aka Kadaria or Vladimir Kadaria, who is wanted in the U.S. for his alleged participation in a significant malware organization
3 week agoMetrics show internet connectivity levels have fallen in multiple regions of Ukraine including Kyiv after a series of deadly Russian missile and drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure followed by emergency power shutdowns
French media: Telegram owner investigated by cybersecurity and anti-fraud units
Baza: Russian officials have received an order to delete official correspondence in Telegram. According to Baza's sources, such an order was sent to employees of a number of law enforcement agencies, as well as officials of the Presidential Administration and the Government of Russia. In addition, according to sources, such an order was given to senior officials of the Russian Defense Ministry, as well as some major businessmen.
Pavel Durov was detained at Le Bourget airport
The government of Maduro has created the National Cybersecurity Council to combat cyber attacks. This measure comes after an alleged hack that affected the transmission of data from the elections of July 28
The failure of Internet services in Russia was connected with a DDoS attack on telecom operators, it has already been repelled, - Roskomnadzor reported
4 week agoTelegram and WhatsApp in Russia are working intermittently
The FSB has detained an employee of a scientific organization in Moscow who participated in DDoS attacks on a critical Russian structure. A high treason case has been opened
The US government has concluded the Iranian government is behind the hack and leak operation targeting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and also attempted to target the Biden-Harris campaign, CN reported Monday citing the FBI and other US intelligence agencies. The FBI in recent days briefed the former president on their preliminary findings, after news organizations reported receiving documents believed to have come from an account belonging to a senior Trump campaign official
Ukrainian online bank Monobank has been hit by DDoS attacks for the third day in a row. Employees of Amazon Web Services and Ukrainian special services joined in repelling the hacker attack, - the bank's co-founder Horokhovskyi said
X platform announces suspension of operations in Brazil, says service will remain available to its people
