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Hackers Abuse Russian Bulletproof Host Proton66 for Global Attacks and Malware Delivery

April 21, 2025

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Apr 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a surge in “mass scanning, credential brute-forcing, and exploitation attempts” originating from IP addresses associated with a Russian bulletproof hosting service provider named Proton66. The activity, detected since January 8, 2025, targeted organizations worldwide, according to a two-part analysis

March 10, 2025

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Mar 10, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Cybercrime A new mass malware campaign is infecting users with a cryptocurrency miner named SilentCryptoMiner by masquerading it as a tool designed to circumvent internet blocks and restrictions around online services. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said the activity is part of a larger trend

New Russian Threat Group Hacks Into U.S. Energy Facilities

January 31, 2025

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Cyble dark web researchers have identified a new pro-Russian hacktivist group that’s been hacking into oil and gas facility control panels in the U.S. Cyble detailed two claims by the new “Sector 16” group that members hacked into control panels in energy facilities and tampered with system control settings. The

Russian And Palestinian Hacktivists Uniting Against France

December 12, 2024

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“Politics makes strange bedfellows” is an old saying that apparently applies to hacktivist groups too. In recent days, Cyble threat intelligence researchers have observed pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hacktivists uniting against France in retaliation for the country’s support of Ukraine and Israel. Uniting under the banner the “Holy League,” the groups

New Russian Threat Group Z-Pentest Targets Energy Systems

December 7, 2024

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Cyble dark web researchers have documented a new Russia-linked threat group that has been breaching critical infrastructure environments and tampering with system controls. The group, Z-Pentest, has only been around for two months, yet already claims at least 10 operational technology (OT) control panel hacks, including a recent unverified claim

Russian influence disinformation US election

November 6, 2024

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Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election accelerated in the final days of the campaign, culminating in bomb threats in Democratic-leaning areas of key swing states that the FBI said “appear to originate from Russian email domains.” Given the unprecedented levels of disinformation in the 2024 campaign – primarily

October 4, 2024

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Oct 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananPhishing Attack / Cybercrime Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the seizure of 107 internet domains used by state-sponsored threat actors with ties to Russia to facilitate computer fraud and abuse in the country. “The Russian government ran this scheme to steal

August 2, 2023

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Aug 02, 2023THNCyber Threat / Hacking A Russa-nexus adversary has been linked to 94 new domains, suggesting that the group is actively modifying its infrastructure in response to public disclosures about its activities. Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future linked the new infrastructure to a threat actor it tracks under the name

June 26, 2023

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Jun 26, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Password Security Microsoft has disclosed that it’s detected a spike in credential-stealing attacks conducted by the Russian state-affiliated hacker group known as Midnight Blizzard. The intrusions, which made use of residential proxy services to obfuscate the source IP address of the attacks, target governments,

June 16, 2023

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Jun 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Cyber Crime The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday unveiled charges against a Russian national for his alleged involvement in deploying LockBit ransomware to targets in the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Africa. Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 20, of Chechen Republic has been accused of perpetrating

Hackers Abuse Russian Bulletproof Host Proton66 for Global Attacks and Malware Delivery

SilentCryptoMiner Infects 2,000 Russian Users via Fake VPN and DPI Bypass Tools

Russian And Palestinian Hacktivists Uniting Against France

Did Russian Influence Change The U.S. Election Outcome?

U.S. and Microsoft Seize 107 Russian Domains in Major Cyber Fraud Crackdown

Russian Cyber Adversary BlueCharlie Alters Infrastructure in Response to Disclosures

Microsoft Warns of Widescale Credential Stealing Attacks by Russian Hackers

20-Year-Old Russian LockBit Ransomware Affiliate Arrested in Arizona

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