Security News

HPE notifies employees of data breach after Russian Office 365 hack
2025-02-07 19:21

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is notifying employees whose data was stolen from the company's Office 365 email environment by Russian state-sponsored hackers in a May 2023 cyberattack. [...]

Russian cybercrooks exploiting 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-0411)
2025-02-04 13:02

CVE-2025-0411, a Mark-of-the-Web bypass vulnerability in the open-source archiver tool 7-Zip that was fixed in November 2024, has been exploited in zero-day attacks to deliver malware to Ukrainian...

Russian Cybercrime Groups Exploiting 7-Zip Flaw to Bypass Windows MotW Protections
2025-02-04 12:28

A recently patched security vulnerability in the 7-Zip archiver tool was exploited in the wild to deliver the SmokeLoader malware. The flaw, CVE-2025-0411 (CVSS score: 7.0), allows remote...

E.U. Sanctions 3 Russian Nationals for Cyber Attacks Targeting Estonia’s Key Ministries
2025-01-28 10:16

The Council of the European Union has sanctioned three individuals for allegedly carrying out "malicious cyber activities" against Estonia. The three Russian nationals – Nikolay Alexandrovich...

EU sanctions Russian GRU hackers for cyberattacks against Estonia
2025-01-27 18:51

The European Union sanctioned three hackers, part of Unit 29155 of Russia's military intelligence service (GRU), for their involvement in cyberattacks targeting Estonia's government agencies in 2020. [...]

GamaCopy Mimics Gamaredon Tactics in Cyber Espionage Targeting Russian Entities
2025-01-27 07:59

A previously unknown threat actor has been observed copying the tradecraft associated with the Kremlin-aligned Gamaredon hacking group in its cyber attacks targeting Russian-speaking entities. The...

How Russian hackers went after NGOs’ WhatsApp accounts
2025-01-17 15:26

Star Blizzard, a threat actor tied to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), was spotted attempting to compromise targets’ WhatsApp accounts through a clever phishing campaign. The campaign...

Russian Star Blizzard Targets WhatsApp Accounts in New Spear-Phishing Campaign
2025-01-16 18:12

The Russian threat actor known as Star Blizzard has been linked to a new spear-phishing campaign that targets victims' WhatsApp accounts, signaling a departure from its longstanding tradecraft in...

DoJ Indicts Three Russians for Operating Crypto Mixers Used in Cybercrime Laundering
2025-01-11 06:45

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in operating the cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io. Roman...

Banshee Stealer variant targets Russian-speaking macOS users
2025-01-09 17:43

The Banshee Stealer is a stealthy threat to the rising number of macOS users around the world, including those in Russian-speaking countries, according to Check Point researcher Antonis Terefos....