Franco-British missile firm targeted by cybercriminals who demand £273k for stolen data
Stolen missile data, which purports to include blueprints of weapons used by NATO allies in the Russia-Ukraine war, is being offered for sale on Russian and English hacker forums, it has emerged. A cybercriminal group, using the pseudonym of Adrastea,…
How Chinese propagandists use threats of death, rape and assault to suppress dissent over Xinjiang
Social media trolling, which “frequently evolve (s) into threats of death, rape, or assault”, is being deployed by China to suppress reports of atrocities against Uyghurs and other minorities in the Xinjiang region, according to a newly released US Department…
Biden’s ‘just enough’ strategy is subverting Zelensky’s capacity to close out Russia in Ukraine
by Jonathan Sweet and Mark Toth, Guest Authors General George Patton once famously stated that, “Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his military leadership, valiantly, are…
Cyber Crime Report – Enisa Study
RANSOMWARE attacks are expanding at such an exponential rate that they will cost the global economy ten trillion dollars ($10 trillion) by 2025, according to an influential new study. The figure came from researchers at the European Union Agency for…
Russians suspected of hacking a private social media account to smear Finland’s PM
Cyber experts fear Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has become the victim of a carefully orchestrated smear campaign, just as she has was gaining support on her call for an EU-wide ban on visas for Russian tourists. Tell-tale signs of…
From Russia without love – notorious hacking group Killnet target private and state institutions in Estonia In biggest cyber attack since 2007
Pro-Russian hackers Killnet have again reminded the world that the war with Ukraine is not just being fought on the ground. This week, Killnet blitzed a wave of public and private websites in Estonia in the biggest cyber-attack of its…
Twitter purges fake Chinese Dragonbridge accounts
Attempts by a pro-China group to spark a boycott of western competitors in the Rare Earths market through a social media disinformation campaign have been dealt a severe and much-welcome body blow. National Security News can reveal that Twitter has…
Cyber groups supporting Ukraine
Anonymous “We are officially in a cyber war against the Russian government.” Anonymous had pledged its full support for Ukraine. It has since targeted Russian-state controlled international television network RT, IT army of Ukraine On the 26th of February, Vice…
Cyber groups supporting Russia
Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western Intelligence agencies warned of potential cyber attacks from Russia towards Ukraine. Targets included military and government sites, and small businesses to large organisations. At the time, Western Intelligence agencies also highlighted that these…
Choosing sides in the Russia cyber conflict
Organised cyber groups, hacktivists and ransomware gangs have been playing an active part in the cyber conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Cyber groups supporting Russia Conti UNC1151 Zatoichi Killnet XakNet Stormous Ransomware Digital Cobra Gang (DCG) Freecivilian SandWorm The Red…
