Chinese Tech Dominance – Defining Our Future National Security Threat
Amid the current threat and aggression from Russia, intelligence agencies are ramping up their focus on Beijing.
Indian universities unwittingly enabling North Korean cyber crime, study reveals
North Korean hackers posing as foreign students are weaponising the computer faculties of Indian universities to carry out crimes around the world, according to a shocking new study. Cyber security firm Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, identified the hackers as state-sponsored…
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…
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…
Pro-China group uses Dragonbridge campaign to target rare earth mining companies
A pro-China disinformation campaign has targeted rare earth mining companies from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. with destructive messaging about operations, in an attempt to manipulate public opinion to China’s benefit. US cyber security firm, Mandiant, reported firms targeted in the online…
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…
Live updates: recent cyber attacks Russia/Ukraine
20 May 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the number of cyber-attacks on Russia has increased since the start of the war, and that Russia must strengthen defences by reducing the use of foreign software and hardware and switching…
