In an escalating battle against global cybercrime, the US State Department has recently announced a bounty of $10 million. This reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a notorious Russian hacker, Mikhail Matveev. Matveev is accused of masterminding a significant ransomware attack on theContinue Reading
In recent months, a mysterious hacktivist group known as Anonymous Sudan has launched numerous distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Swedish institutions such as airports, hospitals, banks, and the national public broadcaster. These attacks, which render websites and services inoperable through an onslaught of internet traffic, were purportedly a reaction toContinue Reading
In a significant move against Russian cyber espionage, the FBI announced on Tuesday that it had disrupted a network of computers that had been hacked by Russian spies. This operation had been used for years to steal sensitive information from at least 50 countries, including NATO governments. This development seemsContinue Reading
Dutch government websites, including the court system and the Dutch Senate, have been targeted by cyberattacks, potentially originating from Russian hackers. These attacks coincide with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the Netherlands, where he spoke to representatives of the Dutch Parliament and delivered a speech at the World ForumContinue Reading
The recent meeting between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Xi Jinping of China in Moscow saw the two leaders discuss their plans for mutual cooperation between their countries. A notable topic that was discussed was their ambition to achieve joint leadership in the field of information technology. InContinue Reading
Last year, after Russian invasion to Ukraine, most of the threat actors divided between Russia and Ukraine and most of them began to attack to Russian organizations from all over the world to support Ukraine. According to the news of securitylab.ru, Ukraine is planning to create a new bill toContinue Reading
A lot of things changed also in cyber security side with the war between Russia and Ukraine. With the beginning of the war, banks operating in Europe observed a sharp rise in attacks on their infrastructure. Andrea Enria, the head of the ECB, announced that the ECB will launch cyberContinue Reading
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued an alert urging organizations to increase their vigilance in the wake of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The alert warns that cyber threats from Russian state-sponsored actors are likely to increase and that organizations should take steps toContinue Reading
Moscow, the capital of Russia, is currently developing and implementing a facial recognition system called “Moscow Safe City.” The system is said to be one of the world’s largest facial recognition systems, with a database of over 20 million faces, connected to over 100,000 cameras in key public places inContinue Reading
Cybercrime has become an ever-increasing issue in today’s digital world, and it’s not just individuals who are being targeted. Companies and organizations of all sizes are vulnerable to hacking and other forms of cyber attack, and the consequences can be severe. In some cases, cybercriminals are able to use theContinue Reading