X suffered a DDoS attack. Its CEO and security researchers can’t agree on who did it.
X’s wave of outages resembled a DDoS attack and Dark Storm Team, a prolific threat group specializing in such attacks, claimed responsibility.
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External researchers can’t determine the originating IP addresses for the flood of malicious traffic that hit X’s servers without direct access to X’s systems. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) Threats -
An image showing the Garantex site had been seized by law enforcement. Technology Russian crypto exchange Garantex seized in international law enforcement operation
The Department of Justice also indicted two men tied to the exchange.
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Gwengoat, iStock/Getty Images Plus Cybersecurity DHS says CISA won’t stop looking at Russian cyber threats
The statement is a rebuttal to stories suggesting otherwise.
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Attacks on industrial organizations soared by 87% last year, while the number of ransomware groups impacting the OT/ICS space jumped 60%, according to cybersecurity firm Dragos. (Image Source: Getty Images) Ransomware Dragos: Surge of new hacking groups enter ICS space as states collaborate with private actors
States are increasingly collaborating with cybercriminal groups to share resources and amplify attacks on critical infrastructure in rival nations, a new report finds.
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Threats FBI’s Cynthia Kaiser on Salt Typhoon’s ‘indiscriminate’ data collection
Cynthia Kaiser, Deputy Assistant Director, FBI
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Russian soldiers stand on Red Square in central Moscow on September 29, 2022, as the square is sealed prior to a ceremony of the incorporation of the new territories into Russia. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images) Uncategorized Russia-aligned threat groups dupe Ukrainian targets via Signal
Google researchers say multiple Russian state threat groups have conducted remote phishing operations to target and compromise Signal accounts.
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(Photo by John Smith/VIEWpress/Getty Images) Threats Threat researchers spot ‘device code’ phishing attacks targeting Microsoft accounts
Suspected Russian nation-state threat groups have duped multiple victims into granting potentially persistent access to networks via authentication requests and valid tokens.
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Cars drive past the headquarters of the Russian General Staff’s Main Intelligence Department (GRU) in Moscow on December 30, 2016. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images) Uncategorized Russian state threat group shifts focus to US, UK targets
A subgroup of Seashell Blizzard exploited public vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems, Microsoft researchers said.
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Flags of Russia, North Korea, China and Iran together on textured wall; iStock/Getty Images Plus, Ruma Aktar Cybercrime U.S. adversaries increasingly turning to cybercriminals and their malware for help
A Google Threat Intelligence Group report notes that Russia in particular has been doing this since the Ukraine war began.
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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 5: U.S. President Donald Trump and newly sworn-in U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi pose with a document in the Oval Office at the White House on February 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Senate confirmed Bondi as Attorney General with a 54-46 vote on Tuesday. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Government DOJ disbands foreign influence task force, limits scope of FARA prosecutions
Both the task force and FARA were used by the bureau to investigate, charge and disrupt foreign and domestic actors accused of working to influence American policy on behalf of other nations.