Albanian Parliament
December 22, 2023
•[ espionage, government ]
The Albanian parliament is targeted by a cyber attack, whose responsibility is claimed by an Iran-linked threat group known as Homeland Justice.
Clay County
December 22, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Clay County announces that it fell victim to a ransomware attack.
State-owned research company in Russia
December 19, 2023
•[ espionage, government ]
Researchers from F.A.C.C.T. discover a new campaign from the threat group known as Cloud Atlas, targeting a state-owned research company in a new espionage campaign.
National Securities and Stock Market Commission in Ukraine
December 18, 2023
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Russian threat actors from the NoName057(16) group claim to have taken down the National Securities and Stock Market Commission in Ukraine.
Nepalese government officials
December 15, 2023
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Cyfirma discover a malicious campaign by the threat actor known as Sidewinder targeting Nepalese government officials via the Nim backdoor.
Government entities in Ukraine
December 15, 2023
•[ espionage, rce, government ]
Researchers from Deep Instinct reveal that an unknown threat actor targeted government entities in Ukraine toward the end of 2023 using an old Microsoft Office remote code execution (RCE) exploit from 2017 (CVE-2017-8570) as the initial vector and military vehicles as the lure.
Organizations in israel
December 14, 2023
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from ESET discover a new campaign from the APT34 cyber-espionage group linked to the Iranian government against organizations in Israel and leveraging several new malware downloaders: ODAgent, OilCheck and OilBooster.
Westpole
December 12, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The LockBit 3.0 ransomware gang targets the Italian cloud service provider Westpole, which is specialized in digital services for public administration. The incident impacts PA Digitale, the government agency that offers services to various local and government organizations.
Russian Federal Taxation Service
December 12, 2023
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Ukraine's defense intelligence directorate (GUR) says it infected thousands of servers belonging to Russia's state tax service (Russian Federal Taxation Service - FNS) with malware, and destroyed databases and backups.
City of Defiance
December 10, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Knight ransomware gang claims to have breached the city of Defiance.
Italian Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS)
December 10, 2023
•[ social, government ]
The Italian Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS) (State Mint and Polygraphic Institute) falls victim of a BEC scam and sends 3 million Euros (3.23 million USD) in Hungary.
Australia's Court Services Victoria
December 8, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Australia's Court Services Victoria (CSV) warns that video recordings of court hearings were exposed after suffering a reported Qilin ransomware attack.
Rock County
December 1, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Rock County issues notification letters about a Cuba ransomware attack and data breach that affected 25,823 individuals.
National Public Data
December 1, 2023
•[ hack, government ]
The stolen data was said to include social security numbers, full names, family information, as well as current and previous addresses. USDoD, who acted as the middleman for the breach, was arrested by Brazilian authorities last week, but the threat actor responsible for stealing the data, referred to as SXUL is still at large.
Myanmar's Ministry of Defence and Foreign Affairs
November 30, 2023
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from CSIRT-CTI reveal the details of two campaigns from the China-based threat actor known as Mustang Panda, targeting Myanmar's Ministry of Defence and Foreign Affairs as part of twin campaigns designed to deploy backdoors and remote access trojans.
City of Hendersonville
November 29, 2023
•[ hack, government ]
The City of Hendersonville releases a notice this week warning that a group of hackers targeted software the city uses to manage employee information.
North Texas Municipal Water District
November 28, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) is dealing with a cybersecurity incident that caused operational issues. The Daixin ransomware gang says it was behind the attack, adding NTMWD to its list of victims and claiming to have stolen more than 33,000 files containing customer information.
Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Russia
November 28, 2023
•[ hack, government ]
Hacktivists from the pro-Ukraine collective BLACKJACK claim to have launched an attack on the website of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Russia.
Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa
November 25, 2023
•[ hack, government ]
The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa said on Saturday to have been hacked by the Cyber Av3ngers Iranian-backed cyber group.
Russian military-industrial enterprises
November 23, 2023
•[ espionage, government ]
Researchers from F.A.C.C.T. discover a new campaign by the cyberespionage group known as XDSpy, targeting Russian military-industrial enterprises.