Tag: Ukraine
NATO and Ukraine Sign Deal to Boost Cybersecurity
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently entered into a deal with Ukraine to boost cybersecurity capabilities in the country. The NATO Communications and...
Microsoft Finds New Malware Targeting Organizations in Ukraine
Microsoft’s security experts identified a novel malware campaign targeting several IT, non-profit, and government organizations based in Ukraine. Tracked as WhisperGate, the activities of...
Russian Networks Accused of Carrying Out Massive Cyberattack on Ukraine
A “Second Cold War” of sorts has been brewing between Ukraine and Russia ever since the latter annexed the Republic of Crimea in 2014...
Ukraine’s PrivatBank Suffers Data Breach; 40 Mn Customer Records on Sale
This is not the first time PrivatBank – Ukraine’s largest commercial bank – is in trouble. Security experts from Cybernews found an unknown cybercriminal...
Did a Cyberattack Cause Power Outage in India’s Financial Capital?
On October 12, Mumbai was crippled with a power outage that caused chaos and disturbance in the daily business.
It was considered to be a...
Researchers Issue a Red Flag for RedCurl APT Group
The researchers at Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, have found that a Russian-speaking APT group, RedCurl, has been sniffing through the corporate networks since...
Ukraine Police Busts “Megabreach” Cybercriminal, Sanix
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) identified and detained a cybercriminal known by the name of Sanix, who is reportedly the face behind the...
Shade Ransomware Terminates Operations; Releases 750K Decryption Keys
The operators behind the infamous Shade ransomware recently announced that they have shut down their operations. The hacker group released over 750,000 decryption keys...
Upgraded Ukrainian Blackout Malware Sold on the Dark Web
Ukrainian Blackout Malware operated by the state-sponsored BlackEnergy gang, first made news in December 2015, when it took down the entire power grid of...
NSDC Acknowledges Data Leak in Ukrainian Government Job Portal
Reuters from Kiev reported that the government job portal https://career.gov.ua/ published PII (Personally Identifiable Information) of Ukrainian Nationals, which included passport scans, and diploma...