Skip to content
The Moloch
  • Home
  • News
  • Features
  • Infosec
  • OSINT
  • Conflict
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • Western Asia
  • Analysis
  • Opinion
  • About The Moloch
Russia’s Killnet Declares Restructuring, Claims To Be Cyber PMC And Imply War Concerns In Q&A
Apr 29 2023
Conflict / Europe / Infosec / News / OSINT / Ukraine

Russia’s Killnet Declares Restructuring, Claims To Be Cyber PMC And Imply War Concerns In Q&A

by Mark Bruno
No Comments
"We continue our destructive activities, for the glory of our homeland." Says an official statement by Russian cybercriminals, Killnet, on their Telegram channel.
announcement, killnet, pmc, russia, ukraine, wagner
Share :
Iran’s Charming Kitten Utilizes “BellaCiao” Novel Malware
Apr 26 2023
Central Asia / Infosec / News

Iran’s Charming Kitten Utilizes “BellaCiao” Novel Malware

by Mark Bruno
No Comments
The Iranian nation-state affiliated group, Charming Kitten, is actively targeting as-of-yet unidentified victims across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and India using a new malware named BellaCiao. Associated with...
bellaciao, cyber, iran, kitten, malware, nationstate
Share :
An Anecdote About Maintaining An Index Of Suspicion When Analyzing Hacktivist Spaces
Mar 11 2023
Conflict / Europe / Infosec / Opinion / OSINT / Ukraine

An Anecdote About Maintaining An Index Of Suspicion When Analyzing Hacktivist Spaces

by Mark Bruno
No Comments
Verification is an essential principle in all journalism, but perhaps doubly so when delving into a world of questionable legality in online spaces. Finding leads on a cybercrime or cyberwarfare...
cyber, hactivist, infosec, killnet, opinion, osint, russia, ukraine, verification
Share :
Dark Web Card Shop BidenCash Dumps Free Card Numbers And PII Of 2.1 Million Victims
Mar 05 2023
Infosec / News

Dark Web Card Shop BidenCash Dumps Free Card Numbers And PII Of 2.1 Million Victims

by Mark Bruno
No Comments
February 28th marked the one year anniversary of infamous Dark Web credit card shop, BidenCash. To celebrate, the group released a free text dump earlier this week of 2.1 million...
bidencash, card, credit, crime, darkweb, fraud, infosec
Share :
DarkBit Claims Responsibility For Ransomware Attack On Technion Israel Institute Of Technology In Haifa
Feb 12 2023
Conflict / Infosec / News / Western Asia

DarkBit Claims Responsibility For Ransomware Attack On Technion Israel Institute Of Technology In Haifa

by Mark Bruno
No Comments
The Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa experienced a cyber attack on its computer servers this morning, causing a complete outage of its website. The hacker group, DarkBit, demanded...
darkbit, israel, palestine, statement, technion
Share :
North Korea’s Lazarus Group Implicated In “No Pineapple” Campaign Against Indian Infrastructure
Feb 07 2023
Central Asia / Conflict / Infosec / News

North Korea’s Lazarus Group Implicated In “No Pineapple” Campaign Against Indian Infrastructure

by Mark Bruno
No Comments
North Korean hackers have recently targeted the Indian medical sector and the energy sector, according to a report from cybersecurity firm WithSecure.
cyberattack, hacking, india, lazarus, no pineapple, north korea
Share :
ChatGPT Increases Profile For AI-Assisted Cyber Attacks, BackBerry Global Research Suggests
Feb 05 2023
Infosec / News

ChatGPT Increases Profile For AI-Assisted Cyber Attacks, BackBerry Global Research Suggests

by Mark Bruno
No Comments
In a BlackBerry Global Research poll of 1,500 "IT decision makers", it was assessed that 51% of respondents believe there will be a successful cyberattack credited to ChatGPT within the...
ai, chatgpt, cyberattack, security
Share :
Could Ukraine Really Produce A Game-Changing Drone?
Jan 21 2023
Analysis / Conflict / Europe / Features / Ukraine

Could Ukraine Really Produce A Game-Changing Drone?

by Mark Bruno
No Comments
In the first week of December, Ukraine successfully executed multiple UAV-based attacks deep into Russian territory. Despite expert analysis demystifying details of the strikes before the week was over, rumors...
attack, drone, loitering, munition, osint, russia, ukraine
Share :
Anonymous Affiliates Declare #OpAFG Against Taliban
Dec 24 2022
News

Anonymous Affiliates Declare #OpAFG Against Taliban

by Mark Bruno
No Comments
On December 24th, a large number of Twitter and Telegram accounts claiming affiliation with the Anonymous hacking collective declared “OpAFG” against Afghanistan’s Taliban. The so-called operation is being declared in...
Afghanistan, anonymous, opafg
Share :
Russian APT Sandworm Implicated In Recent RansomBoggs Attacks
Nov 29 2022
Conflict / Europe / Infosec / News / Ukraine

Russian APT Sandworm Implicated In Recent RansomBoggs Attacks

by Mark Bruno
No Comments
On November 21st, Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) was alerted to a new string of ransomware attacks, strongly indicated to be the Russian advanced persistent threat dubbed Sandworm.
cyber, infosec, russia, ukraine
Share :

Posts navigation

1 2

Latest Features

  • Could Ukraine Really Produce A Game-Changing Drone?January 21, 2023
  • #OpIran – How Hacktivism Is Shaping Iran’s ProtestsOctober 6, 2022

themolochblog
In a BlackBerry Global Research poll of 1,500 "IT In a BlackBerry Global Research poll of 1,500 "IT decision makers", it was assessed that 51% of respondents believe there will be a successful cyberattack credited to ChatGPT within the year, and 95% felt that governments needed to regulate similar technologies.
Earlier this month, Ukraine shocked the world by s Earlier this month, Ukraine shocked the world by successfully striking deep into Russian airspace with unmanned aerial systems. The weeks that followed involved a great deal of discussion and speculation as to what Ukraine's actual long-range strike capabilities may be. This slideshow is a supplement to our upcoming piece on a related topic. I wanted to put this out there to remind you all that The Moloch is still alive!
Iran has erupted in protest after the brutal Septe Iran has erupted in protest after the brutal September 16th killing of Jina (or Mahsa) Amini. The Iranian government has had an extreme response: violent crackdowns, missile attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan, and a near-complete cutoff of its citizenry from any global communications. The reply from the Hacktivist community has been resounding. In part of the so-called "#OpIran", websites and infrastructure have sustained intense cyber attacks.  Hackers have doxxed government officials and pro-regime celebrities. An important lifeline to the protest movement, these groups provided Iranian citizens with awareness of tools to continue reaching outside support and media while protecting their privacy. https://themoloch.com/conflict/opiran-how-hacktivism-is-shaping-irans-protests/
Load More Follow on Instagram
Tweets by TheMolochBlog

Archives

  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
Copyright 2022 The Moloch (created by Iconoclast Digital Services)