Author: Mark Bruno

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

Mar 11 2023

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

by Mark Bruno

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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...

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

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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...

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

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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...

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

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North Korean hackers have recently targeted the Indian medical sector and the energy sector, according to a report from cybersecurity firm WithSecure.

Feb 05 2023

Infosec / News

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

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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...

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

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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...

Anonymous Affiliates Declare #OpAFG Against Taliban

Dec 24 2022

News

Anonymous Affiliates Declare #OpAFG Against Taliban

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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...

Russian APT Sandworm Implicated In Recent RansomBoggs Attacks

Nov 29 2022

Conflict / Europe / Infosec / News / Ukraine

Russian APT Sandworm Implicated In Recent RansomBoggs Attacks

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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.

Russian TV Allegedly Hacked, Shows Demoralizing Message

Nov 19 2022

Conflict / Europe / Infosec / News / Ukraine

Russian TV Allegedly Hacked, Shows Demoralizing Message

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On the afternoon of November 19th, the Armed Forces of Ukraine alleged that a group of hackers briefly subjected Russian viewers to a pro-Ukrainian propaganda reel on their behalf.

KromSec And AnonSpid3r Attack Iranian Foreign Ministry, Release Statement

Nov 13 2022

Infosec / News

KromSec And AnonSpid3r Attack Iranian Foreign Ministry, Release Statement

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The evening November 11th saw a string of cyber attacks against the Iranian Foreign Ministry and other websites targeted as part of the OpIran hacktivism campaign.