Tag: nato
Russia orchestrates vast cyber-espionage campaign
A new Russian threat actor, Void Blizzard, also known as Laundry Bear, is gathering intelligence from Western states on an industrial scale unseen since the end of the Cold War. According to Microsoft Threat Intelligence, Void Blizzard primarily targets NATO member states, particularly those supporting Ukraine, and Ukraine.
‘Predatory Sparrow’ Cyberattack Shuts Down 70% of Iran’s Gas Stations – December 19th
Threat actor group Gonjeshke Darande, which translates to “Predatory Sparrow” claimed the cyberattacks against Iranian petrol stations, rail networks, and steel factories, according to Iranian State Media. 'Predatory Sparrow', speculated to be linked to Israel, explains the attack to be in response to "the aggression of the Islamic Republic and its proxies in the region".
SiegedSec threat actors breach NATO – October 6th
Cybersecurity firm, CloudSEK is looking deeper into the leaked data from NATO, an attack claimed by the SiegedSec threat actors. SiegedSec threat actors, who announced this attack on a Telegram group, claim to not be a state-sponsored group. Instead, their attacks are based on 'hacktivism' or 'just for fun'. This attack on NATO has reportedly compromised 845MB of sensitive information from the organization, impacting 31 nations. NATO is now investigating the SiegedSec claims and is working together with firms to strengthen their cybersecurity efforts so this kind of attack will not be replicated.