![]() ![]() Hackers used a backdoor malware to compromise target email accounts. An Iranian hacking group launched an espionage campaign against organizations in the Middle East. Hackers aired the slogan “Death to Khamenei” and encouraged citizens to join antigovernment protests.įebruary 2023. Iranian hacktivists disrupted the state-run television broadcast of a speech by Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi during Revolution Day ceremonies. Italian officials claim Russia-linked hackers conducted a ransomware attack against Acea, an energy utility for the city of Rome.įebruary 2023. The Latvian Ministry of Defense stated this operation was unsuccessful.įebruary 2023. Latvian officials claimed that Russian hackers launched a phishing campaign against its Ministry of Defense. The group is linked to the North Korean government.įebruary 2023. Hackers targeted medical research, healthcare, defense, energy, chemical engineering and a research university, exfiltrating over 100MB of data from each victim while remaining undetected. North Korea hacking group Lazarus conducted an espionage campaign between August and November 2022. Officials claimed these activities may be related to Russia-linked hackers.įebruary 2023. Targets received anti-Ukrainian refugee disinformation via email. Polish officials reported a disinformation campaign targeting the Polish public. The attack also took NATO’s sites offline temporarily.įebruary 2023. The attack disrupted communications between NATO and airplanes providing earthquake aid to a Turkish airbase. Pro-Russian hacking group Killnet claimed responsibility for DDoS attacks against NATO networks used to transmit sensitive data. Researchers at Symantec believe the group is a key player in Russia’s cyber campaigns against Ukraine.įebruary 2023. The malware is capable of extracting account information and files, as well as taking screenshots. Russian hackers deployed malware to steal information from Ukrainian organizations in a phishing campaign. Eurojust, Europol, and police from Italy, Sweden, France, and Germany assisted in the operation.įebruary 2023. Dutch officials also exfiltrated communications data from Exclu servers for use in investigations. ![]() ![]() The Dutch Police hacked into and dismantled Exclu, an encrypted communications platform, to disrupt activity from criminal organizations. The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) released a report citing significant threats to the EU transportation sector, with 98 incidents between January 2021 and October 2022.įebruary 2023. A pro-Russian hacking group had earlier published a statement on Telegram about its intention to attack the Polish tax service. Hackers blocked users’ access to the site for approximately an hour, but no data was leaked in the attack. Poland blamed Russia hackers for a DDoS attack on its official tax service website. Slovakian cybersecurity researchers discovered a new exploit from a Chinese espionage group targeting political organizations in Taiwan and Ukraine. They published these to discredit victims’ previous anti-Putin statements. Hackers persuaded victims to participate in phone or video calls, giving misleading prompts to obtain pro-Putin or pro-Russian soundbites. and European politicians, businesspeople, and celebrities who have publicly denounced Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian hackers launched social engineering campaigns targeting U.S. A Chinese cyber espionage group targeted government entities in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia, using newly developed malware optimized to evade detection. The malware was delivered using USB drives. Chinese hackers targeted people in Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria using malware developed by Chinese government hackers in 2008. The campaign was meant to deliver malware for cyberespionage. North Korean hackers targeted U.S.-based cybersecurity research firms in a phishing campaign. Officials did not release details about the attacks or provide attribution. Estonian officials claim that hackers unsuccessfully targeted the country’s internet voting system during its recent parliamentary elections. A Chinese cyberespionage group targeted an East Asian data protection company who serves military and government entities that lasted approximately a year. Hackers used a vulnerability in the agency’s Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) server to install malware. federal agency was targeted by multiple attackers, including a Vietnamese espionage group, in a cyberespionage campaign between November 2022 and January 2023. Suspected Russian hackers launched an unsuccessful DDoS attack against a German defense firm, Rheinmetall. In a Telegram post, hackers cited the French government’s support for Ukraine as the reason for the attack. ![]() Russian hackers brought down the French National Assembly’s website for several hours using a DDoS attack. ![]()
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