Russian Cybersecurity Threats
The FBI, along with the National Security Agency, and other international cybersecurity agencies, this week released a joint agency advisory on cyber operations by the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), also known as APT28, Fancy Bear, Forest Blizzard, Blue Delta and other…
The Department of Justice Nov. 18 announced criminal charges against Evgenii Ptitsyn, a Russian national, for allegedly administering the sale, distribution and operation of Phobos ransomware.
A United Nations Security Council meeting the week of Nov. 4 discussed ransomware and the severe impacts that cyberattacks can have on hospitals and health systems.
The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center Aug. 29 issued a joint advisory to warn of Iranian-based cyber actors leveraging unauthorized network access to U.S. organizations, including health care organizations, to facilitate, execute and…
The Department of Justice May 7 announced more than two dozen criminal charges against Dimitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, 31, of Voronezh, Russia, for his alleged role as the creator, developer and administrator of the LockBit ransomware group.
Russian state-sponsored cyber actors are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to facilitate malicious cyber operations worldwide, the FBI and other agencies warned Feb. 27.
In new guidance for software manufacturers, cybersecurity agencies in the U.S. and United Kingdom urge every software manufacturer to implement memory safe programming languages (MSLs) and publish a roadmap that details how they will eliminate MSL vulnerabilities in their products.
A Russian national Dec. 4 pleaded guilty to his role in developing and deploying a suite of malware tools known as Trickbot, used to launch ransomware attacks against American hospitals and other businesses, the Department of Justice announced.
The U.S. Treasury Department, in coordination with the United Kingdom, Sept. 7 sanctioned 11 individuals who are part of the Russia-based Trickbot cybercrime group, whose targets have included hospitals and other critical infrastructure organizations.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) Friday alerted the sector to the latest tactics used to launch MedusaLocker ransomware attacks.