REvil Ransomware Group s Sudden Re-emergence Sparks Concerns
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DarkSide Ransomware hit Colonial Pipeline and created Unholy Mess
DarkSide was a testament to this implementation problem even before the Colonial Pipeline attack. It is aimed almost exclusively at English-speaking organizations and is believed to be a criminal group based in Russia or Eastern Europe. DarkSide malware was built to perform language checks and to shut down if it detects Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Armenian, Georgian, Kazakh, Turkmen, Romanian, and other languages associated with Russian geopolitical interests. The Kremlin has historically allowed cybercriminals to operate indefinitely within its borders, as long as they do not go after their countrymen.
DarkSide’s income-saving business model makes it difficult to determine who is behind the DarkSide attack, with adequate isolation for all involved. And the existence of ransomware rental services shows how well-known and profitable these attacks are. Members of DarkSide steal point-of-sale credit card dat
The wide web of nation-state hackers attacking the US
Cybersecurity experts weigh in on what it means to be a nation-state hacker, as well as the activities and motivations of the big four countries attacking the U.S.
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The threat of adversarial foreign governments using their hacking might to infiltrate and gather intelligence from the United States is a tale at least as old as the modern internet, but in recent years, nation-state hackers have been brought to the forefront of the cybersecurity industry s collective mind.
In December, threat actors working on behalf of the Russian government conducted a supply chain attack against the software company SolarWinds, based in Austin, Texas. The attack compromised updates for the company s Orion IT management platform, and these updates, when released to its customers, ultimately compromised many organizations across the public and private sectors, including U.S. gov