Remotely Stopping Polish Trains
August 28 2023Turns out that it’s easy to broadcast radio commands that force Polish trains to stop:
…the saboteurs appear to have sent simple so-called “radio-stop” commands via radio frequency to...
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FBI Disables Russian Malware
May 10 2023Reuters is reporting that the FBI “had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia’s FSB security service against an undisclosed number of American computers, a move they hoped...
Read moreAnother nation-state malware, Russian in origin:
In the early stages of the war in Ukraine in 2022, PIPEDREAM, a known malware was quietly on the brink of wiping out...
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Russian Cyberwarfare Documents Leaked
March 31 2023Now this is interesting:
Thousands of pages of secret documents reveal how Vulkan’s engineers have worked for Russian military and intelligence agencies to support hacking operations, train operatives before...
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Cyberwar Lessons from the War in Ukraine
February 23 2023The Aspen Institute has published a good analysis of the successes, failures, and absences of cyberattacks as part of the current war in Ukraine: “The Cyber Defense Assistance...
Read moreUkraine Intercepting Russian Soldiers’ Cell Phone Calls
December 21 2022They’re using commercial phones, which go through the Ukrainian telecom network:
“You still have a lot of soldiers bringing cellphones to the frontline who want to talk to their...
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Trojaned Windows Installer Targets Ukraine
December 20 2022Mandiant is reporting on a trojaned Windows installer that targets Ukrainian users. The installer was left on various torrent sites, presumably ensnaring people downloading pirated copies of the...
Read moreHow to Surrender to a Drone
December 19 2022The Ukrainian army has released an instructional video explaining how Russian soldiers should surrender to a drone:
“Seeing the drone in the field of view, make eye contact with...
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CryWiper Data Wiper Targeting Russian Sites
December 6 2022Kaspersky is reporting on a data wiper masquerading as ransomware that is targeting local Russian government networks.
The Trojan corrupts any data that’s not vital for the functioning of...
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Russian Software Company Pretending to Be American
November 16 2022Computer code developed by a company called Pushwoosh is in about 8,000 Apple and Google smartphone apps. The company pretends to be American when it is actually Russian.
According...
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