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Getty Images reader comments 52 with A group of Russian-state hackers known for almost exclusively targeting Ukrainian entities has branched out in recent months, either accidentally or purposely, by allowing USB-based espionage malware to infect a variety of organizations in other countries. The group—known by many names, including Gamaredon, Primitive Bear, ACTINIUM, Armageddon, and Shuckworm—has ..

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A recently identified USB worm attributed to the Russia-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group Gamaredon appears to have spread beyond Ukraine, its likely intended target, cybersecurity firm Check Point reports. Also tracked as Armageddon, Aqua Blizzard, Primitive Bear, Shuckworm, and Trident Ursa, and active for at least a decade, Gamaredon mainly focuses on Ukrainian entities, ..

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Threat hunters at Mandiant are shining the spotlight on a pair of previously undocumented operational technology (OT) attacks last October by Russia’s “Sandworm” hackers that caused an unplanned power outage and coincided with mass missile strikes on critical infrastructure across Ukraine. The attacks, which spanned several months and culminated in two disruptive events on October ..

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Malware hunters in Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) say government-backed hacking groups from different countries are feasting on a well-documented security flaw in the popular WinRAR file archiving utility more than three months after patches were released. The WinRAR code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-38831, was fixed in July after zero-day exploitation was detected but ..

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I ricavi delle esportazioni di petrolio russo sono balzati a 17,1 miliardi di dollari in agosto, in aumento di 1,8 miliardi di dollari rispetto a luglio, poiché l’aumento dei prezzi del petrolio ha più che compensato i minori volumi di esportazione, ha affermato mercoledì l’Agenzia internazionale per l’energia (IEA) nel suo rapporto sul mercato petrolifero ..

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Secondo un nuovo rapporto, il commercio nei tre porti più grandi della Russia è in aumento e si sta avvicinando ai livelli prebellici nonostante le sanzioni radicali da parte delle principali economie del Gruppo dei Sette (G7). “L’attività nei porti russi è sorprendentemente elevata. Per la prima volta dallo scoppio della guerra in Ucraina, il ..

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