Articles and Comments By John Hultquist
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Belarusian Intelligence Behind Ukrainian Government Website Cyber Attacks
January 17 , 2022 by John Hultquist
We’re not surprised to see Ukraine link their recent mass defacement incident to UNC1151/Ghostwrit...
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Mandiant Comment: Ukrainian Special Service Identifies FSB Hackers From 'Armagedon' Group
November 05 , 2021 by John Hultquist
The attribution by Ukrainian authorities is another reminder that Russia and its proxies are carryin...
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Cl0p Ransomware Gang Arrests In Ukraine (FIN11)
June 17 , 2021 by John Hultquist
The Cl0p operation has been used to disrupt and extort organizations globally in a variety of sector...
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Experts React: US Recovers Millions Paid To Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Hackers
June 08 , 2021 by John Hultquist
The move by the Department of Justice to recover ransom payments from the operators who disrupted U....
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Implications Of Russian Solarwinds Hackers New Email Attack On Government Agencies
May 31 , 2021 by John Hultquist
FireEye has been tracking multiple waves of related spear phishing emails that have been sent since...
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Experts Statements On New Ransomware Threat To Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers
March 15 , 2021 by John Hultquist
We are anticipating more exploitation of the exchange vulnerabilities by ransomware actors in the ne...
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US Democratic Voter Intimidation Attributed To Iran
October 23 , 2020 by John Hultquist
In recent years, Iranian information operations have continued to push boundaries using bold and inn...
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Experts Reacted On US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwarfare Unit
October 20 , 2020 by John Hultquist
Today’s indictments of GRU officers reads like a laundry list of many of the most important cybera...
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US DOJ Seizes Domain Names Used By Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
October 08 , 2020 by John Hultquist
The DOJ has just linked Iranian information operations that FireEye publicly reported in 2018 to the...
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Expert Reaction On Microsoft Blog On APT Groups: Comment On APT28 From Mandiant
September 11 , 2020 by John Hultquist
The targeting of political organizations is a common feature of cyber espionage. Parties and campaig...
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Expert Insight On New Zealand's Stock Exchange Hit By Second Cyber Attack
August 31 , 2020 by John Hultquist
The incident in New Zealand underscores the threat of disruption to critical financial infrastructur...
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Cybersecurity Expert Comments on EU Sanctions Against Cyberattacks
July 31 , 2020 by John Hultquist
The European Union imposed sanctions against multiple people and organizations for their role in a n...
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Experts On Russian Hackers Target Covid-19 Vaccine Research
July 17 , 2020 by John Hultquist
COVID-19 is an existential threat to every government in the world, so it’s no surprise that cyber...
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Iranian General Qasem Soleimani: Cyber Implications Comments From Cyber Expert
January 06 , 2020 by John Hultquist
Given the gravity of the operation last evening we are anticipating an elevated threat from Iranian...
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