This is the first cybertracker for 2023. I have held off posting as there was a stagnant period across the holidays, but now with a considerable uptick mostly from pro-Russian groups I felt it was time to release an update. For this addition I am sharing two different versions, hoping…

All groups tracked since February 2022 As we approach the end of the year I felt it would be worth providing an overview of all the groups I have tracked that have been engaged in some capacity in the Russia-Ukraine war in cyberspace. You may have noticed i refuse to…

Australia is not under Cyber-Attack TL:DR Australia is not under cyber-attack, instead a series of opportunistic cyber-events are impacting some high-profile organizations. There has been an increase in interest in Australia across Deep/Dark web forums, cyber criminals are no different to anyone else, increased media attention raises the national profile. Many…

My apologies, this update was delayed. Here we are, it is November 2022 and this is the 20th cybertracker, not something I expected when I started putting them together. It’s a lot of work but feedback tells me it is valuable to a wide-range of people so It is worth…

Update 19. 2022 Russia-Ukraine War — Cyber Group Tracker. October 12. It’s October 2022 and the Russia-Ukraine war continues, as a result the cybertracker is still continuing to make sure I capture all groups involved. I still get questions about some entries on the list and I need to remind everyone that this is a tracker of intent, it would be…

Current as of Wednesday 28th September 2022–11:00am. — When events like the Optus Breach take place, it can often be difficult to follow along to all that is taking place, now that it appears to have calmed somewhat, I felt it might be beneficial to share a timeline and some notes I have been keeping of the event…

The #cybertracker is coming out on a monthly basis going forward, I did plan to release this version two weeks ago but I have been busy. Some notes on this addition: Pro-Russian groups now outnumber Pro-Ukraine groups. This is due to inactivity of several groups. I am working from public…

These are now a once a month event it seems. I am shocked it needs to be created each month. But it appears that new groups continue to appear, the relative ease of setting up a Twitter or Telegram and conducting DDoS attack means groups can continue to be created. …

TLDR: · AiDLocker Ransomware is likely preparing to post victims who have not paid a ransom. · AiDLocker Ransomware still has links to pro-Russian hacktivists and might be used by those hacktivists. · AiDLocker Ransomware will likely post victims onto Telegram, however there is evidence they will maybe also run a…