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Blog Anatomy of a Hacktivist Attack: Russian-Aligned Group Targets OT/ICS

Forescout honeypot caught hacktivist activity targeting a decoy water treatment plant in Sept. 2025. A Russian-aligned group, TwoNet, claimed responsibility for the attack. The group logged into the human-machine interface (HMI) for: defacement, process disruption, manipulation, and evasion.

exploit

ransomware

human-machine interface

overflame

modbus

megamedusa

Published: October 10, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 10

Digital Frontlines: India Under Multi-Nation Hacktivist Attack

In July-August 2025, India faced a surge of cross-border cyberattacks combining data breaches, DDoS, defacement, phishing, and malware. Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Russian, Indonesian, and likely Chinese actors targeted Indian judicial, defense, and transport systems. High-impact incidents included jud…

103.97.128.77#clientsetup.exe

fshost64.exe

svchost.exe

manc.exe

Published: September 15, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 14

Brief Disruptions, Bold Claims: The Tactical Reality Behind the India-Pakistan Hacktivist Surge

In May 2025, Pakistan-linked hacktivist groups claimed over 100 cyberattacks on Indian government, education, and critical infrastructure websites. However, an investigation reveals most breaches were exaggerated or fake. Alleged data leaks contained primarily public information, website defacement…

Published: May 11, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

Dragon RaaS | Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group Aims to Build on "The Five Families" Cybercrime Reputation

Dragon RaaS is a ransomware group that emerged in July 2024 as an offshoot of Stormous, part of a larger cybercrime syndicate known as 'The Five Families'. The group markets itself as a sophisticated Ransomware-as-a-Service operation but often conducts defacements and opportunistic attacks rather t…

vulnerability exploitation

Published: March 19, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

Tag: defacement

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Blog Anatomy of a Hacktivist Attack: Russian-Aligned Group Targets OT/ICS

Digital Frontlines: India Under Multi-Nation Hacktivist Attack

Brief Disruptions, Bold Claims: The Tactical Reality Behind the India-Pakistan Hacktivist Surge

Dragon RaaS | Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group Aims to Build on "The Five Families" Cybercrime Reputation