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RUSSIAN KILLNET CYBER ATTACKS BEGIN ON ITALIAN-LINKED BUSINESSES
ITALY'S CYBER SECURITY AUTHORITY ISSUED A WARNING TO ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
SECTOR ORGANISATIONS WITH LINKS TO THE COUNTRY TO PREPARE FOR AN INCREASED
NUMBER OF CYBER ATTACKS FROM THE PRO-RUSSIAN HACKERS
by: Connor Jones
31 May 2022
31 May 2022
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An alert has been issued by Italy’s Computer Security Incident Response Team
(CSIRT) warning public and private sector organisations of a heightened risk of
cyber attacks from pro-Russian hackers.
National public entities like governmental departments, Italian utility
companies, and any public sector organisation with a brand image tied to the
country of Italy are thought to be at risk, CSIRT Italy said.
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The security authority did not specify the identity of the hackers of particular
concern, but linked cyber attacks that took place between 11-21 May 2022 against
Italian organisations to the hackers in question.
The information provided would suggest that the hackers believed to be targeting
the country are the pro-Russian Killnet group.
CSIRT Italy prevented a Killnet-linked cyber attack on the voting system of the
Eurovision Song Contest earlier this month. The stifled attack was believed to
be an attempt to stop Ukraine from winning the competition.
Following the cyber attack against the Eurovision Song Contest, Killnet
‘declared war’ on 10 countries, including Italy, and denied that it had any
involvement in the failed voting system attack.
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This announcement prompted the Five Eyes intelligence alliance to issue an alert
warning organisations of the eight most dangerous hacking groups that have
pledged allegiance to Russia, with Killnet making the list.
The vigilante hacktivist group Anonymous, which has committed to fighting Russia
in cyber space following its invasion of Ukraine, said soon after that it too
was at war with Killnet.
The pro-Russian hacking group has since made various public posts about
Anonymous, claiming that there is both a real and ‘fake’ Anonymous, the latter
being the group targeting it.
CSIRT Italy issued its alert on Sunday, the same day an interview with Killnet
was published by Italian news outlet Matrice Digitale, in which the hackers said
the ‘war’ against Italy would begin at 5am on Monday.
“I want to clarify that the Italian Anonymous are nothing even for the original
Anonymous to whom I send a message: our war will start on Italian territory at
05:00,” Killnet told the Italian news site - translated electronically.
“I am sending my message to all corners of the world. May the real Anonymous
restore its greatness. Together we will stop the Nazis, the false government,
and the weapons of the world. I declare Italy a place of war with the fake
Anonymous.”
On Monday, Killnet posted to its Telegram group suggesting that CSIRT Italy had
already stopped numerous attacks made by the hacking group, offering praise for
its defensive capabilities.
The group claimed that thousands of other Italian and Italian-linked websites
are currently down but did not publish a list “because people have to see
everything for themselves”.
The group is known for making false claims about supposed successes. Most
recently, it claimed to have acquired a genuine copy of NATO secretary general
Jens Stoltenberg’s passport, a claim IT Pro verified with NATO to be false.
Italy’s postal service Poste Italiane appeared to be suffering IT issues on
Monday but told la Repubblica that the disruption was due to IT issues unrelated
to any Killnet-linked cyber attacks.
The Italian Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defense also appeared to be
offline as of Monday and at the time of writing both sites were still
unreachable. There are also reports of Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) experiencing
disruption, according to Downdetector.
CSIRT Italy has issued guidance to all organisations that think they may be at
risk of potential cyber attacks from Killnet.
These included a list of the most-exploited security vulnerabilities by
pro-Russian hackers and mitigation strategies for distributed denial of service
(DDoS) attacks.
At-risk organisations have also been advised to maintain constant monitoring of
all IT infrastructure, to log any anomalies, and promptly alert CSIRT Italy of
any potential attacks.
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