Home » Killnet attacks: “Italy killed like a mosquito”. But what damage have the Russian hackers done?

Killnet attacks: “Italy killed like a mosquito”. But what damage have the Russian hackers done?

by admin
Killnet attacks: “Italy killed like a mosquito”.  But what damage have the Russian hackers done?

“Italy was killed. Like a mosquito”. It is 3.10 pm on May 20 when the Russian hacker group Killnet publishes the first message on its Telegram channel after the attack launched 12 hours earlier on 53 institutional sites, large companies and the main Italian media. The list is impressive: the Ministry of Defense, Foreign Affairs, the site of the Senate, that of the Court of Auditors, up to the sites of Eni, Tim, Windtre. It is on the channel of the group that seems to gather the galaxy of pro-Russian activists in the field in recent weeks, Legion.

When the claim was discovered in Italy, most of the sites attacked were all online. Probably many of these have not even suffered consequences. The attack took place, it reached important proportions, but it was nothing complicated. The technicians at work also confirm this. “We’ve been working with some of the companies they’ve been trying to strike for years. We’re on the cybersecurity sidewalk. And I can say with certainty they’re staged attacks. There’s nothing sophisticated behind it.” To speak is Marco Ramillimanaging director of Yoroi.

“What we have seen is a strong Ddos attack activity to take down sites. Some have held up well, others less. The difference is in the defensive structure they have. Private companies in general have done much better, either in terms of reaction speed. that for investments made “, he reasons. “From the analysis of some tools used by Killnet it seems that their offensive capacity, however, is not trivial. The tool Blood Deluxe DDosat their disposal, already used to make some attacks, is able to place backdoors inside the affected systems “, he adds, then specifies:” The effects of each attack are not always immediate, it can take days to notice the damage . It is important to keep monitoring the situation. ”

See also  The five TV series not to be missed in July: the nineties are back and Monster & Co

IT security

The cybersecurity pioneer chosen by Rai to protect Eurovision: “Russian attacks? Nothing special”

by Arcangelo Rociola

19 Maggio 2022

“Nothing to worry about at the moment. But the Kremlin has nothing to do with it”

Ddos attacks, an acronym for Distributed Denial-of-Service, are among the most common for taking a site offline. In practice, they overload the servers with requests for access to the portal, they send it out of use and the site is no longer reachable. “It is an attack that is almost a game, at the moment we have not seen anything serious. There have been no attempts at exploiting (violation, ed), if not very low”. Are the Russians unable to seriously attack Italian sites? “Of course they can. They definitely have the ability to do it, and they could also do a lot of harm. Why haven’t they done it so far? I can’t tell. But these are not government actors, I would feel like excluding them entirely “.

However, it is not certain that they have no functional link to the Kremlin’s operations. “Using the conditional in these cases is a must, but they could also be gods attempts made to study us“, continues the security expert.” The attack is not sophisticated, it is true, but it could serve to understand what our response is, how the IT systems react, what level of protection they have, but also how the media report the news and how it is received in the public debate. “Do the Russians test us?” It would be useful for them. Even if these groups weren’t working for the Kremlin, the Kremlin could use them to figure out what to do, “he reasons.

See also  Jixi City's Industrial Economy Shows Rapid Growth, Ranks First in Province

Russia-Ukraine

Russian hackers attack the site of the State Police: “Now open war on 10 countries”

by Arcangelo Rociola

16 Maggio 2022


It is true that the attacks are not very sophisticated, but it is also true that the group itself is sophisticated, made up of smaller groups connected to each other, which relay messages on Telegram channels in the Anonymous style but with a much more aggressive language. “From what I have seen so far I believe they are all activists. I would not speak of terrorism, on the contrary I would say that it is not terrorism at all. It is a group of Russian activists, pro-Russian, who carry out simple attacks magnified by the media echo they unleash”, he concludes. ‘Kills’ and ‘mosquitoes’ confirm.

You may also like

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Accept Read More

Privacy & Cookies Policy