Inside Russia’s Secret University Pipeline Feeding Hackers to Sandworm and APT28

Inside Russia’s Secret University Pipeline Feeding Hackers to Sandworm and APT28

Leaked records from Bauman Moscow State Technical University expose Department No. 4 as a hidden GRU training pipeline. Students master malware, penetration testing, surveillance and disinformation before assignment to units like Sandworm and APT28. The documents reveal an institutional system that blends offense, defense and ideology. Western defenders gain rare insight into Moscow’s long-term cyber personnel strategy.

From the frontline: Ukraine’s cyber security learnings for EU founders

In December 2015, Russian hackers managed to cut electricity for about 225,000 customers across three Ukrainian regions. They had been inside those networks for months, and nobody had noticed. By 2024, Ukraine faced 4,315 registered incidents in a single year, with 59 of them labelled as critical. The previous year saw 2,543 attacks, with 364 […] The post From the frontline: Ukraine’s cyber learnings for EU founders appeared first on EU-Startups.

Leaked Russian Cyber-Operations Training Materials

This is interesting: The records describe a force-generation mechanism for several General Staff components, including the GRU, Main Operational… Read more → The post Leaked Russian Cyber-Operations Training Materials appeared first on IT Security News.

Leaked Russian Cyber-Operations Training Materials - Schneier on Security

This is interesting: The records describe a force-generation mechanism for several General Staff components, including the GRU, Main Operational Directorate, and 8th Directorate, which is associated with protected communications, cryptography, and information security. […] The reporting also linked a 2024 Department No. 4 graduate, Aleksei Kondrashov, to Military Unit 74455, widely known as Sandworm. That unit has been associated with destructiv…