Welcome to the jungle (again)The contemporary threat landscape is not a simple product of the whims or choices of criminal hackers and other threat actors. The National Cyber Security Center (UK) reports that the pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16) had claimed a three-day DDoS campaign against several UK public sector websites . 14 August 2025: Norway’s intelligence service publicly attributes the dam intrusion and rising threat of pro-Russian cyber actors to the event. [16]Norway’s intelligence service publicly attributes the dam intrusion and rising threat of pro-Russian cyber actors to the event. The techniques used by threat actors are, in many cases, well-known, straightforward, and theoretically avoidable [34].

Source: The Guardian March 27, 2026 11:04 UTC