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Russian hackers would have launched the Triton malware campaign against various facilities in Saudi Arabia A few days ago experts in digital forensics reported the existence of a new malwarecalled GreyEnergy, used to attack high-profile organizations in the industrial and energy sectors, allegedly operated by Russian hackers. Now, it has been revealed that the petrochemical plants […]
Each hacker community looks for different things An analysis of professionals in digital forensics about the criminal activity of Russian and Chinese hackers reveals several differences between the two communities in terms of interests and ways of doing business. In the past, researchers monitored the activity of several markets used to deal with illegal content or tools […]
The defendants would have deployed various attacks against US and international organizations. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed a criminal prosecution in which they have accused seven Russian citizens and residents of hacking, electronic fraud, identity theft and money laundering, as reported by specialists in digital forensics from the International Institute of Cyber Security. […]
Last May, the Justice Department asked US citizens to restart their routers, but there are still things to do The Russian army is present within hundreds of thousands of routers owned by Americans and from other parts of the world, a U.S. security official said on Friday. The presence of Russian malware on the routers, […]
A Russian man on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges he hacked three U.S. technology companies, potentially compromising personal details of more than 100 million users, including on LinkedIn, after being extradited from the Czech Republic. Yevgeniy Nikulin, 30, of Moscow, entered his plea in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, after having fought […]
The United States Department of Justice has gathered evidence to charge at least six Russian government officials involved in the 2016 DNC hack. The United States Department of Justice has gathered evidence to charge at least six Russian government officials involved in the DNC hack during the 2016 Presidential election. In the past months, US intelligence blamed Russia for […]
Russia threatens to ban the Telegram instant messaging app because the company refused to be compliant with the country’s new data protection laws. The Russian Government is threatening to ban the popular Telegram instant messaging app because the company refused to be compliant with the country’s new data protection laws. Telegram has 6 million Russian users […]
Two Russian spies and two hackers were the miscreants who broke into Yahoo!‘s servers and swiped at least 500 million user account records. That’s according to the US Department of Justice, which today indicted [PDF] four men – including two senior officers in the FSB, the Russian Federal Security Service born from the Soviet-era KGB. […]
Malicious Word document with ‘Russian doll’ technique targets NATO countries. Security researchers have identified a hacking campaign seemingly targeted at NATO members, which employs a sophisticated method to infect victims and lays a trap for those investigating it. The researchers said the attack, in the form of a malicious Word document, is unusual in that […]
A raw intelligence document published last week claims Russian cyber experts have cracked Telegram messaging service to spy on opponents. A raw intelligence document published last week contains much information about President Donald Trump and the approach of the Kremlin to the cyber espionage. According to the report, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) offers bribes for back […]
Researchers claim that the malware is currently priced at $4,000 and comes with ‘bot killer’ features. Security researchers have uncovered a new malware strain, dubbed Nuke, put up for sale on the dark web by an alleged Russian cybercriminal going by the pseudonym Gosya. Researchers noted that the malware comes with several features, including “bot […]
A bot farm involving hundreds of servers and over 570,000 different IP addresses has caused losses for online video advertisers ranging from $3 to $5 million per day. This bot farm, nicknamed Methbot, dates back to September 2015, when US security firm White Ops had first detected signs of automated traffic coming from the crooks’ […]
Comodo security researchers have spotted version 2.0 of a deadly Android trojan named Tordow, which first came to light in February this year. The trojan’s main feature is its ability to root Android devices, which in theory, gives the trojan the capability to carry out any malicious operation it wants. According to the researchers who […]
Security firm warns of Trojans shipping with stock firmware. Russian security company Dr. Web, who also makes a PC antivirus solution bearing the same name, warns that it discovered a total of 26 smartphone models running Android and infected with malware that’s injected in the stock firmware they are shipped with. Most of the models on […]
Ukrainian hacking group’s haul shows Russian plans to destabilize Kiev…maybe. MRecently a cache of 2,337 e-mails from the office of a high-ranking advisor to Russian president Vladimir Putin was dumped on the Internet after purportedly being obtained by a Ukrainian hacking group calling itself CyberHunta. The cache shows that the Putin government communicated with separatist forces in […]
Roman Seleznev, aka “Track2,” was found guilty of 38 counts relating to fraud and theft. On Thursday, a federal jury in Seattle found Roman Seleznev guilty of stealing millions of credit card numbers and selling them online to other fraudsters. Seleznev, 32, is the son of Russian Parliament member Valery Seleznev. Seleznev, who occasionally went by […]
The Russian security tester Timur Yunusov has discovered critical flaw affecting routers and 3G and 4G mobile modems from Huawei, ZTE, Gemtek, and Quanta. The Russian security tester Timur Yunusov has discovered critical vulnerabilities affecting routers and 3G and 4G mobile modems from Huawei, ZTE, Gemtek, and Quanta. The security holes could be exploited by remote attackers […]
Linux Backdoor Called Fysbis Used by Russian Hackers. A new malware family known as Fysbis (or Linux.BackDoor.Fysbis) is aiming Linux machines by setting up a backdoor that allows the malware’s author to snoop on victims and perform further attacks. Fybis showed its first signs in November 2014. However, the security researchers fromPalo Alto Networks only recently […]
Russian authorities raided offices of a Russian film distribution and production company as part of an operation against the Dyre gang. Russian law enforcement and intelligence agencies in November raided offices of a Russian film distribution and production company as part of an operation against one of the world’s most notorious cybercrime ring. The authorities […]
Russian ISP Eurobyte fails to answer Cisco’s emails, allows malvertising campaign to go on undisturbed. Cisco’s Talos research team has managed to identify and partially shut down a cyber-criminal group that is using the RIG exploit kit to infect users with all kinds of malware. This particular group used a series of security vulnerabilities, but most […]
One day, as you’re busy surfing on one of your favorite online stores, you stumble upon a pair of chic shades … they’re the very ones you’ve been looking for, for quite some time. And that’s not it. Best of all, they are really cheap. So you add the sunglasses to your shopping cart, proceed […]