Security News

Russia's Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts
2025-01-16 19:15

FSB cyberspies venture into a new app for espionage, Microsoft says Star Blizzard, a prolific phishing crew backed by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), conducted a new campaign aiming to...

Russia-Linked Hackers Target Kazakhstan in Espionage Campaign with HATVIBE Malware
2025-01-14 09:10

Russia-linked threat actors have been attributed to an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting Kazakhstan as part of the Kremlin's efforts to gather economic and political intelligence in...

Cloud Atlas Deploys VBCloud Malware: Over 80% of Targets Found in Russia
2024-12-27 11:10

The threat actor known as Cloud Atlas has been observed using a previously undocumented malware called VBCloud as part of its cyber attack campaigns targeting "several dozen users" in 2024....

Recorded Future CEO applauds "undesirable" designation by Russia
2024-12-18 16:53

​Recorded Future, an American threat intelligence company, has become the first cybersecurity firm designated by the Russian government as an "undesirable" organization. [...]

Russia blocks Viber in latest attempt to censor communications
2024-12-13 18:10

Russian telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked the Viber encrypted messaging app, used by hundreds of millions worldwide, for violating the country's legislation. [...]

Russia-Linked Turla Exploits Pakistani Hackers' Servers to Target Afghan and Indian Entities
2024-12-04 17:23

The Russia-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Turla has been linked to a previously undocumented campaign that involved infiltrating the command-and-control (C2) servers of a...

Russia gives life sentence to Hydra dark web kingpin after seizing a ton of drugs
2024-12-03 07:29

No exaggeration – literally a ton. Plus, 15 co-conspirators also put behind bars A Russian court has handed a life sentence to the head of the infamous online drugs souk Hydra, and 15 of his...

Russia sentences Hydra dark web market leader to life in prison
2024-12-02 19:40

Russian authorities have sentenced the leader of the criminal group behind the now-closed dark web platform Hydra Market to life in prison. [...]

Russia arrests one of its own – a cybercrime suspect on FBI's most wanted list
2024-12-02 12:38

The latest in an unusual change of fortune for group once protected by the Kremlin An alleged former affiliate of the LockBit and Babuk ransomware operations, who also just happens to be one of...

Russia arrests cybercriminal Wazawaka for ties with ransomware gangs
2024-11-29 17:50

Russian law enforcement has arrested and indicted notorious ransomware affiliate Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (also known as Wazawaka, Uhodiransomwar, m1x, and Boriselcin) for developing malware and...