Security News

No dice, comrade! Senate floats Russia-busting election law
2019-04-05 01:01

Proposed bill would bring immediate sanctions for tampering with democracy The US Senate is mulling a bill that would call for sanctions on any country caught trying to hack or influence American...

Russia accused of massive GPS spoofing campaign
2019-04-01 11:45

Russia has been hijacking signals sent by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) systems such as GPS, researchers claim.

Mueller's Investigation Finds No Trump-Russia Conspiracy
2019-03-25 13:18

But Special Counsel Stops Short of Exonerating Trump Over Obstruction of JusticeSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller's two-year investigation into Russia's 2016 election interference has concluded,...

Kaspersky Lab takes bite out of Apple in Russia over borked parental controls app
2019-03-21 17:15

Store policy removed key features, alleges complaint Antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab has lodged a complaint about Apple with the Russian competition authority.…

US Warns of Sophisticated Cyberattacks From Russia, China
2019-03-14 13:50

Cyberattacks from Russia, China, North Korea and Iran are increasingly sophisticated and, until recently, were done with little concern for the consequences, the top Pentagon cyber leaders told a...

ProtonMail back up in Russia, firm says, after regime chokes access over 'terrorist activity'
2019-03-12 17:40

Service says that's ерунда ProtonMail is "back to running normally in Russia now" after the country blocked access to the encrypted email service, claiming that students at a sports competition...

Russia Is Testing Online Voting
2019-03-11 11:54

This is a bad idea: A second innovation will allow "electronic absentee voting" within voters' home precincts. In other words, Russia is set to introduce its first online voting system. The system...

FBI boss: Never mind Russia and social media, China ransacks US biz for blueprints, secrets at 'surprisingly' huge scale
2019-03-05 20:42

'Espionage and criminal investigations ... almost all of which lead back to Beijing' RSA While Russian hackers, Kremlin-backed or otherwise, grab the headlines, China remains the biggest...

Eyeing Russia, EU Girds for Cyberthreats to Parliament Vote
2019-03-04 14:33

With campaigning for May's European Parliament elections shifting into high gear, security officials are preparing for potential attempts by Russia-linked hackers to sway the vote -- and...

Swedish Police Arrest Russia Spy Suspect
2019-02-27 16:11

A technology worker suspected of spying for Russia has been arrested in Stockholm, the Swedish authorities said Wednesday. The person was believed to have been "recruited as an agent by a Russian...