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Bloke gets six months for fixing up Russia's US election trolls with bank accounts, fake identities
2018-10-11 19:36

Pinedo avoids serious time after spilling beans to Mueller on account sales A California man who provided bank accounts to Russian online trolls seeking to monkey with America's 2016 elections...

Russia's Hackers Long Tied to Military, Secret Services
2018-10-07 16:48

During the Soviet era, the country's top computer scientists and programmers largely worked for the secret services. That practice appears to have resumed under President Vladimir Putin, as Russia...

Dutch and British Governments Slam Russia for Cyberattacks
2018-10-05 17:48

Officials Attribute BadRabbit Ransomware, WADA Breach to APT28, aka 'Fancy Bear'The British and Dutch governments have issued a strong rebuke to the Russian government over an ongoing series of...

UK, Australia Blame Russia for Bad Rabbit, Other Attacks
2018-10-04 09:06

The United Kingdom and Australia have officially blamed Russia for several high profile attacks, including the Bad Rabbit ransomware campaign. A statement published by the U.K. government on...

Resident evil: Inside a UEFI rootkit used to spy on govts, made by you-know-who (hi, Russia)
2018-09-28 02:07

Deep dive into motherboard firmware-lurking code A UEFI rootkit, believed to have been built from an anti-thief software program by Kremlin spies to snoop on European governments, has been...

Contain spotting: Russia's Aeroflot Docker server lands internal source code, config files on public internet
2018-09-26 20:38

Container images leak through insecure registry Exclusive Russian airline Aeroflot has exposed to the public internet the internal blueprints for its website, aeroflot.ru, the Register has learned.…

NSA dev thrown in the clink for 66 months after letting Kaspersky, Russia slurp US exploits
2018-09-26 00:07

Pho gets five years and change after taking work home The now-former NSA employee at the heart of the Kaspersky Lab exploit slurping scandal has been thrown behind bars for five and a half years.…

Greece U-Turns — Now Approves Mr. Bitcoin's Extradition To Russia
2018-09-17 10:48

Greece just took another U-turn. Mr. Bitcoin a.k.a. Alexander Vinnik is not going to France nor to the United States; instead, he is now possibly going to his homeland Russia. The Supreme Civil...

What's GRU? A Look at Russia's Shadowy Military Spies
2018-09-06 14:03

MOSCOW (AP) — GRU isn't as well-known a baleful acronym as KGB or FSB. But Russia's military intelligence service is attracting increasing attention as allegations mount of devious and deadly...

Telegram Says to Cooperate in Terror Probes, Except in Russia
2018-08-28 16:28

The Telegram encrypted messenger app said Tuesday said it would cooperate with investigators in terror probes when ordered by courts, except in Russia where it is locked in an ongoing battle with...