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Russia's APT28 Exploited Windows Print Spooler Flaw to Deploy 'GooseEgg' Malware
2024-04-23 04:23

The Russia-linked nation-state threat actor tracked as APT28 weaponized a security flaw in the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler component to deliver a previously unknown custom malware called...

Old Windows print spooler bug is latest target of Russia's Fancy Bear gang
2024-04-23 01:15

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Russia charges suspects behind theft of 160,000 credit cards
2024-04-02 15:37

Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has announced the indictment of six suspected "Hacking group" members for using malware to steal credit card and payment information from foreign online stores. According to investigations, the six suspects started the malicious activity nearly seven years ago and managed to steal over 160,000 payment cards.

U.S. Sanctions 3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges for Helping Russia Evade Sanctions
2024-03-26 08:31

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three cryptocurrency exchanges for offering services used to evade economic restrictions imposed on Russia...

Russia's Cozy Bear caught phishing German politicos with phony dinner invites
2024-03-23 07:51

The Kremlin's cyberspies targeted German political parties in a phishing campaign that used emails disguised as dinner party invitations, according to Mandiant. Russia's Cozy Bear, also known as APT29 and Midnight Blizzard, engineered the messages to infect marks' Windows PCs with a backdoor first observed in January and dubbed WINELOADER. These were intended to provide long-term access to the political parties' networks and data, the Google-backed security biz asserted on Friday.

Russia Hackers Using TinyTurla-NG to Breach European NGO's Systems
2024-03-21 16:03

The Russia-linked threat actor known as Turla infected several systems belonging to an unnamed European non-governmental organization (NGO) in order to deploy a backdoor called TinyTurla-NG. "The...

South Korean Citizen Detained in Russia on Cyber Espionage Charges
2024-03-12 06:32

Russia has detained a South Korean national for the first time on cyber espionage charges and transferred from Vladivostok to Moscow for further investigation. The development was first...

US accuses Army vet cyber-Casanova of sharing Russia-Ukraine war secrets
2024-03-05 17:06

Another US military man is facing a potentially significant stretch in prison after allegedly sending secret national defense information overseas. Information categorized as Secret refers to data that could reasonably be expected to cause "Serious damage", and Confidential information could lead to cause "Damage" to US national security.

New executive order bans mass sale of personal data to China, Russia
2024-02-28 20:50

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to ban the bulk sale and transfer of Americans' private data to "Countries of concern" such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela. "Our adversaries are exploiting Americans' sensitive personal data to threaten our national security. They are purchasing this data to use to blackmail and surveil individuals, target those they view as dissidents here in the United States, and engage in other malicious activities," said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland.

U.S. Government Disrupts Russia-Linked Botnet Engaged in Cyber Espionage
2024-02-16 06:49

The U.S. government on Thursday said it disrupted a botnet comprising hundreds of small office and home office (SOHO) routers in the country that was put to use by the Russia-linked APT28 actor to...