Security News

Russia Bans Proxy Services And VPNs To Purge Extremist Content (The Hackers News)
2017-07-26 05:03

Earlier this year, China announced a crackdown on VPNs and proxy services in the country and made it mandatory for all VPN providers and leased cable lines operators to have a license from the...

Tech Firms Target Domains Used by Russia-linked Threat Group (Security Week)
2017-07-25 11:45

Tech companies ThreatConnect and Microsoft are moving toward exposing and taking down domains associated with Russia-linked threat group known as Fancy Bear. read more

Russia Moves to Ban Tools Used to Surf Outlawed Websites (Security Week)
2017-07-22 01:48

Russia's parliament on Friday voted to outlaw web tools that allow internet users to sidestep official bans of certain websites, the nation's latest effort to tighten controls of online services....

U.S. Bans Kaspersky Software Amid Concerns Over Russia Ties (Security Week)
2017-07-12 14:18

Washington - The US government has moved to block federal agencies from buying software from Russia-based Kaspersky Lab, amid concerns about the company's links to intelligence services in Moscow....

Russia Jails Head of Notorious Hacker Group (Security Week)
2017-07-06 15:15

A Moscow court on Thursday jailed the leader of a notorious hacking group for two years for breaking into the accounts of high-ranking Russian officials. read more

Russia Threatens Retaliation If US Bans Kaspersky Lab (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-04 17:33

Cybersecurity Firm's CEO Offers Source Code Review to US GovernmentA senior Russian government official warned that Moscow will retaliate if the Senate moves to ban the use of Kaspersky Lab...

Police in Ukraine Blame Russia for NotPetya (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-04 13:03

Vendor of Hacked Accounting Software Could Face Criminal ChargesFirms in Ukraine and beyond are still struggling to bring all systems back online following last week's devastating "NotPetya"...

Telegram Agrees to Register With Russia to Avoid Ban, But Won't Share User Data (The Hackers News)
2017-06-29 01:53

After being threatened with a ban in Russia, end-to-end encrypted Telegram messaging app has finally agreed to register with new Russian Data Protection Laws, but its founder has assured that the...

Russia threatening to ban Telegram encrypted messaging app (Help Net Security)
2017-06-26 22:02

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s communications regulator, is threatening to ban the use of popular encrypted messaging app Telegram. The request Roskomnadzor is a federal agency tasked with overseeing that...

Russia Threatens to Ban Telegram Messaging App, Says It Was Used By Terrorists (The Hackers News)
2017-06-26 10:10

Russia has threatened a ban against Telegram end-to-end encrypted messaging app, after Pavel Durov, its founder, refused to sign up to the country's new data protection laws. Russia's FSB...