Security News

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...

Social Media 'Bots' From Russia Distorting Global Politics: Study (Security Week)
2017-06-22 11:09

A wave of "computational propaganda," largely driven by Russia, is impacting politics around the world by spreading misinformation designed to manipulate public opinion, researchers said Tuesday. read more

Russia Targeted Election-Related Networks in 21 States: DHS (Security Week)
2017-06-22 07:33

Hackers believed to be working for the Russian government targeted election-related networks in 21 U.S. states, representatives of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the Senate...

Russia struck at election systems and data of 39 US states (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-13 14:51

Investigators find evidence attackers tried to modify voter data, reports Bloomberg.