Security News

Feds finger Russian 'behind Qakbot malware' that hit 700K computers
2025-05-22 22:26

Agents thought they shut this all down in 2023, but the duck quacked again Uncle Sam on Thursday unsealed criminal charges and a civil forfeiture case against a Russian national accused of leading...

Russian hackers breach orgs to track aid routes to Ukraine
2025-05-21 21:21

A Russian state-sponsored cyberespionage campaign attributed to APT28 (Fancy Bear/Forest Blizzard) hackers has been targeting and compromising international organizations since 2022 to disrupt aid...

Russian Hackers Exploit Email and VPN Vulnerabilities to Spy on Ukraine Aid Logistics
2025-05-21 18:06

Russian cyber threat actors have been attributed to a state-sponsored campaign targeting Western logistics entities and technology companies since 2022. The activity has been assessed to be...

PureRAT Malware Spikes 4x in 2025, Deploying PureLogs to Target Russian Firms
2025-05-21 13:10

Russian organizations have become the target of a phishing campaign that distributes malware called PureRAT, according to new findings from Kaspersky. "The campaign aimed at Russian business began...

North Korean Konni APT Targets Ukraine with Malware to track Russian Invasion Progress
2025-05-13 10:57

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Konni APT has been attributed to a phishing campaign targeting government entities in Ukraine, indicating the threat actor's targeting beyond Russia....

Google links new LostKeys data theft malware to Russian cyberspies
2025-05-08 13:39

Since the start of the year, the Russian state-backed ColdRiver hacking group has been using new LostKeys malware to steal files in espionage attacks targeting Western governments, journalists,...

Russian Hackers Using ClickFix Fake CAPTCHA to Deploy New LOSTKEYS Malware
2025-05-08 06:57

The Russia-linked threat actor known as COLDRIVER has been observed distributing a new malware called LOSTKEYS as part of an espionage-focused campaign using ClickFix-like social engineering...

Disney Slack attack wasn't Russian protesters, just a Cali dude with malware
2025-05-02 16:03

A 25-year-old California man pleaded guilty to stealing and dumping 1.1TB of data from the House of Mouse When someone stole more than a terabyte of data from Disney last year, it was believed to...

France ties Russian APT28 hackers to 12 cyberattacks on French orgs
2025-04-29 18:57

Today, the French foreign ministry blamed the APT28 hacking group linked to Russia's military intelligence service (GRU) for targeting or breaching a dozen French entities over the last four years. [...]

Booby-trapped Alpine Quest Android app geolocates Russian soldiers
2025-04-24 07:24

Back of the nyet! Russian soldiers are being targeted with an Android app specially altered to pinpoint their location and scan their phones for files, with the ability to exfiltrate sensitive...