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Russian Hackers Exploit CVE-2025-26633 via MSC EvilTwin to Deploy SilentPrism and DarkWisp
2025-03-31 16:41

The threat actors behind the zero-day exploitation of a recently-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows have been found to deliver two new backdoors called SilentPrism and DarkWisp....

After Chrome patches zero-day used to target Russians, Firefox splats similar bug
2025-03-28 06:34

Single click on a phishing link in Google browser blew up sandbox on Windows Google pushed out an emergency patch for Chrome on Windows this week to stop attackers exploiting a sandbox-breaking...

Zero-Day Alert: Google Releases Chrome Patch for Exploit Used in Russian Espionage Attacks
2025-03-26 11:10

Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser for Windows that has been exploited in the wild as part of attacks targeting organizations in...

Ex-NSA boss: Election security focus helped dissuade increase in Russian meddling with US
2025-03-23 13:04

Plus AI in the infosec world, why CISA should know its place, and more Interview Russia appears to be having second thoughts on how aggressively, or at least how visibly, it attempts to influence...

Kaspersky Links Head Mare to Twelve, Targeting Russian Entities via Shared C2 Servers
2025-03-21 10:28

Two known threat activity clusters codenamed Head Mare and Twelve have likely joined forces to target Russian entities, new findings from Kaspersky reveal. "Head Mare relied heavily on tools...

YouTube Game Cheats Spread Arcane Stealer Malware to Russian-Speaking Users
2025-03-20 15:39

YouTube videos promoting game cheats are being used to deliver a previously undocumented stealer malware called Arcane likely targeting Russian-speaking users. "What's intriguing about this...

Leaked Black Basta Chats Suggest Russian Officials Aided Leader's Escape from Armenia
2025-03-19 13:50

The recently leaked trove of internal chat logs among members of the Black Basta ransomware operation has revealed possible connections between the e-crime gang and Russian authorities. The leak,...

Long Arm of the Law Comes for Russian Crypto: Why Secret Service Seized Garantex
2025-03-10 23:10

Authorities say Garantex has processed more than $96 billion in transactions since it launched in 2019.

SilentCryptoMiner Infects 2,000 Russian Users via Fake VPN and DPI Bypass Tools
2025-03-10 04:12

A new mass malware campaign is infecting users with a cryptocurrency miner named SilentCryptoMiner by masquerading it as a tool designed to circumvent internet blocks and restrictions around...

U.S. Secret Service Seizes Russian Garantex Crypto Exchange Website
2025-03-07 09:23

A coalition of international law enforcement agencies has seized the website associated with the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex ("garantex[.]org"), nearly three years after the service was...