Security News

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...

International cops seize ransomware crooks' favorite Russian crypto exchange
2025-03-06 22:32

Did US Secret Service not get the memo, or? A coalition of international law enforcement has shut down Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, a favorite of now-defunct ransomware crew Conti and...

DHS says CISA will not stop monitoring Russian cyber threats
2025-03-03 19:22

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says that media reports about it being directed to no longer follow or report on Russian cyber activity are untrue, and its mission remains...

Space Pirates Targets Russian IT Firms With New LuckyStrike Agent Malware
2025-02-27 13:50

The threat actor known as Space Pirates has been linked to a malicious campaign targeting Russian information technology (IT) organizations with a previously undocumented malware called...

Russian phishing campaigns exploit Signal's device-linking feature
2025-02-19 11:59

Russian threat actors have been launching phishing campaigns that exploit the legitimate "Linked Devices" feature in the Signal messaging app to gain unauthorized access to accounts of interest. [...]

If you dread a Microsoft Teams invite, just wait until it turns out to be a Russian phish
2025-02-15 00:02

Roses aren't cheap, violets are dear, now all your access token are belong to Vladimir Digital thieves – quite possibly Kremlin-linked baddies – have been emailing out bogus Microsoft Teams...

Microsoft: Russian-Linked Hackers Using 'Device Code Phishing' to Hijack Accounts
2025-02-14 10:27

Microsoft is calling attention to an emerging threat cluster it calls Storm-2372 that has been attributed to a new set of cyber attacks aimed at a variety of sectors since August 2024. The attacks...