Security News

Four REvil Ransomware Members Sentenced in Rare Russian Cybercrime Convictions
2024-10-26 08:34

Four members of the now-defunct REvil ransomware operation have been sentenced to several years in prison in Russia, marking one of the rare instances where cybercriminals from the country have...

Crypt Ghouls Targets Russian Firms with LockBit 3.0 and Babuk Ransomware Attacks
2024-10-19 07:39

A nascent threat actor known as Crypt Ghouls has been linked to a set of cyber attacks targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware with the twin goals of disrupting...

Uncle Sam puts $10M bounty on Russian troll farm Rybar
2024-10-18 01:00

Propaganda op focuses on anti-West narratives to meddle with elections The US has placed a $10 million bounty on Russian media network Rybar and a number of its key staffers following alleged...

Russian RomCom Attacks Target Ukrainian Government with New SingleCamper RAT Variant
2024-10-17 16:13

The Russian threat actor known as RomCom has been linked to a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at Ukrainian government agencies and unknown Polish entities since at least late 2023. The intrusions...

US, UK warn of Russian APT29 hackers targeting Zimbra, TeamCity servers
2024-10-10 18:49

U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies warned today that APT29 hackers linked to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) target vulnerable Zimbra and JetBrains TeamCity servers "at a mass scale." [...]

Cyberattack Group 'Awaken Likho' Targets Russian Government with Advanced Tools
2024-10-08 11:17

Russian government agencies and industrial entities are the target of an ongoing activity cluster dubbed Awaken Likho. "The attackers now prefer using the agent for the legitimate MeshCentral...

Pro-Ukrainian Hackers Strike Russian State TV on Putin's Birthday
2024-10-08 05:49

Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that targeted Russia state media company VGTRK and disrupted its operations, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters. The incident...

US Government, Microsoft Aim to Disrupt Russian threat actor ‘Star Blizzard’
2024-10-07 13:35

Read more about the U.S. Department of Justice and Microsoft’s efforts to interrupt the activities of Russian-based threat actor Star Blizzard, and learn how to protect from this threat.

U.S. and Microsoft Seize 107 Russian Domains in Major Cyber Fraud Crackdown
2024-10-04 13:06

Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the seizure of 107 internet domains used by state-sponsored threat actors with ties to Russia to facilitate computer fraud...

100+ domains seized to stymie Russian Star Blizzard hackers
2024-10-04 11:07

Microsoft and the US Justice Department have seized over 100 domains used by Star Blizzard, a Russian nation-state threat actor. “Between January 2023 and August 2024, Microsoft observed Star...