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Russian Hospital Targeted With Flash Zero-Day After Kerch Incident
2018-12-05 17:11

Security updates released by Adobe on Wednesday for Flash Player patch two vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw exploited by a sophisticated threat actor in attacks aimed at a healthcare...

Russian Hackers Use BREXIT Lures in Recent Attacks
2018-12-03 09:59

Infamous Russia-linked cyber-espionage group Sofacy used BREXIT-themed lure documents in attacks on the same day the United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May announced the initial BREXIT draft...

Facebook Knew About Russian Activity in 2014: British MP
2018-11-27 16:38

A British MP on Tuesday claimed Facebook knew about potentially malicious Russian activity in 2014, long before such activity becomes public, during a parliamentary hearing where international...

Infamous Russian Hacking Group Used New Trojan in Recent Attacks
2018-11-20 18:34

A well known Russian state-sponsored cyber-espionage group has used a new Trojan as a secondary payload in recent attacks targeting government entities around the globe, Palo Alto Networks...

Russian hackers are trying out this new malware against US and European targets
2018-11-20 14:22

A new phishing campaign from a Russian-state backed hacking group targets American and European inboxes.

Suspected Russian Hackers Impersonate State Department Aide
2018-11-18 02:03

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. cybersecurity experts say hackers impersonating a State Department official have targeted U.S. government agencies, businesses and think tanks in an attack that bears...

Was the Triton Malware Attack Russian in Origin?
2018-10-31 17:44

The conventional story is that Iran targeted Saudi Arabia with Triton in 2017. New research from FireEye indicates that it might have been Russia. I don't know. FireEye likes to attribute all...

Illinois focuses on voter registration security for 2018 midterms in response to 2016 Russian breach
2018-10-29 18:20

Illinois had the only state voter registration database that Russian hackers successfully broke into in the 2016 election. Since then, it has spent millions on new cybersecurity protections.

Russian Held as Agent Studied US Groups' Cyberdefenses
2018-10-29 17:18

A year before federal prosecutors accused Maria Butina of operating as a secret agent for the Russian government, she was a graduate student at American University working on a sensitive project...

How cybersecurity is developing to combat Russian hackers
2018-10-29 14:44

Leo Taddeo, chief information security officer at Cyxtera Technologies, discusses phishing and Russia's involvement in the 2016 US presidential election with CNET's Dan Patterson.