Security News

Russian Indictments: 'It's About Time'
2018-02-16 20:48

Cyber-intelligence expert Tom Kellermann of Carbon Black discusses the significance and impact of the announcement that 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities were indicted Friday for...

U.S. Indicts 13 Russians for Election Interference
2018-02-16 19:48

'Information Warfare Against the United States' AllegedA U.S. grand jury has taken the extraordinary step of indicting 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for allegedly interfering...

Russian Hackers Sent to U.S. Prison for Stealing 160 Million Bank Card Numbers
2018-02-15 21:15

A United States Judge this week sent two Russian nationals to prison for their involvement in a hacking scheme that compromised roughly160 million credit card numbers and incurred losses of...

Cybercrime shifts: Rise of Russian cybercrime, attacks on cryptocurrency marketplaces
2018-02-12 13:30

Cryptocurrency marketplaces, designed to facilitate trading on the full range of digital currencies, are experiencing a range of fraudulent activity. The world of cryptocurrency has moved from...

U.S. Spies Bilked for $100,000 by Russian Peddling Trump Secrets: Report
2018-02-10 15:19

A Russian man promising stolen hacking tools and compromising information on President Donald Trump fleeced American spies for $100,000 last year, The New York Times reported Friday. read more

Russian Scientists Arrested for Using Nuclear Weapon Facility to Mine Bitcoins
2018-02-10 12:03

Two days ago when infosec bods claimed to have uncovered what's believed to be the first case of a SCADA network (a water utility) infected with cryptocurrency-mining malware, a batch of...

Accused Russian Botnet Mastermind Extradited to US
2018-02-05 19:33

Peter Levashov Allegedly Distributed Spam, Ransomware via Kelihos BotnetRussian citizen Peter Levashov, arrested last year while vacationing in Spain, appeared Friday in U.S. federal court to face...

Dutch Spies Watched as Russians Hacked US Democrats: Report
2018-01-26 10:41

Dutch intelligence services hacked Russian cyber attackers and alerted US counterparts after watching them transfer "thousands" of Democratic Party emails ahead of the 2016 US election, Dutch...

NotPetya: From Russian Intelligence, With Love
2018-01-16 13:48

CIA Reportedly Believes Russian Military Launched Wiper Disguised as RansomwareThe CIA has attributed last year's outbreak of NotPetya wiper malware to Russia's GRU military intelligence unit, The...

Report: Russian Hackers Target Banks in US, Britain, Russia
2017-12-15 17:18

Nearly $10 Million Stolen from 20 Institutions in Past 1½ YearsA group of Russian-speaking hackers over the past year-and-a-half has stolen nearly $10 million from banks, mostly in the United...