Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

U.S. prosecutors have charged a Ukrainian national for her role in cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure worldwide, including U.S. water systems, election systems, and nuclear facilities, on behalf of Russian state-backed hacktivist groups. [...]

Suspect May Be Military Officer Indicted by US for 2016 Election InterferencePolice in Thailand have arrested a Russian citizen suspected of launching hack attacks against targets around the world, who's wanted by the FBI. While the suspect hasn't been named, his age matches that of a Russian military intelligence officer indicted for 2016 U.S. election interference.

Researchers have tracked a Russian disinformation campaign against upcoming Moldovan elections, linking it to a previous campaign that began in 2022.

As the Trump administration guts efforts to counter election disinfo The Russian troll farm that in the lead-up to the 2024 US presidential election posted a bizarro video claiming Democratic candidate Kamala Harris was a rhino poacher, is back with hundreds of new fake news websites serving up phony political commentary with an AI assist.…

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 American elections, according to a former head of the NSA.…

Doppelganger Unsuccessfully Attempted to Distort Election, UK Minister SaidA Russian government-directed foreign influence campaign unsuccessfully attempted to disrupt the 2024 U.K. elections, a British security minister told a parliamentary committee. The government identified disinformation networks linked to Russian influence campaign widely tracked as Doppelganger.

The US government has sanctioned Russian state-affiliated entity CGE, which used a vast GenAI infrastructure to spread disinformation during the US Presidential election

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday leveled sanctions against two entities in Iran and Russia for their attempts to interfere with the November 2024 presidential election

In a historic decision, Romania's constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election amid allegations of Russian interference

Cǎlin Georgescu went from polling around 1% a month before the Romanian presidential election to winning the first round

Romania’s national security council suggested that Russia is behind these attacks, amid a court order for a recount of votes in the first round of the country’s presidential election

Close International Law Enforcement Collaboration Will Continue, Experts ForecastOne post-election question pertaining to Donald Trump's upcoming presidency is how his administration will choose to combat cybercrime, and to what extent the White House will continue to take a leadership role in combating ransomware and cybercrime - especially based in Russia.

Russian Threats Aim to Disrupt Nationwide Voting as Americans Flock to the PollsU.S. intelligence agencies warned that Russian interference efforts are escalating on Election Day as millions of Americans cast their ballots nationwide. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it was not tracking significant threats to the vote.

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency is warning about last-minute influence operations conducted by Iranian and Russian actors to undermine the public trust in the integrity and fairness of the upcoming presidential election. [...]

A Dark Reading poll reveals widespread concern over disinformation about election integrity and voter fraud, even as Russia steps up deepfake attacks meant to sow distrust in the voting process among the electorate.

US government agencies said the video, widely shared on social media, is part of Russia’s broader strategy of undermining the integrity of the Presidential Election

Also, Change Healthcare sets a record, cybercrime cop suspect indicted, a new Mallox decryptor, and more in brief Senate intelligence committee chair Mark Warner (D-VA) is demanding to know why, in the wake of the bust-up of a massive online Russian disinformation operation, the names of six US-based domain registrars seem to keep popping up as, at best, negligent facilitators of election meddling. …

Plus: Iran's IRGC probes election-related websites in swing states Russian, Iranian, and Chinese trolls are all ramping up their US election disinformation efforts ahead of November 5, but – aside from undermining faith in the democratic process and confidence in the election result – with very different objectives, according to Microsoft.…

Operation Overload pushes dressed up Russian state propaganda with the aim of flooding the US with election disinformation.

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 attempts to sway the upcoming US presidential election.…