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A new Android malware named 'FireScam' is being distributed as a premium version of the Telegram app via phishing websites on GitHub that mimick the RuStore, Russia's app market for mobile devices. [...]
A new Android malware named 'FireScam' is being distributed as a premium version of the Telegram app via phishing websites on GitHub that mimick the RuStore, Russia's app market for mobile devices. [...]
The US government has sanctioned Russian state-affiliated entity CGE, which used a vast GenAI infrastructure to spread disinformation during the US Presidential election
Suspect Crew Members of the Eagle S Cannot Leave the ShipFinnish police say they've identified as suspects eight crew members of an oil tanker linked to a Russian "shadow fleet" of sanctions busting ships in an investigation into an incident that broke submarine cables in the Baltic Sea. Authorities escorted the tanker into Finnish waters on Dec. 25.
Also: German Prosecutors Charge Three Alleged Russian SaboteursThis week, MetLife denied a RansomHub cyberattack claim, RI Health System cyberattack update, npm package deployed Quasar RAT, Germany charges three with espionage for Russia, North Korea’s contagious interview campaign deployed new malware.
German prosecutors have charged three Russian-German nationals for acting as secret service agents for Russia
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
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued a final rule carrying out Executive Order (EO) 14117, which prevents mass transfer of citizens' personal data to countries of concern such as China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela