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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday moved to add Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab to the "Covered List" of companies that pose an "unacceptable risk to the national security" of the country
A Chinese-speaking threat actor called Scarab has been linked to a custom backdoor dubbed HeaderTip as part of a campaign targeting Ukraine since Russia embarked on an invasion last month, making it the second China-based hacking group after Mustang Panda to capitalize on the conflict
Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh tried to cause catastrophic damage to Saudi oil refinery in 2017 via the Triton/Trisis malware, the US has alleged.
The supply-chain attack on the U.S. energy sector targeted thousands of computers at hundreds of organizations, including at least one nuclear power plant.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to its Covered List, saying it poses unacceptable risks to U.S. national security. [...]
With the US providing military aid to Ukraine and its sanctions damaging the Russian economy, the US government disclosed this week that there is intelligence that Russia is preparing for potential cyberattacks against US interests. [...]
Bug bounty platform HackerOne disabled Kaspersky's bug bounty program on Friday following sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus after the invasion of Ukraine. [...]
The U.S. government on Thursday released a cybersecurity advisory outlining multiple intrusion campaigns conducted by state-sponsored Russian cyber actors from 2011 to 2018 that targeted the energy sector in the U.S. and beyond
Six-year campaign targeted thousands of machines in global energy sector
Poisoned SCADA apps could have disrupted power supply – perhaps even at nuclear plants The United States Department of Justice has unsealed a pair of indictments that detail alleged Russian government hackers' efforts to use supply chain attacks and malware in an attempt to compromise and control critical infrastructure around the world – including at least one nuclear power plant.…
Security software vendor saddened but says its channel is holding firm Australian technology distributor Dicker Data has decided to end its commercial relationship with Russian security software vendor Kaspersky.…
Four Russian government employees were charged by the DoJ for attack campaigns targeting hundreds of energy sector companies and organizations in 135 countries, including the US.
The U.S. has indicted four Russian government employees for their involvement in hacking campaigns targeting hundreds of companies and organizations from the global energy sector between 2012 and 2018. [...]
Russian allegedly operated darknet store, selling stolen PII, credentials and authentication tools
A 23-year-old Russian national has been indicted in the U.S. and added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Cyber Most Wanted List for his alleged role as the administrator of Marketplace A, a cyber crime forum that sold stolen login credentials, personal information, and credit card data
A Russian national has been indicted by the US DOJ and added to the FBI's Cyber Most Wanted list for allegedly creating and managing a cybercrime marketplace. [...]
Cyber-souk offered bundle deals of account access and credit card info, says Uncle Sam A Russian national was indicted in the US on Tuesday for allegedly running an online marketplace selling access to credit card, shopping, and web payment accounts belonging to tens of thousands of victims.…
Have a break, don't have any more KitKat, junk food giant also tells Russia Nestlé, which is to stop selling KitKats and other brands in Russia, says corporate data leaked online this week by Anonymous was not stolen nor all that useful.…
Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications regulator, has banned Alphabet's news aggregator service Google News and blocked access to the news.google.com domain for providing access to "unreliable information" on the ongoing war in Ukraine. [...]
Russia restricted over fears it may launch biological or chemical attack on Ukraine