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The Russian cybercrime community, one of the most active and prolific in the world, is turning to alternative money-laundering methods due to sanctions on Russia and law enforcement actions against dark web markets. [...]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced a new package of sanctions targeting parties that facilitate evasion of previous measures imposed on Russia. [...]
Binance has announced some significant changes in its services for Russia-based users, which mark the company's effort to align with European Union's fifth wave of sanctions against Russia. [...]
Russia is seen as biggest threat, according to VMware report
Alert lists cybercrime and state-backed groups’ TTPs
The Five Eyes nations have released a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of increased malicious attacks from Russian state-sponsored actors and criminal groups targeting critical infrastructure organizations amidst the ongoing military siege on Ukraine
If this is surprising to operators, we are doomed The Five Eyes nations' cybersecurity agencies this week urged critical infrastructure to be ready for attacks by crews backed by or sympathetic to the Kremlin amid strong Western opposition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.…
The Russian government is ratcheting up malicious cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in countries supporting Ukraine.
Today, Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies warned critical infrastructure network defenders of an increased risk that Russia-backed hacking groups could target organizations within and outside Ukraine's borders. [...]
Sanctions imposed by the Biden administration, coupled with Russia's proposed initiative to cut itself off from the global Internet, is causing cybercriminals to ponder their future.
Cyber-espionage gang using multiple variants of its custom backdoor to ensure persistence, Symantec warns A Russian-linked threat group that has almost exclusively targeted Ukraine since it first appeared on the scene in 2014 is deploying multiple variants of its malware payload on systems within the country.…
Threat analysts report the activity of the Russian state-sponsored threat group known as Gamaredon (Armageddon, Shuckworm), is still notably active in Ukrainian computer networks. [...]
The energy and finance sectors are likely to be targeted by Russian cyber-criminals
Conti -- one of the most ruthless and successful Russian ransomware groups -- publicly declared during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that it would refrain from targeting healthcare providers. But new information confirms this pledge was always a lie, and that Conti has launched more than 200 attacks against hospitals and other healthcare facilities since first surfacing in 2018 under the name "Ryuk."