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Czechia and Germany on Friday revealed that they were the target of a long-term cyber espionage campaign conducted by the Russia-linked nation-state actor known as APT28, drawing condemnation from the European Union (E.U.), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the U.K., and the U.S
Ready, set, sanctions? If volunteer intelligence gatherers are correct, the US may have a good reason to impose sanctions on Russian infosec firm Kaspersky, which has been accused of helping Russia design drones used in the invasion of Ukrainian.…
Ready, set, sanctions? If volunteer intelligence gatherers are correct, the US might have a good reason to impose sanctions on Russian infosec firm Kaspersky, which has been accused of helping Russia design drones used in the Ukrainian war.…
APT28 Used Microsoft Outlook Zero-Day, Governments SaidThe German and Czech governments on Friday disclosed that Russian military intelligence hackers targeted political parties and critical infrastructure as part of an espionage campaign that began last year. "The EU will not tolerate such malicious behavior," the European Union said in a statement.
NATO and the European Union, with international partners, formally condemned a long-term cyber espionage campaign against European countries conducted by the Russian threat group APT28. [...]
The US and its allies claim Russian hacktivists are disruptive operations in water, energy, food and agriculture sectors
Cyber Authorities Warn Pro-Russian Hacktivists Targeting Small-Scale OT SystemsU.S. and international cyber authorities issued a warning Wednesday that pro-Russian hacktivists are increasingly targeting small-scale operational technology systems throughout North America and Europe that have been left vulnerable to attacks due to internet-exposed industrial control systems.
The US government is warning that pro-Russian hacktivists are seeking out and hacking into unsecured operational technology (OT) systems used to disrupt critical infrastructure operations. [...]
A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with illicit activity and money laundering, including detecting criminal proceeds sent to a crypto exchange and previously unknown wallets belonging to a Russian darknet market
A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262 months) in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia
Tried to sell top secret docs for the low, low price of $85k A former NSA employee has been sentenced to 262 months in prison for attempting to do freelance as a Russian spy.…