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Both are accused of espionage and face a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment each for their crimes.
Two Russian-born Australian citizens have been arrested and charged in the country for spying on behalf of Russia as part of a "complex" law enforcement operation codenamed BURGAZADA
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said it seized two internet domains and searched nearly 1,000 social media accounts that Russian threat actors allegedly used to covertly spread pro-Kremlin disinformation in the country and abroad on a large scale
Operation Ticket Heist involves 700 web domains to sell fake Olympic Games tickets to a Russian-speaking audience, QuoIntelligence has found
The bot farm was created using AI-enhanced software that was able to create a host of different false personas to spread disinformation in convincing and unsettling ways.
The Russia-based cybercrime group dubbed "Fin7," known for phishing and malware attacks that have cost victim organizations an estimated $3 billion in losses since 2013, was declared dead last year by U.S. authorities. But experts say Fin7 has roared back to life in 2024 -- setting up thousands of websites mimicking a range of media and technology companies -- with the help of Stark Industries Solutions, a sprawling hosting provider is a persistent source of cyberattacks against enemies of Russia.
RT leverages the Meliorator software to create fake personas on social media, US, Canadian and Dutch agencies have found
The malware issues commands via a hardcoded charcode table and Microsoft COM object interfaces
A previously undocumented advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed CloudSorcerer has been observed targeting Russian government entities by leveraging cloud services for command-and-control (C2) and data exfiltration
The ban comes from Russian communication watchdog Roskomnadzor, likely in a bid to control the flow of information to Russian citizens
Apple removed a number of virtual private network (VPN) apps in Russia from its App Store on July 4, 2024, following a request by Russia's state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor, Russian news media reported