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'He's useless with computers and can't even install an application' says lawyer A Russian professional basketball player is cooling his heels in a French detention center after being arrested and accused of acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang.…

Oh my sweet secret informant lover, what happened in that NATO meeting today? A lovestruck US Air Force employee has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit confidential national defense information after sharing military secrets information about the Russia-Ukraine war with a woman he met on a dating app.…

'Whether those files were allowed to go to Russia? I didn't ask' A former ASML and NXP semiconductor engineer will spend three years in a Dutch prison after stealing secret chip technology from his employers and sharing it with Russia.…

Russian professional basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was arrested in France at the request of the United States for allegedly acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang. [...]

Politicians uneasy over potential impact on national security, local reports say Russia, home to some of the world's most lucrative and damaging cybercrime operations, has rejected a bill to legalize ethical hacking.…

Phishing Emails Disguise Malware as Contract FilesA Russian cybersecurity company is warning that hackers are targeting Russia's industrial sector using a previously undocumented spyware, reeling them in with contract-themed emails lures. Kaspersky dubbed the spyware "Batavia." but doesn't attribute the campaign to a threat actor.

Officials Look for Positive PR Stories as Putin's War Drags OnRussian authorities regularly trumpet the arrest and sentencing of citizens who offer hacking support to Ukrainian forces. Experts say the extent to which official crime reports can be trusted remains unclear, especially as officials need to look tough on the "Ukrainian threat."

Russian organizations have been targeted as part of an ongoing campaign that delivers a previously undocumented Windows spyware called Batavia

A previously undocumented spyware called 'Batavia' has been targeting large industrial enterprises in Russia in a phishing email campaign that uses contract-related lures. [...]