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Russia covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Russia, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
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Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new campaign that has likely targeted the Russian automobile and e-commerce sectors with a previously undocumented .NET malware dubbed CAPI Backdoor
Chaos Theory and Ransomware's Love Child Serves Up Nonstop UnpredictabilityAll is not quiet on the ransomware front. Long the province of Russian criminals, numerous ransomware campaigns now trace to reckless Western teenagers operating under the banner of Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters who wield not just technical and trickster chops, but also a chaos and unpredictability.
Chaos Theory and Ransomware's Love Child Serves Up Nonstop UnpredictabilityAll is not quiet on the ransomware front. Long the province of Russian criminals, numerous ransomware campaigns now trace to reckless Western teenagers operating under the banner of Scattered Lapsus$ Spider who wield not just technical and trickster chops, but also a chaos and unpredictability.
Dutch prosecutors suspect three teens of aiding a foreign power, with one allegedly linked to a Russian-affiliated hacker group
Who needs enemies when you have friends like Xi? China's cyberspies quietly broke into a Russian IT service provider in what researchers say is a rare example of Beijing turning its digital gaze on Moscow.…
Symantec Says It Spotted Likely Supply Chain HackSuspected Chinese state-linked hackers reportedly breached a Russian IT service provider in an espionage campaign targeting government-related networks. Symantec uncovered Chinese hackers they named Jewelbug, infiltrating a Russian company between January and May.
A threat actor with ties to China has been attributed to a five-month-long intrusion targeting a Russian IT service provider, marking the hacking group's expansion to the country beyond Southeast Asia and South America
Today's Hapless Hackers Are Tomorrow's Threat, Warns ForescoutA pro-Russian hacktivist group boasted on Telegram that it hacked a Western water treatment plant - but actually succeeded in attacking a honeypot left by security researchers at Forescout, the firm said. TwoNet appears to have ceased operations on Sept. 30.
Today's Hapless Hackers Are Tomorrow's Threat, Warns ForescoutA pro-Russian hacktivist group boasted on Telegram that it hacked a Western water treatment plant - but actually succeeded in attacking a honeypot left by security researchers at Forescout, the firm said. TwoNet appears to have ceased operations on Sept. 30.