Info Security Magazine
3 years, 8 months ago
Russian Duo Indicted Over E-Book Piracy
St Petersburg couple were arrested in Argentina
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The Register
3 years, 8 months ago
Z-Library operators arrested, charged with criminal copyright infringement
There's a legal line between book borrowing and piracy Two Russian nationals accused of operating Z-Library – one of the largest online book piracy websites – have been charged with criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud and money laundering.…
Krebs on Security
3 years, 8 months ago
Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys
Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “Zeppelin” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things,… Read More »
The Register
3 years, 8 months ago
Google wins lawsuit against alleged Russian botnet herders
Judge tells tale of two men, their lawyer, and a 'willful campaign... to mislead the court' A New York judge has issued a default judgment against two Russian nationals who are alleged to have helped create the "Glupteba" botnet, sold fraudulent credit card information, and generated cryptocurrency using the network.…
Bleeping Computer
3 years, 8 months ago
U.S. charges Russian suspects with operating Z-Library e-Book site
Anton Napolsky (33) and Valeriia Ermakova (27), two Russian nationals, were charged with intellectual property crimes linked to Z-Library, a pirate online eBook repository. [...]
Info Security Magazine
3 years, 8 months ago
Botnets, Trojans, DDoS From Ukraine and Russia Have Increased Since Invasion
The news comes from a report by Top10VPN and is based on data by the Shadowserver Foundation
Info Security Magazine
3 years, 8 months ago
State-Backed APT Group Activity Continuing Apace
The report outlines recent APT group activity from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea
The Register
3 years, 8 months ago
Russia-based Pushwoosh tricks US Army and others into running its code – for a while
Russian data trackers … what could possibly go wrong? US government agencies including the Army and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulled apps running Pushwoosh code after learning the software company – which presents itself as American – is actually Russian, according to Reuters.…
Bleeping Computer
3 years, 8 months ago
Whoosh confirms data breach after hackers sell 7.2M user records
The Russian scooter-sharing service Whoosh has confirmed a data breach after hackers started to sell a database containing the details of 7.2 million customers on a hacking forum. [...]
Bleeping Computer
3 years, 8 months ago
Ukraine says Russian hacktivists use new Somnia ransomware
Russian hacktivists have infected multiple organizations in Ukraine with a new ransomware strain called 'Somnia,' encrypting their systems and causing operational problems. [...]