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Sweeping sanctions and condemnation follow op that could have left half a million without power in the depths of winter
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Sweeping sanctions and condemnation follow op that could have left half a million without power in the depths of winter
Proposed legislation threatens fines and prison for reckless damage. Russian Prez must be shaking in his boots
Reform UK leader alleges Moscow broke into his phone and leaked £5M gift story, but security specialists await evidence
200 orgs and 5,000 devices compromised so far in Vlad's latest intelligence grab, Microsoft reckons The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a fresh warning about Russia's ongoing targeting of routers to steal passwords and other secrets.…
They’re not the most sophisticated, but even simple attacks can lead to costly consequences The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is once again warning that pro-Russia hacktivists are a threat to critical services operators.…
Project Nightfall aims to deliver a UK-built long-range strike capability at speed The British government is asking defense firms to rapidly produce a new ground-launched ballistic missile to aid Ukraine's fight against Russia - hardware that might also be adopted by UK's armed forces in future.…
New spy boss says officers must master code alongside tradecraft as agency navigates 'space between peace and war' MI6's new chief Blaise Metreweli outlined her vision for technology-augmented intelligence gathering in her first public speech on 15 December, warning that the UK operates "in a space between peace and war."…
Foreign secretary set to address senior diplomats later today The UK's foreign secretary is calling for closer collaboration with Europe to combat the growing threat of information warfare as hybrid attacks target countries on the continent.…
Atlantic Bastion combines AI systems with warships to counter increased surveillance The UK government has announced enhanced protection for undersea cables using autonomous vessels alongside crewed warships and aircraft, responding to escalating Russian surveillance activities.…
UK cops trace street-level crime to sanctions-busting networks tied to Moscow's war economy On Christmas Day 2024, a Russian-linked laundering network bought itself a very special present: a controlling stake in a Kyrgyzstan bank, later used to wash cybercrime profits and funnel money into Moscow's war machine, according to the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA).…
‘Bulletproof’ hosts partly dodged the last attack of this sort US, UK, Australia sanction Lockbit gang’s hosting provider ‘Bulletproof’ hosts partly dodged the last attack of this sort Cybercrime fighters in the US, UK, and Australia have imposed sanctions on several Russia-linked entities they claim provide hosting services to ransomware gangs Lockbit, BlackSuit, and Play.…
Baroness Manningham-Buller cites Kremlin sabotage, cyberattacks, and assassinations as signs of an undeclared conflict The former head of MI5 says hostile cyberattacks and intelligence operations directed by The Kremlin indicate the UK might already be at war with Russia.…
Reeves points finger at Moscow in interview when authorities reckon it's local lads UK chancellor Rachel Reeves is blaming Moscow for Britain's latest cyber woes, an attribution that seems about as solid as wet cardboard given the trail of evidence pointing to attackers much closer to home.…
Fancy Bear can't keep its claws out of Outlook inboxes The UK government is warning that Russia's APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear or Forest Blizzard) has been deploying previously unknown malware to harvest Microsoft email credentials and steal access to compromised accounts.…
'Near-global' initial access campaign active since 2021 An initial-access subgroup of Russia's Sandworm last year wriggled its way into networks within the US, UK, Canada and Australia, stealing credentials and data from "a limited number of organizations," according to Microsoft.…
Who could be so interested in chips, manufacturing, and more, in the US, UK, Europe, Russia... Someone has been quietly backdooring selected Juniper routers around the world in key sectors including semiconductor, energy, and manufacturing, since at least mid-2023.…
'Be in no doubt: the UK and others in this room are watching Russia' The government of the United Kingdom on Monday announced the formation of a Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR) to make the nation more resilient to AI-powered cyber threats from Russia.…
Local authority websites downed in response to renewed support for Ukraine Multiple UK councils had their websites either knocked offline or were inaccessible to residents this week after pro-Russia cyber nuisances added them to a daily target list.…
Also, phishing's easier over the phone, and your F5 cookies might be unencrypted, and more in brief If you need an excuse to improve your patching habits, a joint advisory from the US and UK governments about a massive, ongoing Russian campaign exploiting known vulnerabilities should do the trick.…
Suspected devs behind Russian Coms cuffed – now to find the users of the nastyware The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has shut down an outfit called Russian Coms – a call-spoofing service believed to have swindled hundreds of thousands of victims.…