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Senate Gets Ready to Ban Kaspersky Products as FBI Interviews Company's US Employees
A draft of the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018" — which approves the budget and policies for US defensive projects — outlines a ban on the usage of Kaspersky Lab software products at DOD facilities under the explanation that the Russian antivirus vendor "might be vulnerable to Russian government influence."
- June 29, 2017
- 05:13 AM
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Surprise! NotPetya Is a Cyber-Weapon. It's Not Ransomware
The NotPetya ransomware that encrypted and locked thousands of computers across the globe yesterday and today is, in reality, a disk wiper meant to sabotage and destroy computers, and not ransomware. This is the conclusion of two separate reports coming from Comae Technologies and Kaspersky Lab experts.
- June 28, 2017
- 07:35 PM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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Before NotPetya, There Was Another Ransomware That Targeted Ukraine Last Week
Last week, long before the Petya / NotPetya ransomware broke out, there was another ransomware campaign that targeted Ukrainian users with a vengeance.
- June 28, 2017
- 08:40 AM
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US Charges NSA Contractor Over Leak of Russia Hacking Report
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed official charges against a 25-year-old woman, Reality Leigh Winner, of Augusta, Georgia, for leaking classified material to the press.
- June 06, 2017
- 06:50 AM
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Czech Court Approves Extradition of LinkedIn Hacker but Doesn't Say to Which Country
A Czech judge ruled yesterday that Yevgeny Nikulin, a Russian national accused of crimes in both the US and Russia, can be extradited based on the current charges. The court didn't specify to which country, and the decision now rests with Czech Justice Minister Robert Pelikan.
- May 31, 2017
- 08:40 AM
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New Data Shows Most WannaCry Victims Are From China, Not Russia
Data released yesterday by Kryptos Logic reveals that most WannaCry victims are located in China, and not Russia, as various antivirus vendors have announced during the WannaCry ransomware outbreak.
- May 30, 2017
- 07:25 AM
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AES-NI Ransomware Dev Releases Decryption Keys Amid Fears of Being Framed for XData Outbreak
Developer of AES-NI ransomware releases a small number of decryption keys and promises to release more in the future.
- May 25, 2017
- 10:39 AM
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Russian Police Apprehend Criminal Gang Behind Cron and PonyForx Malware
Russian authorities have arrested the Cron malware gang, responsible for selling the Tiny.z Android banking trojan and the PonyForx Windows infostealer.
- May 23, 2017
- 07:32 AM
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Russia Plans to Keep Internet Traffic Inside the Country, Fearing Foreign Wiretaps
The Russian Ministry of Communications has proposed a new plan called the "Digital Economy," according to which, the government wants to keep most of the Internet traffic inside the country, fearing it foreign governments might wiretap sensitive communications.
- May 15, 2017
- 11:08 AM
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Kaspersky Denies Report It Might Help Russian Government Spy on US Citizens
In an article published yesterday, ABC News cited congressional sources who claimed the Senate Intelligence Committee had started an investigation into Kaspersky Lab's relationship with the Russian government.
- May 10, 2017
- 06:35 AM
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It's Probably a Bad Idea to Run a Tor Exit Node in Your Home, in Russia
Russian authorities have arrested a mathematics teacher from Moscow on accusations of organizing riots and calling for terrorist activities or justifying the use of terrorism via the Internet.
- April 13, 2017
- 04:35 AM
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Spanish Police Arrest Russian Hacker on Suspicion of Meddling in US Election
Spanish police arrested a Russian hacker in Barcelona on the behest of US authorities on suspicion of meddling in last year's US presidential election process.
- April 10, 2017
- 12:20 AM
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21 Years Later, Experts Connect the Dots on One of the First Cyber-Espionage Groups
New clues discovered that bring light onto the operations of the first-ever cyber-espionage group called Moonlight Maze.
- April 04, 2017
- 05:10 AM
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Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty for Role in Infamous Linux Ebury Malware
The US Department of Justice announced yesterday that Maxim Senakh, 41, of Velikii Novgorod, Russia, pleaded guilty for his role in the creation of the Ebury malware and for maintaining its infamous botnet.
- March 29, 2017
- 04:53 AM
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US Charges Four Hackers in Yahoo 2014 Security Breach, Including Two FSB Agents
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) charged four suspects today for orchestrating the 2014 Yahoo data breach during which attackers stole details for over 500 million Yahoo users.
- March 15, 2017
- 01:24 PM
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Malware Used to Attack Polish Banks Contained False Flags Blaming Russian Hackers
Malware samples used in the recent attacks against several Polish banks contained planted evidence that attempted to blame the attacks on Russian-speaking hackers.
- February 20, 2017
- 09:37 AM
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Hacker Rasputin Breaches Over 60 Universities and Government Agencies
A financially-motivated, Russian-speaking hacker known as Rasputin, has breached and stolen data from universities in the US and the UK, and federal, state, and local US government agencies.
- February 15, 2017
- 11:00 AM
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Mac Malware Linked to Infamous Russian Cyber-Espionage Group
Russian cyberspies known as APT28 have created a Mac version of their famous XAgent (X-Agent, Sofacy) malware, which already has versions for Windows, iOS, and Android.
- February 15, 2017
- 07:35 AM
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75% of All Ransomware Developed by Russian-Speaking Criminals
Out of the 62 ransomware families found active in 2016, security firm Kaspersky Lab says that 47 of these strains contained artifacts that allowed attribution to Russian-speaking criminals.
- February 14, 2017
- 07:02 AM
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Russia Arrests Nine More Involved with the Lurk Malware
Russian authorities arrested nine hackers they suspect of being involved in the distribution of the Lurk malware. This is the second wave of arrests after authorities apprehended 50 suspects in May 2016.
- February 08, 2017
- 06:00 AM
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