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Microsoft Says It Blocked Attempts at Hacking Midterm Campaigns
Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum today, Microsoft said it already blocked the first attempts of a Russian threat actor at hacking into the campaigns of three congressional candidates participating in the 2018 midterm elections.
- July 19, 2018
- 03:30 PM
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Hackers Breach Russian Bank and Steal $1 Million Due to Outdated Router
A notorious hacker group known as MoneyTaker has stolen roughly $1 million from a Russian bank after breaching its network via an outdated router.
- July 19, 2018
- 11:25 AM
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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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Russia Runs Incomplete, Slow, Sloppy Vulnerability Database
Russia's national vulnerability database (BDU) indexes and lists about a tenth of the security flaws it should be indexing on a normal basis.
- July 16, 2018
- 01:41 PM
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US Charges 12 Russian Intelligence Officers for Hacking DNC, Running DCLeaks
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted today 12 Russian intelligence agents on hacking charges related to the 2016 US Presidential Election.
- July 13, 2018
- 01:22 PM
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Ukraine Says It Stopped a VPNFilter Attack on a Chlorine Distillation Station
The Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU) said today it stopped a cyber-attack with the VPNFilter malware on a chlorine distillation plant in the village of Aulska, in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
- July 12, 2018
- 07:12 PM
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Two Hackers Arrested for Hijacking Over 700,000 Online Accounts
Russian police have arrested two teenage hackers for breaching, hijacking, and selling access to over 700,000 online accounts at Russian-based online stores, payment systems, and bookmaking/betting portals.
- June 27, 2018
- 09:40 AM
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USA Sanctions Russian Entities Over Alleged Ties to Russian FSB
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today that they have imposed sanctions on five Russian entities and 3 Russian individuals for allegedly being controlled by or aiding Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in the operation of cyber attacks.
- June 11, 2018
- 03:12 PM
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The VPNFilter Botnet Is Attempting a Comeback
The VPNFilter botnet that was built by Russian cyberspies, which infected over 500,000 routers, and was taken down last week by the FBI is attempting a comeback, according to telemetry data gathered this week.
- June 02, 2018
- 05:00 AM
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Sigrun Ransomware Author Decrypting Russian Victims for Free
The author of the Sigrun Ransomware is providing decryption for Russian victims for free, while asking for a ransom payment of $2,500 in Bitcoin or Dash for everyone else.
- June 01, 2018
- 03:35 AM
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Cobalt Hacking Group Still Active Despite Leader's Arrest
Despite their leader's arrest in Spain two months ago, the Cobalt hacker group that's specialized in stealing money from banks and financial institutions has remained active, even launching a new campaign.
- May 28, 2018
- 02:10 PM
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FBI Takes Control of APT28's VPNFilter Botnet
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has obtained court orders and has taken control of the command and control servers of a massive botnet of over 500,000 devices, known as the VPNFilter botnet.
- May 24, 2018
- 06:34 AM
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Nation-State Group Hacked 500,000 Routers to Prepare a Cyber-Attack on Ukraine
Security researchers from Cisco said today that they've detected a giant botnet of hacked routers that appears to be preparing for a cyber-attack on Ukraine.
- May 23, 2018
- 10:55 AM
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Dutch Government to “Phase Out” Use of Kaspersky Antivirus
The Dutch government will be phasing out the use of Kaspersky software products on government networks, according to a letter to parliament by Justice Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus.
- May 15, 2018
- 01:17 PM
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Kaspersky to Move Data of Most Users From Russia to Switzerland
Kaspersky announced earlier today plans to move the user data of most of its customers to a "Transparency Center" in Switzerland, along with its "software assembly line."
- May 15, 2018
- 05:26 AM
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Russia Blocks 50 VPNs and Proxy Services Providing Access to Telegram
Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, blocked last week, on Thursday, May 3, 2018, access to over 50 VPN and proxy services.
- May 06, 2018
- 04:10 PM
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APT28 Hackers Caught Hijacking Legitimate LoJack Software
Security researchers have found tainted versions of the legitimate LoJack software that appeared to have been sneakily modified to allow hackers inside companies that use it.
- May 02, 2018
- 06:17 AM
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Russia Bans 1.8 Million Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Block Telegram
Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, banned today over 1.8 million IP addresses belonging to Amazon and Google's cloud infrastructure.
- April 16, 2018
- 08:15 PM
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US, UK Accuse Russia of Hacking Home Routers and ISPs to Conduct MitM Attacks
A joint alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that Russian state-sponsored cyber actors are actively targeting home and enterprise routers.
- April 16, 2018
- 03:52 PM
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Russia Readies Telegram Ban After App Refused to Hand Over Encryption Keys to FSB
Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, has filed today a lawsuit against instant messaging app Telegram, asking a Moscow court to rule in favor of restricting access to the service inside Russia's borders.
- April 06, 2018
- 12:00 PM
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Cyber-Attacks on US Critical Infrastructure Linked to Cisco Switch Flaw
Cisco Talos, the cyber-security division of US IT conglomerate Cisco, said today that hackers are abusing misconfigured Cisco switches to gain a point of entry into organizations across the world.
- April 05, 2018
- 03:17 PM
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