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Russian Cyberspies Are Rushing to Exploit Recent Flash 0-Day Before It Goes Cold
A cyber-espionage group identified in the cyber-security industry as APT28 and believed to be operating under the supervision of the Russian state has recently dispatched several malware distribution campaigns that try to take advantage of a Flash zero-day vulnerability that Adobe patched earlier this week.
- October 20, 2017
- 12:30 AM
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Russia Fines Telegram $14,000 for Not Giving FSB an Encryption Backdoor
Russia has fined Telegram 800,000 Russian ruble — approximately $14,000 — for failing to comply with a government order that required the company to provide access to encrypted conversations to Russian intelligence agency FSB.
- October 16, 2017
- 02:25 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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Russia Says It Will Ban Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Sergei Shvetsov, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia, said he plans to ban websites that offer cryptocurrencies inside the country.
- October 10, 2017
- 09:15 AM
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US Wins Tug-of-War With Russia Over Extradition of 4 of 5 Highly Valued Suspects
The US has won four legal battles with Russian authorities for the extradition of five highly valued suspects, all Russian nationals, for their involvement with various cyber-crime related activities.
- October 04, 2017
- 05:50 PM
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Russia Threatens to Ban Facebook While China Blocks WhatsApp With GFW Upgrade
Russian officials said they are considering a ban on Facebook for the start of 2018 unless the social network is willing to comply with the country's new privacy and user protection rules.
- September 27, 2017
- 07:49 AM
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Russian Authorities Announce Takedown of RAMP Dark Web Marketplace
Russian police acknowledged today that they were responsible for taking down RAMP [Russian Anonymous Marketplace] — a Tor-based market that primarily sold drugs — a Russian Interior Ministry official told Russian news agency TASS today.
- September 19, 2017
- 10:37 AM
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US Officially Bans Kaspersky Products From Government Systems
In a Binding Operational Directive published today by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the US government has banned the use of Kaspersky Lab security software on government computers.
- September 13, 2017
- 04:42 PM
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New Backdoor Trojan Deployed in Cyber-Espionage Campaign Targeting Embassies
A cyber-espionage group believed to be operating out of Russia for the past two decades has deployed a new backdoor trojan on computers at embassies in Southeast Europe, former Soviet states, and some South American countries.
- August 31, 2017
- 01:00 AM
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FSB Agents Arrested for Giving CIA Information About Russian Hackers
A Russian television station — TV Rain — claims to have obtained insider information about the arrests of Sergey Mikhailov, a Russian intelligence agent that lead the FSB's Center for Information Security, and Dmitry Dokuchayev, also an FSB agent and Mikhailov's deputy.
- August 24, 2017
- 10:10 AM
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Russian Cyberspies Are Using NSA Tools to Target European Hotels
After the US government has spent probably millions of dollars developing hacking tools, Russian hackers are now using them to spy on guests across hotels in Europe and the Middle East.
- August 11, 2017
- 11:17 AM
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BTC-e Owner Arrested for Laundering Stolen Bitcoin, Ransomware Payments
Greek police arrested a Russian national, Alexander Vinnik, 38, for his role as owner of the BTC-e Bitcoin trading platform. In the US, the Department of Justice (DOJ) formally indicted Vinnik on 21 charges related to money laundering and the operation of an unlicensed money exchange.
- July 27, 2017
- 05:52 AM
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Russia Passes Bill Banning Proxies, Tor, and VPNs
A bill that bans the use of proxies, Tor, and VPNs passed the Russian government's two legislative bodies and has now reached the desk of President Vladimir Putin, who can now sign it into law just by a stroke of his quill.
- July 26, 2017
- 12:15 AM
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Stantinko Modular Backdoor Infected Over 500,000 Computers
Over 500,000 users have had their computers infected with a stealthy malware named Stantinko, according to a 99-page report released yesterday by Slovak antivirus maker ESET.
- July 21, 2017
- 10:27 AM
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Online Course Teaches Russian-Speaking Hackers Latest Carding Tricks
Russian-speaking criminals are offering a six-week online course that teaches wannabe hackers all they need to know to enter the online fraud and carding scene.
- July 20, 2017
- 06:12 AM
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New Ovidiy Stealer Malware Sold on Russian Site
A Russia-speaking malware developer going by the name of "TheBottle" has started selling a new infostealer with the name of Ovidiy Stealer.
- July 14, 2017
- 08:06 AM
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Prolific Russian Hacker Gets Nine Years in Prison
Alexander Tverdokhlebov, 29, a former Russian national, now a US citizen living in Los Angeles, was sentenced to nine years in prison for operating a banking trojan botnet, and stealing money from victims' bank accounts.
- July 11, 2017
- 12:30 AM
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The Clever Phishing Trick Used by Hackers Targeting the US Energy Sector
Last week, the media was abuzz with apocalyptic headlines about how Russian hackers were launching cyber-attacks on the US energy and nuclear sector.
- July 10, 2017
- 04:33 AM
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Man Who Hacked Kremlin Elites Gets Two Years in Prison
A judge in Moscow sentenced today Vladimir Anikeyev, the ringleader of a Russian hacking group known as Shaltai Boltai (Russian for "Humpty Dumpty") to two years in prison.
- July 06, 2017
- 05:10 PM
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US Senate Takes Jab at Kaspersky, Russia Takes Jab at Non-Russian AVs
Russian lawmakers are drafting a bill that would prohibit the use of Western antivirus products inside the country. If approved, the law will come into effect by mid-2019.
- July 06, 2017
- 04:03 AM
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Security Firms Find Thin Lines Connecting NotPetya to Ukraine Power Grid Attacks
On Friday, three cyber-security firms have come forward with reports or statements that link the NotPetya ransomware outbreak to a cyber-espionage group known for a large number of past cyber-attacks, such as the one on Ukraine's power grid in December 2015.
- July 01, 2017
- 02:05 PM
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