Cyberwar

US and UK accuse Russian government to sponsor global “malicious cyber activity”

April 20, 2018

Russian state-backed cyber hackers have been accessing network infrastructure devices worldwide for espionage and preparation for potential future cyberattacks, says a joint Technical Alert about “malicious cyber activity carried out by the Russian government” released by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the FBI and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) earlier this …

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UK and US blame Russia for ‘malicious’ NotPetya cyber-attack

February 21, 2018

The Russian military was directly behind a “malicious” cyber-attack on Ukraine that spread globally last year, the US and Britain have said. The White House said June’s NotPetya ransomware attack caused billions of dollars in damage across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said Russia was “ripping up the rule book” …

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WSJ: Russian hackers stole NSA data on US cyber defense

October 9, 2017

Hackers working for the Russian government stole details of how the US penetrates foreign computer networks and defends against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor removed the highly classified material and put it on his home computer. The news was reported this past Thursday by the Wall Street Journal, which cited “multiple people with …

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Russia sees “full-scale cyberwar” as bomb-threat wave continues

September 27, 2017

A wave of fake bomb threats across Russia has entered its second week in what a senior lawmaker called a “full-scale cyberwar” against the country that authorities are ill-equipped to fight. About 400,000 people have been evacuated from more than 1,000 shopping malls, airports, and government and other buildings around the country since the surge …

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US senate votes to oust Kaspersky from federal use

September 27, 2017

Following a directive from the Department of Homeland Security last week banning the use of Kaspersky Lab security software in the executive branch, the U.S. Senate has followed suit. On Monday, the Senate passed an amendment against Kaspersky Lab pushed forward by New Hampshire Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. The amendment was attached to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) following a …

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Russian FSB agents allegedly turned over hacker secrets to CIA

August 23, 2017

The treason case against a handful of former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agents was launched after the suspects passed several names and other information about Russian hackers to the CIA, an unnamed source reportedly close to the FSB told the TV station Dozhd. Ivan Pavlov, the lawyer for one of the treason suspects, has denied these allegations. As director …

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Russia’s Sberbank says found no traces of US cyber-weapons

July 5, 2017

Sberbank, Russia’s national savings bank, has not found any potential US cyber-weapons in its systems after screening, the bank told Bloomberg and East-West Digital News today. However, Stanislav Kuznetsov, deputy chief executive in charge of cybersecurity, characterized such a threat as “theoretically possible” in Russian infrastructure. Kuznetsov’s comments come as an answer to recent reports …

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US Justice Dpt. accuses Russian agents of directing Yahoo hack in 2014; Kremlin denies any involvement

March 16, 2017

Yesterday, as reported by The New York Times, the Justice Department on Wednesday charged two Russian intelligence officers with directing a sweeping criminal conspiracy that broke into 500 million Yahoo accounts in 2014. The Russian government then used the information it obtained from the intelligence officers and two others named in the indictment — a Russian hacker …

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Do Russian hackers act in the interests of their government? US and Russian media have different answers

March 14, 2017

“Though tough to prove, it is a widely held suspicion that there is a connection between cyberthieves and Russian intelligence,” The New York Times wrote yesterday in a long-read about Evgeniy Bogachev, “the most wanted cybercriminal in the world.” The activities of Bogachev, who had taken control over a million computers in multiple countries, may have …

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Russia’s cyber army hacks a spot in the Top 5

January 12, 2017

Russia’s cyber army ranks fifth in the world, reports the Kommersant business daily, citing a study prepared by ZecurionAnalytics. “The analysis is based on data from published sources — military budgets, opinions of experts and officials, background information from international organizations, and etc.,” said Vladimir Ulyanov, director of ZecurionAnalytics’ analytical department. The company does not publish information about financing and …

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How Russia became a hacking superpower

January 19, 2017

Lost in the debate about Russian influence in the U.S. presidential election is the fact Russian hackers have been active for a long time. Littering the illicit pages of the dark web, Russian hacking programs today make possible most of the world’s financial-sector break-ins. As programmers, Russian-speaking hackers are pioneers in their fields. Increasingly, they have acted …

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How Russia recruited elite hackers for its cyberwar

December 30, 2016

While much about Russia’s cyberwarfare program is shrouded in secrecy, details of the government’s effort to recruit programmers in recent years — whether professionals, college students, or even criminals — are shedding some light on the Kremlin’s plan to create elite teams of computer hackers. For more than three years, rather than rely on military officers …

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