Cybersecurity

After buying fake vaccination certificates, half million Muscovites have their data for sale on Darknet

November 25, 2021

Darknet forums and Telegram channels have started selling databases containing the personal information of Russians who purchased fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates and forged PCR test results. Journalists at Kommersant spoke to one vendor who offered to sell them a database with 1,000 lines of information for $120. The file contained people’s passport numbers, insurance policy numbers, telephone …

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Kaspersky acquires SDN/NFV software vendor Brain4Net to boost its cloud security business

December 1, 2021

In late October Kaspersky Lab announced the acquisition of Brain4Net, an SD-WAN and NFV orchestration software developer born in Russia in 2015. “We’re going to significantly boost our cloud security capabilities and XDR offering. The acquisition enables us to develop reliable detection and response capabilities in the ‘cloud-first’ paradigm by delivering our own solutions based …

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Top Russian cybersecurity executive Ilya Sachkov arrested in state treason case

November 23, 2021

On Sept. 28 Russian authorities arrested Ilya Sachkov, the 35 year-old founder and CEO of a leading Russian cybersecurity company, under “state treason” charges. The news sent a chill through the IT and business community, as it followed recent cases involving prominent tech entrepreneurs and investors in Russia — from US private equity investor Michael …

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Crypto cyberthreats spike this year with Russia hit the hardest, report reveals

June 28, 2021

Threats related to cryptocurrencies have increased alongside rising crypto prices over the past few months, shows a recent report by ESET. The Russian Federation is the country that has suffered the most from cyber threats related to cryptocurrencies this year, accounting for 8.9% of all attacks. G7 leaders recently called on the government in Moscow to identify …

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Russian Railways IT security issues threaten company employees and passengers

January 22, 2021

On January 13, a hacker dubbed “LMonoceros” posted proof that he broke into the private network of Russian Railways (RZD) and accessed surveillance from cameras at train stations, on railway platforms, along rail tracks, and inside company offices. RZD employees contacted the hacker and together they patched the weakness in the network. This isn’t the …

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Bellingcat’s investigation into Navalny’s poisoning reveals extravagant developments in Russia’s data black market

December 15, 2020

While identifying FSB agents reportedly involved in Alexey Navalny’s Novichok poisoning, international investigation group Bellingcat revealed today how deep and worrying are the implications of Russia’s data black market. Bellingcat’s work on the Navalny case originated from a previous investigation into Russian chemical weapons projects. Call metadata were analyzed for the telephone numbers used by two executives of SC Signal, an entity “involved in the development of new variants …

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Moscow Covid-19 patients affected by huge data leak

December 16, 2020

Just days after its anti-covid digital solutions were awarded at a prestigious nationwide contest, the Moscow mayor’s office admitted that some 300,000 Moscow Covid-19 patients were affected by a huge data breach. The incident was revealed by online publication Readovka, according to which not only patients’ full names, but also their address details and Covid-related medical …

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Kaspersky Lab plans to supply mobile OS for enhanced protection

December 8, 2020

Smartphones with a Kaspersky-made operating system for enhanced security will appear next year, said Kaspersky Lab founder Eugene Kaspersky in an exchange with RIA Novosti.  His company partners with an unnamed Chinese smartphone maker. These smartphones with the Kaspersky operating system will have basic applications and its own browser. They are intended for specific types of use: …

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Russia sharpens knives against cybercrime

November 5, 2020

A center for combating cybercrimes, telephone spam and phishing will be created in Russia as part of a government program for the digital economy, the TASS news agency reported earlier this week, citing Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maksut Shadayev. In an attempt to exclude even the smallest external risks of disruption, the ministry …

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Top investors to review SaaS startups from Emerging Europe, Finland and Israel (application deadline: Aug. 9)

August 5, 2020

Flashpoint VC — an international investor previously known as Buran VC — has launched an international startup challenge dedicated to SaaS technologies. The challenge is open to Seed and post-seed companies with an MRR of $10,000-$100,000 and no more than $3 million raised. The targeted segments are AI, DevOps, Remote work & productivity tools, HealthTech and …

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Kaspersky purchases additional stake in Russian cloud solution provider

July 22, 2020

Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, one of the world’s top cyber security vendors, has increased its stake in New Cloud Technologies (NCT) from 29.5% to 47%, the Kommersant business daily reported. These shares were sold by company founder Andrey Cheglakov. Kaspersky acquired its initial 29.5% stake in May last year. Launched in 2013 — now with offices in Moscow, St. …

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