Cybersecurity

Kaspersky researchers found a new fraudulent technique that steals online payment details

June 23, 2020

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a new technique for stealing users’ payment information on online shopping websites, dubbed web skimming.  By registering for Google Analytics accounts and injecting these accounts’ tracking code into the websites’ source code, attackers can collect users’ credit card details. Web skimming is a popular practice used by attackers to steal users’ credit …

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US and UK accuse two Russian nationals of causing tens of millions in hacking damages

December 9, 2019

US and British law enforcement officials announced charges Thursday against two Russian nationals they think are responsible for separate global hacking schemes. Some of the largest pieces of malware ever seen were deployed to swipe tens of millions of dollars from the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims. Officials identified those charged as Maksim Yakubets of Moscow and …

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New massive data breach hits Sberbank

October 24, 2019

On October 24, the newspaper Kommersant reported that Sberbank clients’ personal data were for sale on the black market in a database that apparently contains roughly a million lines of customers’ passport numbers, registration information, home addresses, telephone numbers, account numbers and balances, and records of any recent communication with the bank’s call center. Spokespeople for Sberbank, …

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Sberbank hit by huge data breach

October 3, 2019

The personal details of millions of Sberbank customers may have been leaked, in what would be the largest-ever data breach in Russian banking, according to cyber security experts. Analysts at cybersecurity firm DeviceLock found personal information relating to up to 60 million Sberbank credit card holders for sale on the black market. They were able …

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Outside-the-box approaches to cybersecurity discussed at ZeroNights Conference (St. Petersburg, Nov. 12-13)

September 5, 2019

ZeroNights is an annual international conference on the practical aspects of cybersecurity. The conference will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia on November 12 and 13.  Every year, ZeroNights gathers more than 2000 participants from all over the world: experts and practitioners, analysts and hackers, and everyone who is interested in cybersecurity. Participants will learn …

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Personal data of thousands of Russians leaked via government online surveillance system SORM

August 28, 2019

On August 25, Russian programmer Leonid Evdokimov delivered a presentation at the “Chaos Constructions” IT conference in St. Petersburg, where he presented a paper titled “SORM Defects” about the public availability of Russian Internet users’ personal data. It turns out that Russians’ mailing addresses, telephone numbers, login names, and geolocation coordinates are openly available. Evdokimov …

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Kaspersky Lab sues former employees in IP rights dispute

May 21, 2019

Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, one of the world’s top cyber security vendors, has filed a lawsuit against Cybersecurity Solutions, a company founded by former employees now in dissolution, in an IP rights dispute. Kaspersky claims the company was founded in 2018 by some of its banking fraud prevention employees who were still working for Kaspersky at …

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Kaspersky Lab acquires stake in Russian cloud tech company NCT

May 10, 2019

Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, one of the world’s top cyber security vendors, has announced the acquisition of a 29.5% stake in New Cloud Technologies (NCT), the Interfax news agency reported. Launched in 2013 — now with offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Innopolis (Tatarstan) — this company develops complex cloud solutions  for online mass storage and document processing. Its …

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In Russian supermarkets, consumers can settle purchases with their fingerprint

January 16, 2019

In what could be a world’s first, Azbuka Vkusa, a major grocery chain with more than 170 outlets across Russia, and its partner Sberbank, the state-owned banking giant, have launched what they call a “perfect fingerprint payment service.” The service is not entirely new: so far, the chain’s customers could use fingerprints to pay from …

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US media report: Kaspersky helped catch an alleged NSA data thief

January 16, 2019

Kaspersky Lab has been under fire over the past few years in the USA over concerns that it could provide its clients’ private — and at times secret — information to the Russian government. It turns out, however, that the Russian cybersecurity firm might have helped the National Security Agency (NSA) identify and arrest in …

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Data leak affects thousands of wealthy Moscow residents

November 6, 2018

Thousands of wealthy Moscow residents who subscribed to a regional Internet provider have had personal data including names, home addresses and mobile numbers posted online. People affected by the data leak are all clients of Moscow-based internet provider Akado Telecom, a large telecommunications network owned by billionaire businessman Viktor Vekselberg, which said it had opened an …

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Group-IB teams up with Russian police to train cybersecurity officers

October 29, 2018

Last week Group-IB, a Moscow-based global company that prevents and investigates high-tech crime and fraud, and the Interior Ministry’s Management Academy announced they will work together to train highly qualified specialists for the police. Under the partnership agreement, the two sides will carry out joint research into the prevention, detection and investigation of cybercrime, and exchange information including …

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