“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 …
The amount of malicious software on mobile devices around the world tripled in 2016 compared with 2015, reaching 8.5 million, according to a report by Kaspersky Lab, the cyber security company, the RBK daily reports. The root of the problem is virus-containing malware that users inadvertently install on their devices, for example, when buying a dubious app in a shop. Russia …
International cybersecurity ranking: Russia takes the ‘gold’ in mobile banking viruses Read More
The Kremlin is turning to China for technology to filter Russian cyberspace. Beijing is all too willing to lend a hand. In the early morning of 27 April 2016, a group of Chinese officials in business suits headed towards a huge concrete building on Moscow’s Zubovsky Boulevard: the headquarters of Russia Today, Russia’s main propaganda …
Despite acrimonious relations between Russia and the United States in recent years, experts on cyber security in both countries say their law enforcement agencies and private firms had been working together more closely behind the scenes to fight financial fraud and other crimes committed online. But at least some of that cooperation appears to have …
Cyber expert’s arrest silences Russian contacts of some Western crime fighters Read More
The alleged leader of the Anonymous International hacker group, also known as Shaltai-Boltai, has been arrested along with important officials in the security services who collaborated with the group. For several years Shaltai-Boltai terrorized state officials, businessmen and media figures by hacking their emails and telephones, and threatening to post their private information online unless …
Russian security service breaks up the country’s most notorious hacker group Read More
A top cyber-security specialist in Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has been arrested on charges of treason, the Kommersant newspaper reported Wednesday. Sergei Mikhailov, deputy chief at the FSB’s Information Security Center (CDC), stands accused of receiving money from “foreign organizations,” Kommersant reported, citing unnamed FSB sources. Mikhailov has been detained in pre-trial detention since December 2016, …
Top Russian cybersecurity agent to face treason charges Read More
Since Hillary Clinton’s astonishing defeat in the U.S. presidential election, the “Russian hacker” accusation is back on the front pages. Experts canvassed by RBTH, however, have doubts that so-called Russian hackers really exist. Or if they do, then they are not quite Russian. “So-called Russian hackers are mythical creatures,” said Alexei Lukatsky, a business security …
Everything you wanted to know about Russian hackers, but were afraid to ask Read More
The BBC is investigating claims that Russian hackers leaked the series finale of hit television show Sherlock before its Sunday night broadcast. A Russian-language version of the episode, believed to be from the Russia’s Channel One, appeared online Saturday. “BBC Worldwide takes breaches of our stringent content security protocols very seriously and we have initiated …
BBC to investigate alleged Russian hack of hit show Sherlock Read More
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 …
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 …
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 …
How Russia recruited elite hackers for its cyberwar Read More
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) acknowledges that it was the target of a hacker attack in late October, according to Reuters. The French newspaper Le Monde attributes the attack to the Russian hacker group called “APT28” (“Advanced Persistent Threat 28”), better known as “Fancy Bear,” which American officials have accused of …
Russian hackers reportedly attacked the OSCE in October Read More
