The Biden administration ramped up a national security probe into Russia’s AO Kaspersky Lab antivirus software earlier this year amid heightened fears of Russian cyberattacks after Moscow invaded Ukraine, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The case was referred to the Commerce Department by the Department of Justice last year, a fourth person …
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Two days after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a group of hackers managed to get access to several Russian state-owned television channels and broadcast anti-war videos. But the attack ended after a few minutes and regular programming resumed. This type of fleeting hacking operation has been repeated many times in Russia in recent weeks in …
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Ads to access Spotify Premium, Netflix Premium, Pornhub and VPN services are flourishing in Russia — be it on the darkness or on legitimate classifieds platforms such as Avito. Russian business daily Kommersant found no fewer than 60 ads to access Spotify, most often offering offer to join a foreign family account. Meanwhile, 57 Spotify account …
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Russia has arrested the alleged co-founder of dark web platform Hydra a week after U.S. and German authorities said they shut down what they called the world’s largest illegal darknet marketplace. German police said this month it took control of Hydra’s Germany-based servers and seized $25 million in bitcoin assets. The U.S. Justice named Dmitry Pavlov, 30, as the …
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The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disrupted an attempt by Sandworm, a hacking group known to work for Russia’s military intelligence, to take down a Ukrainian energy provider. The Russia-backed hacking group attempted to disconnect the unnamed provider’s electrical substations using a new version of the infamous Industroyer malware, CERT-UA said in a security …
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The United States said on Wednesday that it had secretly removed malware from computer networks around the world in recent weeks, a step to pre-empt Russian cyberattacks and send a message to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The move, made public by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, comes as U.S. officials warn that Russia …
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Hackivist group ‘Anonymous’ claimed Thursday its affiliate group Black Rabbit World (@Thblckrbbtworld) had leaked 35,000 files from Russia’s central bank. The group exposed the stolen files — 28 GB of data — Friday evening, sharing two links to the file hosting service Mega NZ. The folders contain Office and TXT files. Most documents are written in Cyrillic, some are in English. …
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While the G7 (today with the addition of Japan) mobilize to shut down Russia’s access to the Swift banking system, the country has been running campaign corralling developers to join an “IT army” tasked with specific cyber challenges. It’s also making specific calls to technology leaders to do their part. The “IT Army of Ukraine“, announced yesterday and already …
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine not only threatens to upend the world geopolitical order, it’s also affecting several different business sectors, notably cybersecurity. For days before and even during the invasion, several Ukrainian government and financial sites experienced hacks and disruptions. There have been reports that the FBI has also asked U.S. businesses to be on the watch …
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Hacker collective ‘Anonymous’ has declared a “cyber war” against Russia, claiming to have disabled several Russian government websites and that of RT. Social media accounts claiming to represent the group announced on Thursday evening that they were “officially in cyber war against the Russian government,” and had taken down dozens of websites in response to the country’s military action …
As Ukrainian cities come under air attack from Russian forces, the country has also suffered the latest blows in an ongoing campaign of cyber attacks. Several of Ukraine’s bank and government department websites crashed on Wednesday, the BBC reports. The incident follows a similar attack just over a week ago, in which some 70 Ukrainian government websites crashed. Ukraine and …
Russia is using an onslaught of cyber attacks to undermine Ukraine’s defense capabilities Read More
“The largest DDoS attack in Ukraine’s history,” according to the digital transformation minister Mykhailo Fyodorov, took place this past Tuesday, Feb. 15 — just one month after a previous attack. The attack targeted the websites of the defense ministry and armed forces as well as two of Ukraine’s two largest banks – PrivatBank and Oschadbank. Starting at 3pm that day, …
