Cybercrime, Cyberwar, Cybersecurity

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 hints in leaked recordings: Russian spy agencies intertwined with bitcoin exchanges

November 29, 2019

In 2018, US Special Counsel Robert Mueller revealed precise evidence in alleging how Russia’s military intelligence agency used bitcoin transactions to mask meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.  Earlier this month, new glimpses into the shadowy world of cryptocurrencies emerged in a BBC Russian Service report that provided more indications of how exactly Russian spy agencies …

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“I’m making this bitch’s life hell:” A murder in the darknet

October 31, 2019

The BBC Russian Service has released an investigative report detailing the activities of Yaroslav Sumbayev, a hacker who allegedly ordered the widely publicized murder of Special Investigator Yevgenia Shishkina. The Georgian government extradited Sumbayev to Russia on October 24. He had previously fled the country to avoid prosecution in a case that Shishkina was investigating. Russian journalists …

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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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Finance heads call for stronger cybercrime punishments

October 14, 2019

Russia’s largest bank and its financial regulator last week called for tougher penalties to be put in place against cybercrime. Governor of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina and Sberbank CEO German Gref highlighted how criminal responsibility in Russia for some cyber crimes is softer than in the United States, while for others it is completely …

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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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Russian hacker pleads guilty in massive consumer data theft in the USA

September 25, 2019

A Russian hacker has admitted to his participation in one of the largest thefts of consumer data from U.S. financial institutions, brokerage firms, and other companies, the US Justice Department says. Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said Andrei Tyurin pleaded guilty to computer intrusion, wire fraud, bank fraud, and illegal online gambling offenses, the …

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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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The evolution of Russia’s Dark Web

November 1, 2019

Mention the dark web to security experts and their thoughts necessarily turn to its birthplace—Russia. From simple hack-sharing site origins, Russia’s cybercrime ecosystem has grown to rival that of its government. Ahead of releasing a report on the topic, Charity Wright, formerly with the NSA, and Ariel Ainhoren, Research Team Leader at IntSights, graciously summarized this evolution for us …

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Reuters: Western intelligence hacked Yandex to spy on accounts

June 29, 2019

Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex in late 2018, deploying a rare type of malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The malware, called Regin, is known to be used by the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance of …

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