Latest Russia news

Russian Sandworm hackers targeted 20 critical orgs in Ukraine

Russian hacker group Sandworm aimed to disrupt operations at around 20 critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, according to a report from the Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA).
- Bill Toulas
- April 22, 2024
- 08:30 AM
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Russian Sandworm hackers pose as hacktivists in water utility breaches

The Sandworm hacking group associated with Russian military intelligence has been hiding attacks and operations behind multiple online personas posing as hacktivist groups.
- Bill Toulas
- April 17, 2024
- 01:08 PM
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Russia charges suspects behind theft of 160,000 credit cards

Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has announced the indictment of six suspected "hacking group" members for using malware to steal credit card and payment information from foreign online stores.
- Bill Toulas
- April 02, 2024
- 11:37 AM
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US sanctions crypto exchanges used by Russian darknet market, banks

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned three cryptocurrency exchanges for working with OFAC-designated Russian dark web markets and banks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 25, 2024
- 05:20 PM
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Microsoft to shut down 50 cloud services for Russian businesses

Microsoft plans to limit access to over fifty cloud products for Russian organizations by the end of March as part of the sanctions requirements against the country issued by EU regulators last December.
- Bill Toulas
- March 23, 2024
- 10:14 AM
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Russian hackers target German political parties with WineLoader malware

Researchers are warning that a notorious hacking group linked to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is targeting political parties in Germany for the first time, shifting their focus away from the typical targeting of diplomatic missions.
- Bill Toulas
- March 22, 2024
- 03:27 PM
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Ukraine claims it hacked Russian Ministry of Defense servers

The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that it breached the servers of the Russian Ministry of Defense (Minoborony) and stole sensitive documents.
- Bill Toulas
- March 04, 2024
- 10:41 AM
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New executive order bans mass sale of personal data to China, Russia

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to ban the bulk sale and transfer of Americans' private data to "countries of concern" such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 28, 2024
- 03:50 PM
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Russian hackers hijack Ubiquiti routers to launch stealthy attacks

Russian APT28 military hackers are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to evade detection, the FBI says in a joint advisory issued with the NSA, the U.S. Cyber Command, and international partners.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 27, 2024
- 12:25 PM
- 0
Russian hackers shift to cloud attacks, US and allies warn

Members of the Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance warned today that APT29 Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hackers are now switching to attacks targeting their victims' cloud services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 26, 2024
- 12:31 PM
- 0
FBI disrupts Russian Moobot botnet infecting Ubiquiti routers

The FBI took down a botnet of small office/home office (SOHO) routers used by Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) to proxy malicious traffic and to target the United States and its allies in spearphishing and credential theft attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 15, 2024
- 01:00 PM
- 3
Turla hackers backdoor NGOs with new TinyTurla-NG malware

Security researchers have identified and analyzed new malware they call TinyTurla-NG and TurlaPower-NG used by the Russian hacker group Turla to maintain access to a target's network and to steal sensitive data.
- Ionut Ilascu
- February 15, 2024
- 09:49 AM
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Ukraine: Hack wiped 2 petabytes of data from Russian research center

The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, aka "planeta" (планета), and wiped 2 petabytes of data.
- Bill Toulas
- January 26, 2024
- 11:59 AM
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Microsoft reveals how hackers breached its Exchange Online accounts

Microsoft confirmed that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service hacking group, which hacked into its executives' email accounts in November 2023, also breached other organizations as part of this malicious campaign.
- Bill Toulas
- January 26, 2024
- 10:23 AM
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HPE: Russian hackers breached its security team’s email accounts

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) disclosed today that suspected Russian hackers known as Midnight Blizzard gained access to the company's Microsoft Office 365 email environment to steal data from its cybersecurity team and other departments.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 24, 2024
- 04:50 PM
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Russian hackers stole Microsoft corporate emails in month-long breach

Microsoft warned Friday night that some of its corporate email accounts were breached and data stolen by a Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Midnight Blizzard.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 19, 2024
- 07:02 PM
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Google: Russian FSB hackers deploy new Spica backdoor malware

Google says the ColdRiver Russian-backed hacking group is pushing previously unknown backdoor malware using payloads masquerading as a PDF decryption tool.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 18, 2024
- 09:00 AM
- 0
Pro-Ukraine hackers breach Russian ISP in revenge for KyivStar attack

A pro-Ukraine hacktivist group named 'Blackjack' has claimed a cyberattack against Russian provider of internet services M9com as a direct response to the attack against Kyivstar mobile operator.
- Bill Toulas
- January 10, 2024
- 02:43 PM
- 0
Russian hackers wiped thousands of systems in KyivStar attack

The Russian hackers behind a December breach of Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest telecommunications service provider, have wiped all systems on the telecom operator's core network.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 04, 2024
- 02:39 PM
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Russian military hackers target Ukraine with new MASEPIE malware

Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) is warning of a new phishing campaign that allowed Russia-linked hackers to deploy previously unseen malware on a network in under one hour.
- Bill Toulas
- December 28, 2023
- 12:43 PM
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