Russia

Suspected Russian NLBrute malware boss extradited to US

Dariy Pankov accused of infiltrating systems, selling tool and passwords to other miscreants

Cyber-crime23 Feb 2023 | 9

Kremlin claims Ukraine hackers behind fake missile strike alerts

Ten cities panic after emergency systems start Putin out warnings of an impending attack

Security23 Feb 2023 | 71

GoDaddy joins the dots and realizes it's been under attack for three years

In brief Also: Russia may legalize hacking; Oakland declares ransomware emergency; the CVEs you should know about this week

Security20 Feb 2023 | 19

US sanctions fail to stop Russia connecting with Cisco hardware

Grey market resellers provide backdoors into China, too

Networks15 Feb 2023 | 10

Russian crook made $90M exploiting stolen info on Tesla, Roku, Avnet, Snap, more

Undisclosed earnings reports swiped, exploited

Cyber-crime15 Feb 2023 | 4

SpaceX cuts off Ukraine's 'offensive' Starlink use

Please, please, don't shoot down our satellites, Vlad

Networks09 Feb 2023 | 60

Here's a list of proxy IPs to help block KillNet's DDoS bots

Put pro-Putin bots on the do not call list

Security06 Feb 2023 | 7

Gee, tanks: Russian hackers DDoS Germany for aiding Ukraine

in brief Also: a week of leaks; Riot Games says 'LoL' to source code ransom demands; and Yandex source also appears online

Security30 Jan 2023 | 12

Uncle Sam slaps $10m bounty on Hive while Russia ban-hammers FBI, CIA

New meaning to sweetening the pot

Cyber-crime27 Jan 2023 | 5

UK Cyber Security Centre's scary new story: One phish, two phish, Russia phish, Iran phish

Nice people on LinkedIn want to harvest logins from politicians, boffins, and defense types

Cyber-crime27 Jan 2023 | 10

US authorities release asylum seekers after leaking their data online

In brief Also: US terrorist no-fly list found left on unsecured server, Russian dark web drug markets go to war

Security23 Jan 2023 | 4

Russians say they can grab software from Intel again

And Windows updates from Microsoft, too

Patches14 Jan 2023 | 52

Belarus legalizes piracy – but citizens will have to pay for it

Meanwhile, the regime is angling to pocket the money owed to rightsholders

Software10 Jan 2023 | 19

Calculate Linux: It's like Gentoo, but for businesses

Russian distro transforms source-based rolling release into stable, versioned product… theoretically

OSes04 Jan 2023 | 10

Apple accused of censoring apps in Hong Kong and Russia to maintain market access

Activists note absence of VPNs ponder whether Apple may put revenue above human rights in some markets

Security22 Dec 2022 | 35

Ukraine secures 10k more Starlink receivers with EU help

More cash will still be needed to maintain service come spring, says Ukrainian deputy PM

Networks21 Dec 2022 | 10

Ericsson sells Russian network support biz to local managers

Transfers group of employees to new owners, makes 400 other local staff redundant

Networks15 Dec 2022 | 7

Soyuz leak puts a stop to planned ISS spacewalk and work on Nauka module

Королёв, we have a problem …

Science15 Dec 2022 | 10

China reportedly bars export of homebrew Loongson chips to Russia – and everywhere else

Meanwhile, Moscow ponders a ban on offshore tech workers

Systems15 Dec 2022 | 38

Seven smuggled US military tech for Moscow, say Feds

Nuclear, hypersonic hardware is one thing, but you can probably keep the quantum computer stuff, Vlad

Cyber-crime14 Dec 2022 | 5

Microsoft: (Cyber) winter is coming as DDoS attack disrupts Russian bank

Where's the Night's Watch when you need them?

Cyber-crime07 Dec 2022 | 9

Yandex signs up Putin ally to help with restructuring

Alexei Kudrin, former head of Russia's Audit Chamber, to advise on corporate development

Off-Prem05 Dec 2022 | 6

US ends case against Huawei CFO who holed up in Canada for three years

Wanzhou Meng hasn't re-offended, so last possible charges have been dismissed

Legal05 Dec 2022 | 21

'Russian missiles can't destroy the cloud': Ukraine leader describes emergency migration

Re:Invent Urgent digital transformation in a war-torn country

Off-Prem30 Nov 2022 | 29

Sandworm gang launches Monster ransomware attacks on Ukraine

The RansomBoggs campaign is the Russia-linked group’s latest assault on the smaller country

Security29 Nov 2022 | 15

Yandex plans to break up with its Russian motherland

'Geopolitical environment' leads to spin-out of cloud, self-driving and other tech

Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 36

European Parliament Putin things back together after cyber attack

DDoS started not long after Russia was declared a state sponsor of terrorism

Cyber-crime24 Nov 2022 | 56

Russia-based Pushwoosh tricks US Army and others into running its code – for a while

Updated Russian data trackers … what could possibly go wrong?

Security15 Nov 2022 | 20

Australia to 'stand up and punch back' against cyber crims

Creates 100-strong squad comprising cops and spooks with remit to disrupt ransomware ops

Cyber-crime14 Nov 2022 | 27

Europe calls for joint cyber defense to ward off Russia

EC veep: 'Cyber is the new domain in warfare'

CSO11 Nov 2022 | 9

Australia blames Russia for harboring health insurance hackers

Crims accessed 10 million customer records and are releasing intimate medical details

Cyber-crime11 Nov 2022 | 21

TSMC: You know what would be fab? Some local neon supplies

Chipmaker tired of Putin choking the supply chain of the gas

Systems10 Nov 2022 | 8

FBI: Russian hacktivists achieve only 'limited' DDoS success

OK, so you've got a botnet. That don't impress me much

Cyber-crime08 Nov 2022 | 6

Red Cross seeks digital equivalent of its emblems to mark some tech as off-limits in war

Suggests tweaks to IP semantics as one way to identify protected tech and traffic

Security07 Nov 2022 | 25

Microsoft gives away '$400m in cloud support' to Ukraine

Freedom isn't free

PaaS + IaaS04 Nov 2022 | 12

US Treasury thwarts DDoS attack from Russian Killnet group

Yet another pathetic 'stunt' from pro-Kremlin criminals

Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 5

Ransomware cost US banks $1.2 billion last year

Up 188% on 2020 but could be because financial institutions were encouraged to report incidents

Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 2

Is it any surprise that 'permacrisis' is the word of the year?

It's enough to make you want to sploot

Off-Prem01 Nov 2022 | 33

Russia says Starlink satellites could become military targets

Urges peace in space, while also threatening to shoot western war zone internet out of the sky

Networks28 Oct 2022 | 105

Biden now wants to toughen up chemical sector's cybersecurity

Control panels facing the internet? Data stolen? You gotta keep an ion this stuff

CSO27 Oct 2022 | 6

ISS dodges space junk from satellite Russia blew up

Ground crew raised orbit and carried on like a boss

Science27 Oct 2022 | 28

If someone tries ransacking your Windows network, it's a bit easier now to grok in Microsoft 365 Defender

Blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing...

CSO26 Oct 2022 | 6

SAP struggles to exit Russia after sale of support unit stalled

Datacenters, cloud services shut down but keep maintaining DBs for the nation's businesses

Databases25 Oct 2022 | 5

Germany stands down cyber boss over Russian ties

Involvement with lobby group that welcomed Putin's pals presses buttons

Security19 Oct 2022 | 14

Upstart Ransom Cartel linked to REvil veterans

Lesser of two REvils? There’s a relationship, say infosec bods, but not enough to say one evolved into the other

Cyber-crime18 Oct 2022 | 4

Imagine surviving a wiper attack only for ransomware to scramble your restored files

Then again, imagine being invaded by Russia

Security18 Oct 2022 | 4

China dumps dud chips on Russia, Moscow media moans

What? Sanctions-busting sellers aren't interested in your complaints? That's a shame

On-Prem18 Oct 2022 | 93

Musk says Starlink will keep providing free service to Ukraine

'Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $'

Networks17 Oct 2022 | 25

Starlink, shot by both sides in Ukrainian fracas, lives to fight on

Opinion Jam today, jam tomorrow?

Networks17 Oct 2022 | 44

Extreme Networks fesses up to selling kit to Russian hypersonic missile maker

Buyer Avangard's ordnance has reportedly been used against Ukraine

Networks13 Oct 2022 | 21

China could use Digital Yuan to swerve Russia-style sanctions

GCHQ spy boss talks up threat of east's tech dominance, says Putin has 'badly misjudged' Ukraine attack

Security11 Oct 2022 | 27

Samsung's Ukraine headquarters damaged by Russian missile strike

R&D Center focuses on autonomous AI, otherwise known as On-Device AI

AI + ML11 Oct 2022 | 22

Reds on the beds: Putin's war sparks Chinese chip boom, starting with electric blankets

As energy prices rise, so does demand for the kind of low-end chips China cranks out

Personal Tech11 Oct 2022 | 29

Pro-Putin goons claim responsibility for blowing US airport websites offline

Updated How's that boot taste?

Security10 Oct 2022 | 27

Nvidia finally pulls shutters down on its Russian offices

Remaining employees can continue work in different countries, though they'll struggle to get a flight out

Systems04 Oct 2022 | 3

Japan taps industry to build safer, more secure nuclear energy future

Project with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries marks shift in policy since Fukushima disaster over a decade ago

Science29 Sep 2022 | 30