Russia

Aviation watchdog says organized drone attacks will shut UK airports ‘sooner or later’

Skies are open for mischief as hard-to-trace drones and fast-moving cyber raids promise new wave of disruption

Edge + IoT12 Nov 2025 | 30

Russian spies pack custom malware into hidden VMs on Windows machines

Curly COMrades strike again

Cyber-crime04 Nov 2025 | 4

Russia finally bites the cybercrooks it raised, arresting suspected Meduza infostealer devs

Rare case of the state turning on its own, but researchers say it may be doing so more often

Cyber-crime31 Oct 2025 | 8

Chatbots parrot Putin's propaganda about the illegal invasion of Ukraine

Fake views from Moscow's pet media outlets appear in about one in five responses

AI + ML28 Oct 2025 | 57

Cyber exec with lavish lifestyle charged with selling secrets to Russia

The 0-days have left the building

Cyber-crime24 Oct 2025 | 59

Chinese cyberspies snoop on Russian IT biz in rare east-on-east attack

Who needs enemies when you have friends like Xi?

Cyber-crime16 Oct 2025 | 9

Pro-Russia hacktivist group dies of cringe after falling into researchers' trap

Forescout's phony water plant fooled TwoNet into claiming a fake cyber victory – then it quietly shut up shop

Security10 Oct 2025 | 10

UK may already be at war with Russia, ex-MI5 head suggests

Baroness Manningham-Buller cites Kremlin sabotage, cyberattacks, and assassinations as signs of an undeclared conflict

Security29 Sep 2025 | 113

Russia-backed Indian oil company loses bid to force SAP support as sanctions bite

Delhi High Court denies urgent relief after vendor halts services citing EU rules

Software29 Sep 2025 | 11

UK chancellor Putin the blame on Russia for cyber chaos, but evidence says otherwise

Reeves points finger at Moscow in interview when authorities reckon it's local lads

Cyber-crime23 Sep 2025 | 88

Russian fake-news network, led by an ex-Florida sheriff's deputy, storms back into action with 200+ new sites

As the Trump administration guts efforts to counter election disinfo

Cyber-crime18 Sep 2025 | 45

As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let's talk about digital presidents-for-life

Opinion And maybe even dictator Brain-in-a-box-as-a-Service

Bootnotes07 Sep 2025 | 83

Europe Putin the blame on Russia after GPS jamming disrupts president’s plane

Bloc working on anti-jamming measures and plans extra sat to help

Security02 Sep 2025 | 55

AWS catches Russia's Cozy Bear clawing at Microsoft credentials

Look who's visiting the watering hole these days

Security29 Aug 2025 | 3

Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russia-based Yandex dev

updated Fast-glob is widely used in government, security lab says

Security27 Aug 2025 | 38

FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure

Snarfing up config files for 'thousands' of devices…just for giggles, we're sure

Cyber-crime20 Aug 2025 | 11

Someone's poking the bear with infostealers targeting Russian crypto developers

If you wanted to hurt Putin’s ransomware racketeers, these info-stealing npm packages are one way to do it

Security18 Aug 2025 | 4

Law and water: Russia blamed for US court system break-in and Norwegian dam drama

Moscow-linked miscreants accused of swiping sealed US court files and fiddling with a Norwegian dam’s floodgates

Cyber-crime14 Aug 2025 | 15

US lawmakers introduce bill to update ancient export control IT systems

Last year's attempt failed, but increased concern over the state of the BIS might make the second time the charm

Public Sector12 Aug 2025 | 2

BlackSuit ransomware crew loses servers, domains, and $1m in global shakedown

US cops yank servers, domains, and crypto from the Russia-linked gang - but the crooks remain at large

Cyber-crime12 Aug 2025 |

ISS is still leaking air after latest repair efforts fail

Russian boffins searching for root cause in their segment of the outpost, former cosmonaut says

Science01 Aug 2025 | 60

Kremlin goons caught abusing ISPs to spy on Moscow-based diplomats, Microsoft says

Russia spying on foreign embassies? Say it ain't so

Security31 Jul 2025 | 61

Clouds and submarine cables report no impact from sixth-largest earthquake in recorded history, subsequent tsunami

Russian rumbler has authorities across the Pacific warning of possible problems

Science30 Jul 2025 | 5

Aeroflot aeroflops over 'IT issues' after attackers claim year-long compromise

Russia's top airline cancels 49 flights, delays affect many more

Cyber-crime28 Jul 2025 | 30

UK uncovers novel Microsoft snooping malware, blames and sanctions GRU cyberspies

Fancy Bear can't keep its claws out of Outlook inboxes

Cyber-crime20 Jul 2025 | 33

Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed major Russian drone maker's entire network

'Deeply penetrated' Gaskar 'to the very tonsils of demilitarization'

Security16 Jul 2025 | 110

Operation Eastwood shutters 100+ servers used to DDoS websites supporting Ukraine

Two Russian suspects in cuffs, seven warrants out

Cyber-crime16 Jul 2025 | 13

Apollo-Soyuz at 50: The Cold War space hug that nearly ended in gasping horror

First US-Soviet joint mission showed détente in action, but astronauts had a close call on return home

Science14 Jul 2025 | 21

French cops cuff Russian pro basketball player on ransomware charges

'He's useless with computers and can't even install an application' says lawyer

Cyber-crime11 Jul 2025 | 15

Ex-ASML engineer who stole chip tech for Russia gets three years in Dutch prison

'Whether those files were allowed to go to Russia? I didn't ask'

Cyber-crime10 Jul 2025 | 5

Russia, hotbed of cybercrime, says nyet to ethical hacking bill

Politicians uneasy over potential impact on national security, local reports say

Security10 Jul 2025 | 4

US imposes sanctions on second Russian bulletproof hosting vehicle this year

Aeza Group accused of assisting data bandits and BianLian ransomware crooks

Cyber-crime02 Jul 2025 | 10

UK eyes new laws as cable sabotage blurs line between war and peace

It might be time to update the Submarine Telegraph Act of 1885

Networks02 Jul 2025 | 83

Four REvil ransomware crooks walk free, escape gulag fate, after admitting guilt

Russian judge lets off accused with time served – but others who refused to plead guilty face years in penal colony

Cyber-crime24 Jun 2025 | 9

Fresh strain of pro-Russian wiper flushes Ukrainian critical infrastructure

Destructive malware has been a hallmark of Putin's multi-modal war

Security06 Jun 2025 | 9

Ukrainian carriers are leasing their IPv4 addresses to stay afloat - sometimes after being overrun by Russia

Who can begrudge them? Maybe all of us if IP brokers send them to loose operators

Networks05 Jun 2025 | 7

Ukraine strikes Russian bomber-maker with hack attack

Drones are not enough

Security04 Jun 2025 | 276

Ukrainians smuggle drones hidden in cabins on trucks to strike Russian airfields

A real-world Trojan Horse attack

Security02 Jun 2025 | 351

Russian IT pro sentenced to 14 years forced labor for sharing medical data with Ukraine

The latest in a long line of techies to face Putin’s wrath

Security28 May 2025 | 47

From Russia with chokehold: Putin says foreign IT firms still in Russia should be 'strangled'

He was responding to a gripe from a Russian IT provider about competition from Microsoft and Zoom

Public Sector27 May 2025 | 25

New Russian cyber-spy crew Laundry Bear joins the email-stealing pack

Dutch intel services, Microsoft go big-game hunting

Cyber-crime27 May 2025 | 11

Russia expected to pass experimental law that tracks foreigners in Moscow via smartphones

4-year trial is second major initiative this year that clamps down on 'illegal immigrants'

Applications22 May 2025 | 56

Europe is Russian to sanction Putin's pals over 'hybrid' threats

Names spies, web hosts, GPS jammers, fishing (not phishing) biz

Public Sector22 May 2025 | 7

Russia's Fancy Bear swipes a paw at logistics, transport orgs' email servers

Their connection? Aiding Ukraine, duh

Security21 May 2025 | 10

Eeek! p0wned Alabama hit by unspecified 'cybersecurity event'

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Euro-cops take down investment scammers; Fancy Bear returns to Ukraine; and more

Security19 May 2025 | 8

From Russia with doubt: Go library's Kremlin ties stoke fear

Easyjson library's presence in numerous open source projects alarms security biz

Software06 May 2025 | 10

UK bans game controller exports to Russia in bid to ground drone attacks

Moscow likely to respawn elsewhere

Edge + IoT26 Apr 2025 | 49

Booby-trapped Alpine Quest Android app geolocates Russian soldiers

Back of the nyet!

Research24 Apr 2025 | 37

Russians lure European diplomats into malware trap with wine-tasting invite

Vintage phishing varietal has improved with age

Cyber-crime16 Apr 2025 | 14

Ex-ASML, NXP staffer accused of stealing chip secrets, peddling them to Moscow

We're not Putin up with this alleged industrial espionage, say the Dutch

Cyber-crime04 Apr 2025 | 5

Brits to build ExoMars landing gear after Russia sent packing

Airbus UK wins £150M contract to revive long-delayed rover project

Science29 Mar 2025 | 44

After Chrome patches zero-day used to target Russians, Firefox splats similar bug

Single click on a phishing link in Google browser blew up sandbox on Windows

Patches28 Mar 2025 | 10

VanHelsing ransomware emerges to put a stake through your Windows heart

There's only one rule – don't attack Russia, duh

Research25 Mar 2025 | 7

Mobsters now overlap with cybercrime gangs and use AI for evil, Europol warns

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Russian bug-buyers seeks Telegram flaws; Another WordPress security mess; NIST backlog grows; and more!

Security24 Mar 2025 | 7

Ex-US Cyber Command chief: Europe and 5 Eyes can't fully replicate US intel

Cue deepening existential European dread as Rest of World contemplates Trump turning off the info tap

Security19 Mar 2025 | 74

Uncle Sam charges alleged Garantex admins after crypto-exchange web seizures

$96B in transactions, some even labeled 'dirty funds,' since 2019, say prosecutors

Ransomware in Focus07 Mar 2025 | 4