Feds dismantle Russian GRU botnet built on 1,000-plus home, small biz routers Beijing, now Moscow.… Who else is hiding in broadband gateways? Security15 Feb 2024 | 14
Pentagon launches nuke-spotting satellites amid Russian space bomb rumors Updated Dungeons and Dragons, high-waisted jeans, Cold War sabre rattling – the '80s are back, baby Public Sector15 Feb 2024 | 69
Ukraine claims Russian military is using Starlink Musk: No terminals have been sold to Russia 'to the best of our knowledge' Networks12 Feb 2024 | 128
HPE joins the 'our executive email was hacked by Russia' club Moscow-backed Cozy Bear may have had access to the green rectangular email cloud for six months Cyber-crime25 Jan 2024 | 7
Russia takes $13.5M bite out of Apple over in-app purchases Gotta fund that war somehow, eh, Vlad? Applications23 Jan 2024 | 39
Australia imposes cyber sanctions on Russian it says ransomwared health insurer 'Aleksandr Ermakov' isn't allowed down under after being linked to ten-million-record leak Cyber-crime23 Jan 2024 | 9
Businessman faces 20 years in prison over accusations of illicit chip exports to Russia Shipments alleged to have gone to a sanctioned company Systems19 Jan 2024 | 9
Google TAG: Kremlin cyber spies move into malware with a custom backdoor The threat hunters believe COLDRIVER has used SPICA since at least November 2022 Research18 Jan 2024 | 5
Sandworm's Kyivstar attack should serve as a reminder of the Kremlin crew's 'global reach' 'Almost everything' wiped in the telecom attack, says Ukraine's top cyber spy CSO05 Jan 2024 | 13
Russia joins North Korea in sending state-sponsored cyber troops to pick on TeamCity users Updated National security and infosec authorities band together to help victims sniff out stealthy Russian baddies hiding in networks Cyber-crime14 Dec 2023 | 1
Hollywood plays unwitting Cameo in Kremlin plot to discredit Zelensky Microsoft spots surge in pro-Russia exploits of video platform to spread propaganda Security09 Dec 2023 | 49
Five Eyes nations warn Moscow's mates at the Star Blizzard gang have new phishing targets The Russians are coming! Err, they've already infiltrated UK, US inboxes Security08 Dec 2023 | 7
Fancy Bear goes phishing in US, European high-value networks GRU-linked crew going after our code warns Microsoft - Outlook not good Security06 Dec 2023 | 4
UK government denies China/Russia nuke plant hack claim Report suggests Sellafield compromised since 2015, response seems worryingly ignorant of Stuxnet Security05 Dec 2023 | 26
Ukraine cyber spies claim Putin's planes are in peril as sanctions bite Aeroflot fleet still has a smoking section, but not for tobacco Public Sector28 Nov 2023 | 112
Cisco whips up modded switch to secure Ukraine grid against Russian cyberattacks GPS-jamming tactics were doing much more than simply scrambling missile guidance systems Networks22 Nov 2023 | 13
Russia's Sandworm – not just missile strikes – to blame for Ukrainian power blackouts Online attack coincided with major military action, Mandiant says Security09 Nov 2023 | 38
US slaps sanctions on accused fave go-to money launderer of Russia's rich And that includes ransomware crims, claims US of alleged sanctions-buster Cyber-crime06 Nov 2023 | 9
Feds collar suspected sanctions-busting Russian smugglers of US tech Parts sent to Moscow allegedly found on Ukrainian battlefields Security01 Nov 2023 | 15
Russia hustles to fill impending void left by the ISS First module of new space station to be launched in 2027 Science27 Oct 2023 | 56
Pro-Russia group exploits Roundcube zero-day in attacks on European government emails With this zero-day, researchers say the 'scrappy' group is stepping up its operations Cyber-crime25 Oct 2023 | 4
Ex-NSA techie pleads guilty to selling state secrets to Russia Wannabe spy undone by system logs, among other lapses in judgement Security24 Oct 2023 | 11
Chinese CPUs to feature in servers made by sanctioned Russian company Beijing appears to have lifted its ban on Loongson processors reaching Moscow Systems17 Oct 2023 | 15
Red Cross lays down hacktivism law as Ukraine war rages on Rules apply to cyber vigilantes and their home nations, but experts cast doubt over potential benefits CSO04 Oct 2023 | 4
Russia to ban all VPNs – again – says senator Putin Zuck out of business is one goal of this repeat effort to close off internet tunnels Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2023 | 39
Ukraine accuses Russian spies of hunting for war-crime info on its servers Russian have shifted tactics in the first half of 2023, with mixed results Cybersecurity Month26 Sep 2023 | 21
Russian allegedly smuggled US weapons electronics to Moscow Feds claim sniper scope displays sold in sanctions-busting move Cyber-crime19 Sep 2023 | 23
Russian infosec boss gets nine years for $100M insider-trading caper using stolen data Confidential figures for Tesla, Snap, Roku, Avnet, others swiped and used to rack up millions in ill-gotten gains Cyber-crime08 Sep 2023 | 6
Big Tech has failed to police Russian disinformation, EC study concludes In Putin's Russia, the planet hacks you Security05 Sep 2023 | 61
Kremlin-backed Sandworm strikes Android devices with data-stealing Infamous Chisel Five Eyes nations warn of hit against Ukrainian military systems Research31 Aug 2023 | 4
Controversial Chinese drone maker DJI debuts a cargo carrier For dropping stuff in remote locations. Just don't mention the war in Ukraine, where DJI kit repeatedly appeared Offbeat22 Aug 2023 | 25
Moscow makes a mess on the Moon as Luna 25 probe misses orbit, lands with a thud First lunar attempt since Soviet era ends in катастрофа Science21 Aug 2023 | 132
If you're Russian to the Moon, expect traffic: Moscow's Putin a lander into orbit India's close to landing one, too, and Japan is counting down to a launch Science14 Aug 2023 | 25
Co-founder of Yandex – Russia's Google clone – denounces war on Ukraine Arkady Volozh is working with refugee engineers, of which there are plenty Off-Prem11 Aug 2023 | 16
US Cyber Command boss says China's spooky cyber skills still behind Paul Nakasone rates the Middle Kingdom a 'pacing challenge' Security11 Aug 2023 | 9
CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes Black Hat And maybe shore up that critical infrastructure some more, America Black Hat and DEF CON10 Aug 2023 | 14
Ukraine's Victor Zhora: Russia's cyber 'war crimes' will continue after ground invasion ends Black Hat International laws needed 'to bring accountability' govt chief tells The Reg Black Hat and DEF CON09 Aug 2023 | 21
North Korean hackers had access to Russian missile maker for months, say researchers Kim Jong Un's cyber-goons aren't above attacking the regime's few friends Security08 Aug 2023 | 21
Russia's Cozy Bear is back and hitting Microsoft Teams to phish top targets Plus: Tenable CEO blasts Redmond's bug disclosure habits CSO03 Aug 2023 | 8
What would sustainable security even look like? Opinion Clue: Nothing like what’s on offer today CSO31 Jul 2023 | 40
Chinese companies evade sanctions, fuel Moscow’s war on Ukraine, says report PRC semiconductor exports curiously rose 19% y-o-y for first 9 months of 2022 Security28 Jul 2023 | 38
Russia throws founder of infosec biz Group-IB in the clink for treason Sachkov faces 14-year stretch after 'unreasonably rushed trial' Security26 Jul 2023 | 9
Ukraine busts bot farm spreading Russian infowar propaganda and fraud Plus: Spanish cops arrest Ukrainian scareware dev after ten-year hunt Security20 Jul 2023 | 16
Russia's tiny quantum computer is (probably) nothing to worry about 16 qubit system capable of modeling simple molecules, Kremlin says Science20 Jul 2023 | 17
Russian military satellite comms provider offline after hack Infosec in brief ALSO: Ransomware hit on Mancunian Uni spills NHS patient deets, USPTO leaks inventor info, and this week's crit vulns Systems03 Jul 2023 | 6
Europe seeks to punish Putin's infowar pals with bans on Russian tech firms Also slaps Chinese backdoor entities shipping forbidden tech to Moscow Legal26 Jun 2023 | 10
Microsoft: Russia sent its B team to wipe Ukrainian hard drives WhisperGate-spreading Cadet Blizzard painted as haphazard but dangerous crew Research16 Jun 2023 | 10
Microsoft battles through two 365 outages in one day Updated Windows titan blames technical problems while hacktivists claim it woz them wot did it SaaS06 Jun 2023 | 36
Starlink bags US defense contract to keep war-torn Ukraine connected And poor Elon gets a break from subsidies Networks02 Jun 2023 | 16
Kremlin claims Apple helped NSA spy on diplomats via iPhone backdoor Did we just time warp back to 2013? Security01 Jun 2023 | 13
Ukraine war blurs lines between cyber-crims and state-sponsored attackers This RomCom is no laughing matter Cyber-crime01 Jun 2023 | 5
Spotted: Suspected Russian malware designed to disrupt Euro, Asia energy grids Updated For simulation or for real, we don't like the vibes from this CosmicEnergy Research25 May 2023 | 8
Russian IT guy sent to labor camp for DDoSing Kremlin websites Pro-Ukraine techie gets hard time Cyber-crime19 May 2023 | 25
Feds offer $10m reward for info on alleged Russian ransomware crim Infecting cops' computers is one way to put a target on your back Cyber-crime17 May 2023 | 1
Ransomware corrupts data, so backups can be faster and cheaper than paying up Smash and grab raids don’t leave time for careful encryption Cyber-crime15 May 2023 | 31
FBI-led Op Medusa slays NATO-bothering Russian military malware network Perseus to the rescue as Snake eats itself Cyber-crime09 May 2023 | 9
Russia tops national leagues in open source downloads Putin FOSS to work when Microsoft et al abandoned pariah state OSes05 May 2023 | 28
Russia's APT28 targets Ukraine government with bogus Windows updates Nasty emails designed to infect systems with info-stealing malware Cyber-crime02 May 2023 | 4
Microsoft goes meteorological in defining cybercrook groups Now here's Bill with the weather Offbeat19 Apr 2023 | 9
India smacked for illegal tech import tariffs that hurt buyers and exporters everywhere Is this the way to take China’s title as top tech manufacturer? Maybe yes, maybe no Legal19 Apr 2023 | 2
US citizens charged with pushing pro-Kremlin disinfo, election interference Also a bunch of Russians plus someone giving free trips to the Motherland Cyber-crime18 Apr 2023 | 10
Russia-pushed UN Cybercrime Treaty may rewrite global law. It's ... not great Special report Let's go through all the proposed problematic powers, starting with surveillance and censorship Cyber-crime14 Apr 2023 | 23