Russia

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

Sanctions-busting exporters sent $2 billion of tech to Russia through China, Hong Kong, and the UK in 2022

Reports find shipments spiked since sanctions were imposed, feeding Moscow's appetite for high-end kit

Legal12 Apr 2023 | 5

Microsoft, Fortra are this fed up with cyber-gangs abusing Cobalt Strike

Oh, sure, let's play a game of legal and technical whack-a-mole

Cyber-crime10 Apr 2023 | 8

US, NATO military plans leak: Actual war strategy or pro-Kremlin shenanigans?

Analysis 'Russia is the king of disinformation and hybrid warfare' expert tells El Reg

Defense Tech Week07 Apr 2023 | 73

Microsoft coughs up some change after allegedly selling software to no-no companies

Nadella happy to sling code to Russians and Iranians, or nah?

Channel07 Apr 2023 | 13

In wars of the future, national security won't end at space

Efforts under way to keep satellites and other craft safe from military threats

Defense Tech Week06 Apr 2023 | 4

US defense tech veterans call for a separate Cyber Force

Analysis A seventh branch of the military is needed to address rising threats

Defense Tech Week06 Apr 2023 | 21

Russia has a stash of scary malware? We're shocked

Register Kettle Wrecking foreign infrastructure? But that's Team America's job!

Defense Tech Week06 Apr 2023 | 10

Cisco Moscow trashed offices as it quit Putin's putrid pariah state

Even destroyed spare parts, then may have rubbed salt into the wound by filing for tax write-offs

Networks06 Apr 2023 | 97

Trade ministers flag researchers as possible vector of tech sanction-busting

G7 meeting agrees that sales bans are here to stay

Legal05 Apr 2023 | 6

Pro-Russia cyber gang Winter Vivern puts US, Euro lawmakers in line of fire

Winter is coming for NATO countries

Security31 Mar 2023 | 9

Leaked IT contractor files detail Kremlin's stockpile of cyber-weapons

Snowden-esque 'Vulkan' dossier links Moscow firm to FSB, GRU, SRV

Defense Tech Week31 Mar 2023 | 28

Unknown actors deploy malware to steal data in occupied regions of Ukraine

If this is Kyiv's work, Russia can Crimea river

Security22 Mar 2023 | 25

Xi, Putin declare intent to rule the world of AI, infosec

'Technological sovereignty is the key to sustainability' states Russian despot

Security22 Mar 2023 | 23

Putin to staffers: Throw out your iPhones, or 'give it to the kids'

April Fools should use Russian or Chinese tech instead, Kremlin advises

Security21 Mar 2023 | 38

Pro-Putin scammers trick politicians and celebrities into low-tech hoax video calls

Who needs deepfakes when you've got makeup and 'element of surprise'?

Security07 Mar 2023 | 13

Russian charged with smuggling US counterintel tech to Motherland

In brief Also, don't download that 'ChatGPT Windows client,' and this week's critical vulnerabilities to keep an eye on

Cyber-crime27 Feb 2023 | 8

Ukraine invasion blew up Russian cybercrime alliances

Study: Old pacts ditched the moment Moscow moved in

Cyber-crime24 Feb 2023 | 20

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 | 20

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 | 11

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 | 22

'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