Tag: russia
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Moscow police detain suspected DataSuckers hackers linked to breaches in Ukraine and Russia
Russian authorities have reportedly detained three suspected members of the DataSuckers hacking group following a cyberattack on a popular restaurant chain that exposed vast amounts of customer information. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-datasuckers-hackers-arrested
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Moscow police detain suspected DataSuckers hackers linked to breaches in Ukraine and Russia
Russian authorities have reportedly detained three suspected members of the DataSuckers hacking group following a cyberattack on a popular restaurant chain that exposed vast amounts of customer information. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-datasuckers-hackers-arrested
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Moscow police detain suspected DataSuckers hackers linked to breaches in Ukraine and Russia
Russian authorities have reportedly detained three suspected members of the DataSuckers hacking group following a cyberattack on a popular restaurant chain that exposed vast amounts of customer information. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-datasuckers-hackers-arrested
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Researchers Uncover 20,000 Malicious Cloudflare Pages Domains Used in Tech Support Scams
More than 20,000 malicious Cloudflare Pages subdomains used by Help TDS, a longstanding traffic distribution system that funnels victims into fraudulent technical support call centers. Researchers assess with high confidence that Hotejka, a Russian-language affiliate program, operates Help TDS and represents a rebrand of ROI777. Historical DNS records, shared infrastructure, persistent affiliate identifiers, and consistent…
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Hackers Use Hundreds of AI Agents to Exploit PaperCut Servers and Steal Windows Credentials
A likely Russian-speaking threat actor used hundreds of AI agents to exploit PaperCut NG/MF servers, steal Windows credentials and establish reusable access to internal networks. GreyNoise identified at least 440 compromised instances belonging to 395 organizations across 48 countries, demonstrating how agent-assisted workflows can accelerate exploitation of enterprise infrastructure. The operator combined OpenAI’s Codex harness…
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Breach Roundup: French Supermarket Hacks a ‘Wake-Up Call’
e=4>This week: French attack fallout, Ahold Delhaize restored deliveries, North Korean IT worker crackdown, seafood logistics ransomware, Aoki infostealer, Hirudo Trojan, Palo Alto patch, a Russian oil refinery targeted, Poland investigated Pegasus and a suspected cybercrime marketplace admin arrested. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-french-supermarket-hacks-wake-up-call-a-33123
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Silent Lynx: Kazakhstan-Linked Hackers Target Russian Refinery and Government
Silent Lynx, a group likely based in Kazakhstan, targets Russian energy and government entities in espionage campaigns across Central Asia. Researchers from Cisco Talos and Recorded Future published a detailed paper on a threat actor they call Silent Lynx (aka UAT-6275, TAG-193), a Kazakhstan nexus group conducting espionage across Central Asia. The targets include the…
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Cryptohack Roundup: Ledger Halts Sales Amid $86M Theft Probe
Also: UK Sanctions Crypto Exchanges Over Russian Sanctions Evasion. This week, Ledger halted wallet sales across Asia, the United Kingdom sanctioned a crypto exchange for evading sanctions on Russia, hackers deployed cryptocurrency miners through AhsayCBS flaws, a British court ruled on a $5 billion bitcoin ownership dispute and XRP Ledger fixed a token-creation bug. First…
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Russian Influence Operation Widely Targets Latin America
The AI-enabled operation used spoofed emails, fake government documents, and the creation of a local organization to target schools in Peru and Ecuador, among other efforts. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/russian-influence-operation-targeting-latin-america
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Help TDS Linked to Hotejka as 20,000+ Cloudflare Pages Domains Host Tech Support Scams
A long-running Traffic Distribution System (TDS) known as Help TDS to a Russian-language affiliate program called Hotejka, which appears to be a rebrand of a traffic monetization operation dubbed ROI777.Help TDS is assessed to be active since at least 2017, offering PHP code templates to partners and affiliates that are installed into compromised websites with…
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X Removes 13,000 Fake Accounts Ahead of US Midterm Elections
X has suspended more than 13,000 accounts tied to three suspected foreign influence operations linked to Iran, Russia, and China. With the US midterms approaching, the platform said the fake X accounts were trying to shape political debate in the United States. The crackdown came one week after OpenAI announced it had disrupted two similar…
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Researchers Find Yandex Strikes Didn’t Silence Russian Bots
Viral Cloudflare Chart Tracked Yandex’s Search Crawler, Researchers Say. A viral claim that Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex knocked Russian propaganda bots offline rests on a chart of web crawler traffic – but new analysis finds no sign the political communities it named went quiet weeks before the U.S. midterms. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Brooklyn DA’s office disrupts crypto scam targeting Russian community
Russian-speaking Brooklyn residents began tipping off local authorities to a cryptocurrency fraud scheme three years ago, leading to an operation to take down the associated servers and domains. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/brooklyn-da-server-takedowns-crypto-scam-russian-speakers
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Brooklyn DA’s office disrupts crypto scam targeting Russian community
Russian-speaking Brooklyn residents began tipping off local authorities to a cryptocurrency fraud scheme three years ago, leading to an operation to take down the associated servers and domains. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/brooklyn-da-server-takedowns-crypto-scam-russian-speakers
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Brooklyn DA’s office disrupts crypto scam targeting Russian community
Russian-speaking Brooklyn residents began tipping off local authorities to a cryptocurrency fraud scheme three years ago, leading to an operation to take down the associated servers and domains. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/brooklyn-da-server-takedowns-crypto-scam-russian-speakers
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Russian travel booking platform suspends reservations after cyberattack
Customers of Russian travel website Anywayanyday were unable to book tickets or hotel rooms as the company responded to a cyberattack. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-anywayanyday-travel-website-cyberattack
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Russian Influence Operation Widely Targeting Latin America
The AI-enabled operation used spoofed emails, fake government documents, and the creation of a local organization to target schools in Peru and Ecuador, among other efforts. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/russian-influence-operation-targeting-latin-america
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Why Yandex Strikes May Matter for Data Center Alley
Northern Virginia Data Center Operators Lack Authority to Stop Drones. Ukrainian drones hit three Yandex data centers in four days, disrupting Russian cloud services used by banks, telecoms and the national railway. In Northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley, private operators can’t take down drones, and the FAA says it’s a safety regulator, not a security…
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North Korean hackers target Ukrainian experts for possible intelligence on Russia’s war
North Korean hackers have been targeting Ukrainian experts in diplomacy, security and international policy amid Pyongyang’s growing military cooperation with Russia. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/north-korea-hackers-russia-ukraine
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Russian internet provider SkyNet reports outages after cyberattack claimed by Ukrainian hackers
One of St. Petersburg’s major internet providers said its network had been under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack since October 6, affecting services including online gaming, voice calls and video conferencing. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russian-internet-provider-skynet-reports-outages-ddos
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Ukrainian drones hit Yandex data centers, sparking claims that Russian troll farms went quiet
Russian tech giant Yandex confirmed that drones hit three of its data centers, shutting down the facilities in Sasovo and Vladimir and knocking out part of the infrastructure … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/13/ukraine-drone-strikes-yandex-data-centers/
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Yandex confirms service outage as users lose access to cloud files
Russian cloud services provider Yandex announced that drone attacks damaged three of its data centers, forcing it to shut down two facilities and partially disable a third. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/yandex-confirms-service-outage-as-users-lose-access-to-cloud-files/
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Yandex confirms service outage as users lose access to cloud files
Russian cloud services provider Yandex announced that drone attacks damaged three of its data centers, forcing it to shut down two facilities and partially disable a third. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/yandex-confirms-service-outage-as-users-lose-access-to-cloud-files/
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Yandex confirms service outage as users lose access to cloud files
Russian cloud services provider Yandex announced that drone attacks damaged three of its data centers, forcing it to shut down two facilities and partially disable a third. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/yandex-confirms-service-outage-as-users-lose-access-to-cloud-files/
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Cyber-attack similar to OpenAI Medicare breach seems likely in UK, says minister
Tags: ai, attack, breach, cyber, government, healthcare, intelligence, openai, russia, skills, technologyKanishka Narayan, concerned by Australian incident, says British cyber defences could be bypassed by artificial intelligence agent<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/oct/12/uk-politics-live-tories-andy-burnham-russian-interference-brexit-eu-latest”>UK politics live latest updates</li></ul>An AI-driven cyber-attack similar to the OpenAI <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/24/openai-agent-hacked-medicare-australia-what-we-know-so-far-ntwnfb”>breach of Australia’s healthcare system is likely, “if not inevitable”, in the UK, according to a senior minister.Kanishka Narayan, the UK AI minister, indicated that the…
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Cyber-attack like OpenAI Medicare breach ‘seems likely’ in UK, says minister
Kanishka Narayan, concerned by Australian incident, says British cyber defences could be bypassed by AI agent<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/oct/12/uk-politics-live-tories-andy-burnham-russian-interference-brexit-eu-latest”>UK politics live latest updates</li></ul>An AI-driven cyber-attack like the OpenAI <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/24/openai-agent-hacked-medicare-australia-what-we-know-so-far-ntwnfb”>breach of Australia’s healthcare system is likely, “if not inevitable”, in the UK, according to a senior minister.Kanishka Narayan, the UK AI minister, indicated that the British government’s…
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Ukraine strikes third Yandex data center, disrupting digital services across Russia
A third Yandex data center in Russia was hit by Ukrainian drones over the weekend, forcing it to shut down and causing further disruptions to cloud services, payments, deliveries and other online services across the country. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ukraine-strikes-third-yandex-data-center
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Germany arrests alleged core Qilin ransomware member after extradition
Germany has arrested a Russian national suspected of being a leading member of the Qilin ransomware group following extradition from Japan earlier this month. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/germany-arrests-alleged-core-qilin-ransomware-member-after-extradition/
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Leader of vast money mule operation that laundered cybercriminal proceeds pleads guilty
Oleg Korniev, a 42-year-old dual citizen of Ukraine and Russia, was a principal of Your Mule Cashout, or “YMCO,” which from 2007 until 2014 set up a sophisticated network of mules in the U.S. and Europe. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/leader-of-money-mule-operation-for-cybercriminals-pleads-guilty
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Belarusian hacktivists admit to 2023 breach of Russian state healthcare network
The Belarusian Cyber Partisans concurred with Russian research that they indeed spent months inside the network for the Moscow Department of Health. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/belarusian-cyber-partisans-claim-2023-russia-healthcare-hack