Tag: russia
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Cyber spies target Russian aviation firms to steal satellite and GPS data
A cyber-espionage group has been targeting Russian government agencies and companies in the aviation industry to steal sensitive geospatial data. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-cyber-espionage-aviation
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Three Arrested for Hacking Over 610,000 Roblox Accounts
Suspects accused of distributing malware and selling access to stolen Roblox accounts on Russian marketplaces First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/three-arrested-over-roblox-hacking/
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ODNI to CISOs on threat assessments: You’re on your own
Tags: access, ai, china, ciso, computer, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, disinformation, encryption, finance, framework, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, korea, metric, resilience, risk, russia, service, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, warfareThe bifurcated framework: Operational reporting vs. homeland focus: The report now operates on two distinct tracks that risk narrowing the threat horizon for CROs. In a departure from traditional probabilistic forecasting, the IC has transitioned toward active operational reporting. This shift prioritizes immediate success metrics, such as a significant drop in border encounters and fentanyl…
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ODNI to CISOs on threat assessments: You’re on your own
Tags: access, ai, china, ciso, computer, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, disinformation, encryption, finance, framework, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, korea, metric, resilience, risk, russia, service, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, warfareThe bifurcated framework: Operational reporting vs. homeland focus: The report now operates on two distinct tracks that risk narrowing the threat horizon for CROs. In a departure from traditional probabilistic forecasting, the IC has transitioned toward active operational reporting. This shift prioritizes immediate success metrics, such as a significant drop in border encounters and fentanyl…
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Hackers arrested for stealing and reselling 600,000 Roblox accounts
Ukrainian police detained three suspects accused of hacking into Roblox accounts and reselling the data on Russian websites, with payments made in cryptocurrency. Police raid … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/30/ukraine-roblox-account-hacking-scheme/
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Microsoft’s patch for a 0-day exploited by Russian spies fell short. Another Windows flaw is under attack
Second try’s a charm? First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/29/microsoft_zero_click_exploit/
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CISA adds Microsoft, ConnectWise vulnerabilities to active exploitation catalog
Russia has used one of the flaws, security experts said, while North Korea has used the other. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-microsoft-connectwise-kev-update/818817/
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CISA adds Microsoft, ConnectWise vulnerabilities to active exploitation catalog
Russia has used one of the flaws, security experts said, while North Korea has used the other. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-microsoft-connectwise-kev-update/818817/
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CISA adds Microsoft, ConnectWise vulnerabilities to active exploitation catalog
Russia has used one of the flaws, security experts said, while North Korea has used the other. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-microsoft-connectwise-kev-update/818817/
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Internet censorship index reveals Russia’s lead and widespread content blocking
Global study shows targeted internet censorship worldwide, with Russia leading; VPNs, news, and adult content are most frequently blocked categories. The Global Internet Censorship Index 2026 offers a clear view of how governments around the world control online access. Researchers tested 74 popular websites across 53 countries using residential proxies to simulate real users. After…
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Internet censorship index reveals Russia’s lead and widespread content blocking
Global study shows targeted internet censorship worldwide, with Russia leading; VPNs, news, and adult content are most frequently blocked categories. The Global Internet Censorship Index 2026 offers a clear view of how governments around the world control online access. Researchers tested 74 popular websites across 53 countries using residential proxies to simulate real users. After…
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Internet censorship index reveals Russia’s lead and widespread content blocking
Global study shows targeted internet censorship worldwide, with Russia leading; VPNs, news, and adult content are most frequently blocked categories. The Global Internet Censorship Index 2026 offers a clear view of how governments around the world control online access. Researchers tested 74 popular websites across 53 countries using residential proxies to simulate real users. After…
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Internet censorship index reveals Russia’s lead and widespread content blocking
Global study shows targeted internet censorship worldwide, with Russia leading; VPNs, news, and adult content are most frequently blocked categories. The Global Internet Censorship Index 2026 offers a clear view of how governments around the world control online access. Researchers tested 74 popular websites across 53 countries using residential proxies to simulate real users. After…
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Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation
Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European political leadership is once again highlighting how modern espionage increasingly relies on deception rather than technical exploits. Recent investigations by German authorities point to a large-scale phishing campaign conducted via…
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Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation
Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European political leadership is once again highlighting how modern espionage increasingly relies on deception rather than technical exploits. Recent investigations by German authorities point to a large-scale phishing campaign conducted via…
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Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation
Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European political leadership is once again highlighting how modern espionage increasingly relies on deception rather than technical exploits. Recent investigations by German authorities point to a large-scale phishing campaign conducted via…
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Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation
Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European political leadership is once again highlighting how modern espionage increasingly relies on deception rather than technical exploits. Recent investigations by German authorities point to a large-scale phishing campaign conducted via…
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VECT: Ransomware by design, Wiper by accident
ey Takeaways Background VECT Ransomware is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) program that made its first appearance in December 2025 on a Russian-language cybercrime forum. After claiming their first two victims in January 2026, the group got back into the public eye due to an announcement of a partnership with TeamPCP, the actor behind several supply-chain attacks…
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Fake YouTube Downloads Spread Vidar Malware to Steal Corporate Logins
A new Vidar infostealer campaign is abusing fake software download links on YouTube to compromise corporate employees and sell their stolen credentials on Russian cybercrime marketplaces. In the investigated case, the victim was searching for software on YouTube and likely followed a link in the video description that led to a third”‘party file”‘sharing service. From…
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PhantomCore Exploits TrueConf Vulnerabilities to Breach Russian Networks
A pro-Ukrainian hacktivist group called PhantomCore has been attributed to attacks actively targeting servers running TrueConf video conferencing software in Russia since September 2025.That’s according to a report published by Positive Technologies, which found the threat actors to be leveraging an exploit chain comprising three vulnerabilities to execute commands remotely on susceptible First seen on…
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Breach Roundup: Myanmar Scam Compound Managers Charged
Also, Europol Cracks DDoS Networks, Mythos Finds Bugs, France Portal Hit. This week, scam compounds. Attackers exploit flaws pre-disclosure. A crackdown on DDoS-for-hire. No Mythos for CISA, yes for Mozilla. France ID portal breach. Israeli and Venezuelan critical infrastructure targeted. Russian hacking in Ukraine. An Apache flaw. A ransomware negotiator aided BlackCat. First seen on…
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RAMP Uncovered: Anatomy of Russia’s Ransomware Marketplace
Leaked data from RAMP reveals Russia’s ransomware ecosystem, analyzing 1,732 threads, 7,707 users, and 340,000 IP records from the forum. RAMP was not just another dark web forum. It was one of the clearest examples of how ransomware has become an organized marketplace, with sellers, buyers, brokers, and recruiters all playing different roles in the…
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Russian Hacking Reaches New Levels of Hostility
Nation-State Hits Now Comprise Majority of Serious Incidents Probed by Government. British intelligence officials said they investigate about four major incidents per week, with the majority involving nation-state actors. Officials said the shape and scope of how cyberattacks are being wielded by the nation’s adversaries continues to change as fast as the technology evolves. First…
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Russians Hacking Reaches New Levels of Hostility
Nation-State Hits Now Comprise Majority of Serious Incidents Probed by Government. British intelligence officials said they investigate about four major incidents per week, with the majority involving nation-state actors. Officials said the shape and scope of how cyberattacks are being wielded by the nation’s adversaries continues to change as fast as the technology involves. First…
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Hackers Tie Iranian Espionage to CastleRAT and ChainShell
A direct operational link between Iran’s MuddyWater espionage group and the Russian TAG-150 CastleRAT malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform, showing how state and criminal ecosystems are now tightly intertwined. Investigators recovered 15 malware samples, including at least two CastleRAT “builds” and a PowerShell script named reset.ps1 that deploys a previously undocumented JavaScript/Node.js agent dubbed ChainShell. On this server, two native…
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EU targets two Russian propaganda networks with new sanctions
The measures target Euromore, a media outlet that EU officials say amplifies Kremlin narratives, and the Foundation for the Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroad (Pravfond), a Moscow-funded group accused of promoting propaganda aligned with Russia’s foreign policy. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/eu-targets-russian-propaganda-networks-sanctions
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EU targets two Russian propaganda networks with new sanctions
The measures target Euromore, a media outlet that EU officials say amplifies Kremlin narratives, and the Foundation for the Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroad (Pravfond), a Moscow-funded group accused of promoting propaganda aligned with Russia’s foreign policy. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/eu-targets-russian-propaganda-networks-sanctions
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Ukraine busts ‘bot farm’ supplying thousands of fake Telegram accounts to Russian spies
Ukrainian authorities have dismantled a so-called “bot farm” that police say was supplying thousands of fake social media accounts to Russian intelligence services for use in disinformation campaigns against Ukraine. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ukraine-sbu-busts-bot-farm-supplying-russian-spies
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Crypto Exchange Grinex Blames Western Spies for $13m Theft
Russian crypto-exchange Grinex claims Western intelligence agencies were behind a $13m heist First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/crypto-exchange-grinex-western/