Tag: russia
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Kaspersky leaves U.S. market following the ban on the sale of its software in the country
Kaspersky is leaving the U.S. market following the recent ban on the sales of its software imposed by the Commerce Department. Russian cybersecurity f… First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/165799/breaking-news/kaspersky-is-leaving-the-u-s-market.html
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Australian Spycatchers Snatch Pair of Married Russian Operatives
Tags: russiaFirst seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/australian-spycatchers-snatch-pair-of-married-russian-operatives
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Microsoft emails that warned customers of Russian hacks criticized for looking like spam and phishing
First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2024/07/10/microsoft-emails-that-warned-customers-of-russian-hacks-criticized-for-looking-like-spam-and-phishing/
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Google Is Piloting Face Recognition for Office Security
Plus: A cloud company says notorious Russian hacker group APT29 attacked it, Chinese hackers use ransomware to hide their espionage campaigns, and a b… First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/google-face-recognition-office-safety-security-roundup/
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Apple removes VPN apps at request of Russian authorities, say app makers
First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2024/07/08/apple-removes-vpn-apps-at-request-of-russian-authorities-say-app-makers/
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TeamViewer Ties Cyberattack to Russian APT29 Group
After disclosing a security incident on Thursday, remote access software company TeamViewer on Friday said that the attack was tied to credentials of … First seen on duo.com Jump to article: duo.com/decipher/teamviewer-cyberattack-stemmed-from-compromised-credentials
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New APT Group CloudSorcerer Targets Russian Government Entities
A previously undocumented advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed CloudSorcerer has been observed targeting Russian government entities by lever… First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/07/new-apt-group-cloudsorcerer-targets.html
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DDoS gang threatens to disrupt European elections
Russian hacktivists are threatening to disrupt the European Parliament elections, while the BBC reports on new deepfake threats to the UK’s electoral … First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366588312/DDoS-gang-threatens-to-disrupt-European-elections
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Feds Uncover Sprawling, GenAI-Enabled Russian Troll Farm
The bot farm was created using AI-enhanced software that was able to create a host of different false personas to spread disinformation in convincing … First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/feds-uncover-genai-enabled-russian-troll-farm
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Russian Antivirus Firm Kaspersky Shuts Down U.S. Operations After Ban
A month after the U.S. Commerce Department banned it from selling its security software in the country, Russian company Kaspersky Lab said it is shutt… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/07/russian-antivirus-firm-kaspersky-shuts-down-u-s-operations-after-ban/
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Fraud Campaign Targets Russians with Fake Olympics Tickets
First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fraud-campaign-russians-fake/
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Apple Removes VPN Apps from Russian App Store Amid Government Pressure
Apple removed a number of virtual private network (VPN) apps in Russia from its App Store on July 4, 2024, following a request by Russia’s state commu… First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/07/apple-removes-vpn-apps-from-russian-app.html
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Russian Media Uses AI-Powered Software to Spread Disinformation
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Experts Warn of Post-Trump Shooting Misinformation, Scams
‘Russian Troll Farms Are Highly Active’ as FBI Investigates Attempted Assassination. As the investigation of the attempted assassination of former Pre… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/experts-warn-post-trump-shooting-misinformation-scams-a-25764
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AI-Powered Russia’s bot farm operates on X, US and its allies warn
The US and its allies disrupted an AI-powered Russia-linked bot farm on the social media platform X relying on the Meliorator AI software. The U.S. FB… First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/165572/security/russias-bot-farm-disinformation.html
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How AI-powered software spreads Russian disinformation on X
The US Justice Department (DoJ) has seized two US-based domains used by Russian threat actors to create fake profiles on X (formerly Twitter) that wou… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/07/10/russian-disinformation-x/
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Russia used fake AI Tom Cruise in Olympic disinformation campaign
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Novel CloudSorcerer APT attacks hit Russian government
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Russian AI-based disinformation campaign dismantled
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Remote access giant TeamViewer says Russian spies hacked its corporate network
First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2024/06/28/teamviewer-cyberattack-apt29-russia-government-hackers/
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US Imposes Ban on Russia’s Kaspersky; Sanctions 12 Executives
The U.S. has enacted sanctions on 12 executives of Russia’s Kaspersky Lab and banned the company, citing national security concerns and potential thre… First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/trends/us-imposes-ban-on-kaspersky-sanctions-executives/
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New APT CloudSorcerer Malware Hits Russian Targets
First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cloudsorcerer-malware-hits-russian/
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US Disrupts AI-Powered Russian Bot Farm on X
The US and allies blame Russian state-sponsored threat actors for using Meliorator AI software to create a social media bot farm. The post US Disrupts… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/us-disrupts-ai-powered-russian-bot-farm-on-x/
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Russia Blocks VPN Services in Information Crackdown
First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russia-blocks-vpn-services-2024/
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U.S. Disrupts AI-Powered Russian State-Sponsored Hackers Bot Farm
In collaboration with international partners, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) have successf… First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/u-s-disrupts-ai-powered/
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Ticket Heist fraud gang uses 700 domains to sell fake Olympics tickets
A large-scale fraud campaign with over 700 domain names is likely targeting Russian-speaking users looking to purchase tickets for the Summer Olympics… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ticket-heist-fraud-gang-uses-700-domains-to-sell-fake-olympics-tickets/
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US disrupts AI-powered bot farm pushing Russian propaganda on X
Almost a thousand Twitter accounts controlled by a large bot farm pushing Russian propaganda and domains used to register the bots were taken down in … First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-disrupts-ai-powered-bot-farm-pushing-russian-propaganda-on-x/
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DOJ Shutters Massive Russian Bot Farm Spreading Disinformation
The DOJ, FBI, and counterparts in Canada and the Netherlands seized two domains and 968 social media accounts on X that were being used to spread Russ… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/07/doj-shutters-massive-russian-bot-farm-spreading-disinformation/
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Apple Removes VPN Apps from Russian App Store as Censorship Tightens
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US charges Russian civilian for allegedly helping GRU spies target Ukrainian government systems with data-destroying malware
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