Tag: russia
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Russia-backed threat actor targets Western organizations in phishing campaign
The threat actor exploited a zero-day flaw in Zimbra to exfiltrate months of emails and other sensitive information. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/russia-threat-actor-western-organizations-Zimbra-phishing/826029/
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Russian Hackers Exploit New ‘Zero-Click’ Attack Against Western Organizations
International agencies issue joint alert over state-backed campaign exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russian-hackers-zero-click/
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TA488 and TA458 Steal Government Email Using Half-Click Webmail Exploits
At a Glance Actor or group TA488 (Void Blizzard, Laundry Bear) and TA458 (Operation RoundPress), both Russia-aligned Activity First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/half-click-exploits-webmail/
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Smashing Security podcast #477: How 14 orders of chicken McNuggets helped nail a suspected Russian hacker
A Russian intelligence-linked hacker is arrested in Thailand while enjoying a beach holiday – and the trail of evidence that nailed him to the Russian government includes 14 separate orders of chicken McNuggets. First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-477/
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Third-Party SDKs Raise Privacy Questions for Apps Marketed to U.S. Military
Researchers found Chinese and Russian SDKs in Android apps marketed to U.S. military users, highlighting software supply chain and enterprise privacy risks. The post Third-Party SDKs Raise Privacy Questions for Apps Marketed to U.S. Military appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-android-sdk-supply-chain-privacy-military-apps/
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Threat Actor Turns Claude Opus Into Automated AI-Powered Penetration Testing Platform
A Russian-speaking threat actor known as “Trim” has reportedly transformed Anthropic’s Claude Opus into the central component of an automated, AI-powered penetration testing platform. This development highlights the rapid repurposing of advanced AI models for offensive security operations. According to research by Cato CTRL, Trim progressed from sharing jailbreak instructions on a Russian cybercrime forum…
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North Korea’s IT worker scheme funds Russia’s war effort, report finds
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/north-koreas-it-worker-scheme-funds-russias-war-effort-report-finds
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US federal workers mandated to use app with Russian-founded vendor’s code
Tags: russiaFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/us-federal-workers-mandated-to-use-app-with-russian-founded-vendors-code
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HelloNet campaign abuses ViPNet update mechanism to target Russian organizations
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/hellonet-campaign-abuses-vipnet-update-mechanism-to-target-russian-organizations
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Hacker Turns AI Jailbreaks Into Offensive Attack Platform
A Russian-speaking actor, Trim, dismantled publicly available frontier models and integrated them with offensive security tools. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/hacker-ai-jailbreaks-offensive-attack-platform
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North Korea’s IT worker scheme funds Russia’s war effort
DTEX researchers found a series of transactions in a payment wallet showing North Korean IT worker salaries flowing into sanctioned entities that support the regime’s military programs. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/north-korea-it-worker-scheme-funds-russia-war-ukraine/
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Russian Hacker Turns Jailbroken Claude Into Pentest Platform
Russian-speaking actor Trim built a commercial offensive AI pentest tool on jailbroken Claude models First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/trim-jailbroken-claude-ai-pentest/
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Apps targeted at US troops contain Chinese and Russian code
More than one-eighth of apps analyzed contained foreign code. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/apps-targeted-at-us-troops-contain-chinese-and-russian-code/
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European Password Manager Passwork Shares Codebase and Updates With FSTEC-Certified Russian Firm
Passwork Europe, a Spain-based password manager used by European public sector bodies, universities, and private organizations, is facing scrutiny after an investigation led by OCCRP uncovered technical and historical connections to a Russian counterpart certified by Russian state agencies. The investigation found that Passwork Europe S.L. and Russia’s Passwork LLC share a common codebase origin,…
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Dutch Intelligence Warns Russia Uses Hacked IP Cameras for Military Espionage
Dutch intelligence says Russia hacks IP cameras to monitor NATO military logistics and weapons shipments to Ukraine. The Netherlands’ AIVD and MIVD, the civilian and military intelligence services, published a joint advisory on July 10 confirming that at least one Russian intelligence service is systematically compromising internet-connected IP cameras across the Netherlands, other EU and…
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Russian Intelligence Hacks IP Cameras to Spy on Military Logistics Across NATO States and Ukraine
Tags: advisory, cctv, cybersecurity, intelligence, Internet, military, russia, service, spy, ukraineAt least one Russian intelligence service is systematically hijacking internet-connected security cameras across Europe and Ukraine, using the feeds to watch military transport routes, weapons shipments bound for Kyiv, and the locations of Ukrainian troops.That is the finding of a cybersecurity advisory published July 10 by the AIVD and MIVD, the Netherlands’ civilian and military…
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Russian-Speaking Hacker Uses Google Gemini CLI to Control Botnet of Eight Dental Clinic PCs
A solo Russian-speaking threat actor known as “bandcampro” outsourced a chunk of their operations to Google’s open-source Gemini CLI artificial intelligence (AI) and commandeered a live botnet.The findings come from an analysis of 200 Gemini CLI session logs between March 19 and April 21, 2026, which found the threat actor using AI, among other things,…
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Apps Marketed to US Troops Are Shipping Chinese and Russian Code
A first-of-its-kind analysis found more than one in eight apps built for US service members carried foreign code”, some from firms in nations the Pentagon designates as adversaries. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/apps-marketed-to-us-troops-are-shipping-chinese-and-russian-code/
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U.S. Charges Three Russian Nationals Over International Cyberattacks Costing Victims More Than $62 Million
U.S. federal prosecutors have unsealed a sweeping indictment charging three Russian nationals and two St. Petersburgbased companies for operating a global “bulletproof hosting” infrastructure. That enabled widespread cyberattacks against critical sectors, causing losses exceeding $62 million across at least 21 U.S. states and multiple countries. The defendants Alexander Alexandrovich Volosovik, 43, Kirill Andreevich Zatolokin, 34,…
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New Russian-speaking threat actor UAT-11795 targets US and Europe with novel malware
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/new-russian-speaking-threat-actor-uat-11795-targets-us-and-europe-with-novel-malware
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Lawyers say Russian tourist detained in Armenia over mistaken identity in ransomware case
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/russian-tourist-detained-in-armenia-over-mistaken-identity-in-us-extradition-request
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Hackers abuse ViPNet software to target Russian govt agencies
An advanced threat actor is abusing the update mechanism for the ViPNet private networking product suite to target Russian organizations, including government agencies. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-vipnet-software-to-target-russian-govt-agencies/
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UAC-0145 Uses ClickFix CAPTCHAs to Infect Ukrainian Devices wih Malware
Russian state-sponsored threat actors have been observed leveraging the infamous ClickFix strategy to trick Ukrainian targets into infecting their own machines with data-stealing malware.According to the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA), the activity has been attributed to UAC-0145, a sub-cluster within Sandworm, an advanced hacking unit affiliated with GRU, Russia’s First seen on…
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Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You
Plus: Russian cyberspies turn to infrastructure hacking, DHS repeatedly fails to realize it’d been hacked, a breach exposes an AI music generator’s scraping ways, and more. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-your-period-tracker-is-probably-spying-on-you/
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New Starland RAT Steals Browser Credentials and Scans for Over 40 Crypto Wallets
A financially motivated, Russian-speaking threat actor tracked as UAT-11795, orchestrating a large-scale campaign since at least June 2025. A sophisticated Python-based remote access trojan dubbed “Starland RAT,” alongside a stealthy in-memory PowerShell implant known as the “WLDR agent.” The operation targets users across the United States and parts of Europe, with a primary focus on…
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Zelensky appoints Ukraine’s acting security service chief as acting defense minister
Yevhenii Khmara, a major general with deep experience in intelligence, counterterrorism and long-range strikes against Russia, is Ukraine’s new acting defense minister. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ukraine-acting-defense-minister-yevhenii-khmara
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Armenia Detains Russian Tourist on U.S. Warrant for REvil Hacker, Lawyers Say Wrong Man
Armenia has held a Russian tourist named Aleksandr Ermakov in a detention center since June 28, on a U.S. extradition request for a REvil ransomware suspect named Aleksandr Ermakov.His wife, Maria Yurova, told REN TV that border officers pulled him out of the departure hall at Yerevan’s Zvartnots airport, held up a phone with a…
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New Russian Campaign Uses Fake Webex and Zoom Installers to Deploy Starland RAT
Russian-speaking UAT-11795 spreads trojanized Zoom, Webex, and MobaXterm installers to deliver Starland RAT and the WLDR memory-only implant. Cisco Talos researchers published a detailed technical report on July 16 disclosing UAT-11795, a financially motivated, Russian-speaking threat actor that has been running a malware campaign against users in the United States and Europe since at least…
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Russian trio indicted for allegedly running bulletproof hosting providers that spurred cybercrime
Officials accused three Russian nationals, Media Land and ML.Cloud of supporting cyberattacks spanning 21 U.S. states and other countries, resulting in losses surpassing $62 million. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/russian-nationals-medialand-mlcloud-indicted-bulletproof-hosting/