Russia’s ‘Midnight Blizzard’ hackers target government workers in novel info-stealing campaign
Microsoft said Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has targeted government workers over the last week with a tool that provides the hackers with full access to a victim’s...
The FCC’s top privacy cop on how the agency views its data protection mission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken privacy enforcement up a notch under Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, who launched a privacy and data protection task force in June 2023....
Russia says it might build its own Linux community after removal of several kernel...
Russia has called Linux’s recent delisting of several Russian kernel maintainers “an act of discrimination” and pledged to establish an independent development community for the open-source operating system....
US names and charges Maxim Rudometov with developing the Redline infostealer
Authorities in the United States have identified and charged Maxim Rudometov, a Russian believed to reside in the city of Krasnodar, with developing and administering the notorious Redline...
Russia arrests hacker accused of preventing electronic voting during local election
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had detained a Moscow resident for conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks during local elections in September, targeting infrastructure in the...
Suspected Russian spies target devices of potential Ukrainian military recruits
A new Russia-linked cyber campaign targeted Ukrainian draft-age men with information-stealing malware as part of a broader effort to undermine the country’s mobilization and military recruitment plans. ...
Dozens under investigation in Italy amid scandal over hacked government databases and illegal dossiers
Four people were arrested in Italy on Friday, with dozens more under investigation, in connection with an alleged conspiracy that links current and former officials in the country’s...
‘All servers’ for Redline and Meta infostealers hacked by Dutch police and FBI
The Dutch National Police announced on Monday having gained “full access” to all of the servers used by the Redline and Meta infostealers, two of the most widely...
Four REvil Ransomware Members Sentenced in Rare Russian Cybercrime Convictions
Oct 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Malware
Four members of the now-defunct REvil ransomware operation have been sentenced to several years in prison in Russia, marking one of the rare instances...
FBI, CISA investigating China-linked telecom hacks following reports of intrusions on Trump, Harris phones
U.S. agencies are investigating allegations that hackers connected to the government of China breached the systems of multiple telecommunications companies following reports that devices belonging to Vice President...
