Tag: Russia
Shade Ransomware Terminates Operations; Releases 750K Decryption Keys
The operators behind the infamous Shade ransomware recently announced that they have shut down their operations. The hacker group released over 750,000 decryption keys...
Moscow Police Detains Two Individuals for Fake Digital Pass Scam
Together with the Moscow Department of Information Technology, Group-IB a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, helped Moscow police to identify and detain two individuals for running...
Russian Hackers Attempting Cyber Espionage Against Middle East Defense Firms
As per Trend Micro’s research, since May 2019, a Russian state-sponsored notorious cyber espionage threat group called Pawn Storm (also known as Fancy Bear...
10 IoT Security Incidents That Make You Feel Less Secure
Internet of Things (IoT) has become a primary target for cybercriminals. The repeated security incidents on IoT devices represent a rising trend for IoT...
FBI Defines FaceApp as Counterintelligence Threat
FaceApp, the AI-powered photo-morphing app that took the internet by storm for its unique features and controversial privacy policy has hit the headlines again.
The FBI recently...
Russia Launches “Disconnect from the Internet” Law
It seems that Russia wants to build its own Internet Firewall platform to monitor internet traffic in the country through government servers. The Russian...
Russian Police detain TipTop Gang that infected 800,000 Android Devices
The Russian Police officials recently arrested members of a cybercrime group, dubbed TipTop Group, who have infected more than 800,000 Android phones with malware...
After US, now UK proposes ban on Kaspersky Labs products
Seems like bad luck Brian is not going to leave Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs anytime soon. After the clamor at the United States...
Same hackers may be behind BadRabbit and NotPetya malware: Security Researchers
Two days after it was reported that a malware called ‘BadRabbit’ targeted Ukraine, Russia, Japan, Turkey, and Bulgaria, security researchers at Cisco’s Talos unit...
NSA hacking code lifted from a personal computer in U.S.: Kaspersky
Moscow-based multinational cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab on October 25 said that it obtained suspected National Security Agency (NSA) hacking code from a personal computer...
