Russia

Putin: ‘Russian Patriots’, Not Government, Responsible For Foreign Election Cyber Attacks

Vladimir Putin goes on the defensive as fallout from US election continues

7 years ago

WannaCry Wallops Russian Post, Highlighting The Risk Of Legacy IT

Russian Post denies it has been infected despite tip-offs by postal workers

8 years ago

Android Malware Used To Rob Russian Bank Customers

The Cron hacking gang used malicious apps and software to infect a million Android smartphones

8 years ago

Eugene Kaspersky Rejects Russian Government Links, Champions Cybersecurity Skills

Eugene Kaspersky also sees AI as having a role in cyber security, though human level intelligence is a way off

8 years ago

Kaspersky Adamantly Denies Working With Russian Government

The cyber security firm rallies against US government allegations of potential spying

8 years ago

Antitrust Settlement Sees Google Open Android Search In Russia

The deal with Russian regulator FAS will allow manufacturers to pre-install rivals' search and other applications

8 years ago

MPs: Foreign Governments ‘Interfered’ With Brexit Vote

Evidence suggests a DDoS attack was used to take down the voting registration site before the landmark vote

8 years ago

US Dismantles Kelihos Botnet After ‘Spam Kingpin’ Arrest

Russian Pyotr Levashov, suspected of being one of the Internet's biggest spam and malware operators, is arrested in Spain

8 years ago

Two Russian Spies Indicted By US Justice Department For Orchestrating Yahoo Hack

The Kremlin has denied the accusations that FSB agents facilitated one of the largest data breaches in history

8 years ago

GCHQ Warns Political Parties Of Russian Cyber Threat To 2020 General Election

GCHQ warns that Russian tempering during US Presidential election is likely to happen again

8 years ago

RSA Conference 2017 Gets Political Amidst Election Hack Fallout

ANALYSIS: A look at the strong political focus of day one of RSA Conference 2017 in San Francisco

8 years ago

RSA 2017: Microsoft President Calls On World Governments To Join Forces In Cyber Battle

As nation state cyber attacks have grown in prominence, is collaboration the solution?

8 years ago

NCSC: UK Bombarded By State Cyber-Attacks

The UK is hit by dozens of serious threats to national cyber-security each month, says NCSC head Ciaran Martin

8 years ago

Defence Secretary: Putin’s Cyber Attacks Seek To Destabilise West

Defence Secretary Fallon says Russian hackers are targetting critical Western infrastructure

8 years ago

Top Researcher At Kaspersky Lab Arrested By Russian Cops

A top security expert with Kaspersky Lab arrested in connection with treason investigation

8 years ago

Rudy Giuliani Is To Head Donald Trump’s Cybersecurity Taskforce

Former major of New York Giuliani accepts position as leader of Donald Trump's new cybersecurity team

8 years ago

Britain Launches Cyber Security Inquiry

After Russian hacking of US election, the UK launches a national security inquiry into cyber defences

8 years ago

Expect 2017 Cyber-Attacks To Far Surpass 2016 In Damage, Frequency

ANALYSIS: Constant bad news about Russian hacking and the increasing prevalence of ransomware made 2016 an IT security disaster... but…

8 years ago

‘Russian Malware’ Hits US Electric Company As Tensions Rise

A Vermont electric utility found code connected with the alleged Russian hacking campaign on its network

8 years ago

US Expels Russian Diplomats For Cyber Attacks

35 Russian diplomats handed their marching orders by the United States in revenge for cyber attacks

8 years ago

Android Malware Helped Russian Hackers Track Ukrainian Military

Killer malware! Russian malware on Android devices tracked and killed Ukrainian artillery units

8 years ago

Ukraine Probes Kiev Power Grid Cyber Attack

From Russia with love? Ukraine investigates weekend cyber attack on Kiev's power grid

8 years ago

Obama Orders Full Review Of Russia Election ‘Hacking’

The review is to examine government-sponsored hacks going back to 2008

8 years ago

IT Life: Victor Lamburt, CTO Yandex Zen

Yandex Zen CTO discusses challenges to grow the Russian firm internationally, his love of programming and his astrophysicist dream

8 years ago

Russia Investigates Microsoft Over Kaspersky Antitrust Claims

Kaspersky claims Windows 10 makes every effort to deactivate third-party security tools

8 years ago

Russia To Block LinkedIn Access Over ‘Data Protection Violations’

Access to LinkedIn to be blocked within days over violations of Russia's strict data protection laws

8 years ago

Chess Champion Seeks Microsoft Protection From Russian Hackers

Current world chess champion appoints Microsoft to bolster cyber defences ahead of showdown with Putin's lacky

8 years ago

Ukrainian Hackers Claim To Have Breached And Leaked Kremlin Emails

The emails purportedly show Russia could have a plan to carve up pro-Russian parts of Ukraine

8 years ago

Yandex Is The First Russian Tech Firm To Join The CVE

The company wants to be transparent in how it discovers and protects against cyber security flaws

8 years ago