Three Russian-German Nationals Charged with Espionage for Russian Secret Service German prosecutors have charged three Russian-German nationals for acting as secret service agents for Russia. The individuals, named Dieter S., Alexander J., and Alex D., have been accused of working for a foreign secret service. Dieter S. is also alleged Read more…
Iranian and Russian Entities Sanctioned for Election Interference Using AI and Cyber Tactics The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday leveled sanctions against two entities in Iran and Russia for their attempts to interfere with the November 2024 presidential election. The federal agency said the Read more…
Ukrainian Minors Recruited for Cyber Ops and Reconnaissance in Russian Airstrikes The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU or SSU) has exposed a novel espionage campaign suspected to be orchestrated by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that involves recruiting Ukrainian minors for criminal activities under the guise of “quest games.” Law Read more…
Romania Cancels Presidential Election Results After Alleged Russian Meddling on TikTok In a historic decision, Romania’s constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election amid allegations of Russian interference. As a result, the second round vote, which was scheduled for December 8, Read more…
FSB Uses Trojan App to Monitor Russian Programmer Accused of Supporting Ukraine A Russian programmer accused of donating money to Ukraine had his Android device secretly implanted with spyware by the Federal Security Service (FSB) after he was detained earlier this year. The findings come as part of a collaborative Read more…
NCA Busts Russian Crypto Networks Laundering Funds and Evading Sanctions The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Wednesday announced that it led an international investigation to disrupt Russian money laundering networks that were found to facilitate serious and organized crime across the U.K., the Middle East, Russia, and South America. Read more…
North Korean Kimsuky Hackers Use Russian Email Addresses for Credential Theft Attacks The North Korea-aligned threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a series of phishing attacks that involve sending email messages that originate from Russian sender addresses to ultimately conduct credential theft. “Phishing emails were sent mainly Read more…
Wanted Russian Cybercriminal Linked to Hive and LockBit Ransomware Has Been Arrested A Russian cybercriminal wanted in the U.S. in connection with LockBit and Hive ransomware operations has been arrested by law enforcement authorities in the country. According to a news report from Russian media outlet RIA Novosti, Mikhail Pavlovich Read more…
Russian Hackers Deploy HATVIBE and CHERRYSPY Malware Across Europe and Asia Threat actors with ties to Russia have been linked to a cyber espionage campaign aimed at organizations in Central Asia, East Asia, and Europe. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, which has assigned the activity cluster the name TAG-110, said it Read more…
Russian spies using remote desktop protocol files to phish • The Register Microsoft says a mass phishing campaign by Russia’s foreign intelligence services (SVR) is now in its second week, and the spies are using a novel info-gathering technique. First spotted on October 22, Microsoft said in a report published Read more…