While Russia is fighting a physical war on the ground against Ukraine, advanced persistent threat (APT) groups affiliated with or backing Vladimir Putin’s government are ramping up phishing and other attacks against Ukrainian and European targets in cyberspace, Google is warning. Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) have seen an

A new multi-agency alert warns U.S. defense and intelligence contractors that Russia is engaging in cyber attacks to gain access to top secret technology programs. The alert was issued jointly by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on February 16, 2022 and covers an observation period of January 2020 through February 2022.

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“Hackers impersonated State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert and another official, Susan Stevenson, as part of an effort to target hundreds of people in U.S. law enforcement and defense and law enforcement agencies, according to cybersecurity research firm FireEye Inc. The hackers are likely connected to Russian intelligence services, FireEye wrote

“Microsoft Corp. has detected and seized web domains created by cyber-attackers linked to the Russian military, in a potential attempt to manipulate and disrupt the U.S. midterm elections. The shadowy group, known as Strontium, created domains that mimicked organizations such as the International Republican Institute and Hudson Institute so intended

A state-backed Russian hacking group that targeted the Ukrainian power grid is now “targeting a Swiss laboratory that’s helping investigators solve the March poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in London. Called Sandworm, the group has been trying to phish employees of Switzerland’s Spiez Laboratory, a chemical-and biological-weapons facility that

The US has imposed additional sanctions on Russia in response to recent cyberattacks including the VPNFilter malware which infected over half a million home and small business routers. The action includes the designation of five Russian entities and three Russian individuals pursuant to E.O. 13694, as amended, as well as

While hosting a delegation from France, Putin advised that to prevent cyber attacks, nations will have to establish international norms prohibiting such behavior. “This is what I can say about cyberattacks or war of words in the press and other issues. Action always causes reaction. Always. If one does not