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CYBER3h agoAs Russia's Cyberwar Evolves, Belarus Steps ForwardDark Reading
CYBER17h agoRussia still hasn’t found an effective way to curb VPNs. Now officials are considering limits on all foreign internet traffic.On October 27, Forbes reported that Russia’s Digital Development Ministry is considering routing all foreign internet traffic through TSPU filtering equipment (TSPU is the Russian acronym for “technical means of countering threats”), effectively separating the Russian internet from the global internet at a technical level.Meduza [en]
CYBER18h agoClaude users say their accounts were banned after verification showed a Russian passportUsers of the Claude chatbot say Anthropic, the service’s developer, has blocked their accounts after they completed identity verification using Russian documents. The complaints appeared on Reddit, on X, and on Telegram.Meduza [en]
CYBER1d agoFormer employee of Roskomnadzor, Russia’s internet censorship agency, wrote most of the code for AIVPN, a service designed to bypass government website blocks, The Bell reportsA former Roskomnadzor employee responsible for blocking websites in Russia is now the lead developer of AIVPN, a service that helps users get around such blocks, according to reporting by The Bell’s Maria Kolomychenko.Meduza [en]
CYBERBREAKING1d agoRussia-linked hackers are exploiting poorly secured industrial systems to sabotage factories, utilities, and food production across the West, Bloomberg reportsMeduza [en]
CYBER1d agoTreasury sanctions North Koreans, Russians over IT worker schemeCBS News
CYBER1d agoTreasury sanctions North Koreans, Russians for alleged IT fraudThe Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned 10 individuals and one entity involved in an alleged scheme to defraud American businesses to benefit the North Korean military. The department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned eight North Korean nationals and two Russian nationals, accusing them of facilitating a government-run information technology (IT) scheme to generate…The Hill
CYBER2d agoUkraine has found a way to respond to Russian attacks on data centers, Zelensky saysUkraine has found a way to respond to Russian attacks on data centers and cyberspace, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.Ukrinform [en]
CYBER2d agoRussia’s Digital Development Ministry considers limiting foreign internet traffic for Russian usersRussia’s Digital Development Ministry is discussing a plan to route all traffic from foreign domains through the country’s internet traffic filtering system (TSPU) and limit its volume, Forbes Russia reported. Several sources — including officials at the ministry and people in the IT industry — told the outlet that the measures could be included in a bill overhauling the telecommunications sector.Meduza [en]