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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]
CYBER4d agoRussia’s Digital Development Ministry proposes placing strategically important data centers underground or in bunkersRussia’s Digital Development Ministry has approved recommendations for protecting data centers from drone attacks and other aerial threats, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported, citing a document it had reviewed.Meduza [en]
CYBER6d agoFor weeks, deepfake celebrities have been telling Americans not to vote for Democrats in the midterm elections. U.S. intelligence says Russia is behind it.Meduza [en]
CYBER6d agoUkraine hits Russian data centres in blow to Moscow's AI capabilitiesEuroNews [en]
CYBER6d agoFSB orders Russian critical infrastructure websites taken offline over PHP vulnerabilitiesMeduza [en]
CYBER6d agoRussian-Linked Hackers Used New Mesh Network Backdoor in Destructive Ukraine AttackThe Hacker News
CYBERBREAKINGOct 22Two critical PHP vulnerabilities threaten websites worldwide. Here’s why Russia, where the language powers more than 90% of sites, faces particularly high risks.Meduza [en]
CYBEROct 22Covert Russian Group Targets James Talarico With Baseless Claims in Texas Senate RaceNYT US
CYBEROct 22Russia and Iran are making copycats of China’s Great FirewallThe repressive leaders of Iran and Russia seek to carve their people off from the global internet to maintain their hold on power.The Hill
CYBEROct 21In run-up to mass protests and riots, pro-Russian accounts amplified French anger, NGO findsResearch carried out by the Alliance4Europe NGO suggests that pro-Russian networks manipulated information online in an effort to exacerbate anger in France ahead of last weekend's massive protests and subsequent unrest. After analysing more than half a million posts across various social media platforms, the group says it was able to track the campaign back to the start of September. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Omri Preiss, Managing Director at the Alliance4Europe.France 24 [en]
CYBEROct 20Data center attacked overnight in Russian-occupied DonetskUkrinform [en]
CYBEROct 20Russian retailers seek emergency operating rules for outages following data center attacks, plus permission to store data in ‘friendly’ countriesRussian retailers want a special legal regime that would take effect during mass outages in state information systems, known as GIS, according to the Russian business daily Kommersant. The proposal appears in a letter that the Association of Internet Trade Companies, or AKIT, sent to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.Meduza [en]
CYBEROct 20Russians feel impact as Ukraine hits data centers – NBC4 Washingtonnbcwashington.com · United States
CYBEROct 19Russians locked out of bank accounts and apartments as Ukraine hits data centersNBC News
CYBEROct 18Ukraine targets Russia Google as the internet becomes a new front line – WTOP NewsUkraine is targeting Russia's Google, indicating that the internet has become a significant new front line in the ongoing conflict. This suggests an escalation in cyber warfare tactics between the two nations.wtop.com · United States
CYBEROct 16Russian intelligence may have hired a Turkish crime gang to set fire to a Starlink ground station in Poland, Spiegel reportsMeduza [en]
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