Russia
Russian cyber attack on US mobile customers
From the afternoon hours of Tuesday, thousands of mobile users in United States received spam text from their phone numbers. And telecom company Verizon Wireless was forced to issue a public statement that some threat actors might have taken control of its servers to send spam to its users and diverting them to Russian state […]
Russian cybercriminals are finding it hard to make a living
As the United States, along with its allies, imposed sanctions on Russia for waging a war on Ukraine, information is out that cybercriminals operating in the Putin-led nation are finding it hard to make a living. All these days, cyber crooks were seen duping the public by posting scam-related ads on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. […]
US accuses four Russian Government Officials for launching Cyber Attacks
United States Justice Department has accused four Russian government officials for launching cyber attacks on the critical infrastructure of the Joe Biden led nation between 2012 to 2018. The accused were named in two separate hacking incidents and evidence proved them as guilty in DragonFly cyber attack affecting thousands of computers in about 135 countries. […]
Cryptocurrency stealing malware in disguise of Russia DDoS tool
From the past few days, a DDoS tool dubbed ‘Phoenix’ is doing rounds on the internet claiming to support Ukraine and useful to launch a denial of service attack on the IT Infrastructure of Russia. But in reality, it is a tool that instead steals cryptocurrency from the downloaded device and acts as a data […]
Moscow denies possible cyber attacks on United States and Banditry rumors
From the past two days, speculations are rife that Russia could launch a possible cyber attack on the critical infrastructure of various companies, including those operating in the technology sector. Kremlin reacted to the news in the late hours of Tuesday and rejected the claims made by the President Joe Biden that Putin was preparing […]
Satellite jamming by Russia leads to aircraft rerouting in Europe
Unconfirmed sources from EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) state that Russia has started influencing satellites that is showing a direct impact on the aviation industry as several aircraft had to be rerouted while in Eastern Finland, the Black Sea, eastern Mediterranean, and Kaliningrad. Such instances started on February 28th this year and could be an […]
Russia facing severe IT crisis with data storage, cyber security and other software issues
With strict sanctions placed on Russia, crisis related to Information Technology are rising in the Putin governed region. Highly placed sources report that the issue started when many of the American cloud service providers suspended their business in the said region and the list includes companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google and some other firms related […]
Russia might take help of ransomware payments to fund Ukraine war costs
Russian war has entered its third week and the leader of the nation seems to be in no mood to give up. However, reports are in that Putin is finding it hard to break the resistance of Ukrainians and is falling short of finances, fuel, water and food supplies essential to keep his military units […]
There is no proof of a Russian TV hack
Right from the day the war started between Russia and Ukraine, many news resources were seen publishing many reports on several topics. It includes reports linked to oil imports, sanctions, trade ban, export of agricultural produce to the Putin-led nation. One such buzz that has been trending for the past two days is related to […]
Microsoft to stop Windows security updates in Russia
As Russian President Putin is in a mindset of finishing the war only after he takes control of all Ukrainian cities, tech companies from America are announcing their retaliation backed business withdrawals in the said region, in compliance with the government sanctions First, it was Nike, followed by furniture Store Ikea that announced yesterday that […]
