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Hacking group Anonymous declares Cyber War on Russia
As the Russia war on Ukraine is heavily trending on Google, here’s a news piece that’s related and might be of interest. Hacking Group Anonymous has declared a cyber war against Russia on Twitter and claimed their latest victim by disrupting the services of Russian Government News Resource RT. The team of hackers made an […]
Russia steals information from US Defense Contractors
A high alert raised by FBI, NSA and CISA on a joint note says that some government backed hackers are busy stealing confidential information from defense contractors and the campaign to steal intelligence is going from January 2020. Surprisingly, the stolen information also includes details about weaponry, sophistication in missile development, Warcraft designs, logistics, data […]
Russia withdraws troops from Ukraine only to lodge cyber war
Russia announced on Tuesday that it is going to withdraw troops from the borders of Ukraine hinting that it is planning negotiations, as war can lead to economic and human loss on both sides. However, just within hours of its announcement, the Putin led nation seems to have launched a hybrid war in the form […]
Russia acts swiftly to nab SkyFraud Credit Card Data stealing Cyber Criminals
Many might think that Russia is busy spitting havoc on Ukraine by launching a hybrid warfare that includes cyber attacks and fake bomb scares. But this is not the only thing the Putin led nation is capable of. In early last week, the Russian authorities announced a crackdown on SkyFraud website that helps cyber criminals […]
Banks in US and Europe put on high cyber attack alert
Russia is all set to launch a war against Ukraine and from the past couple of weeks is busy preparing itself to corner the said nation from all spheres. The Putin led nation also issued an informal alert to Europe and United States that if they support Ukraine, then they should be ready to face […]
Russian cyber attack on Ukraine downs government websites
A few hours ago, Ukraine government’s critical websites were hit by a cyber attack, blocking access to thousands of users from the past 6 hours. Reports are in that the most affected were the embassy websites belonging to UK, US and Swedish operating in Ukraine pointing the suspicion finger towards Russia. From the past 5-6 […]
Russia slaps $100m fine on Google America
Google, the American web search giant, was technically penalized $100m by Russian government for failing to adhere to its state prevailing laws. Sources state that the Putin led government decided to impose a hefty fine on Google, as it failed to remove the content that was deemed to be inappropriate to Russian web service seekers. […]
UK witnesses an increase in ransomware attacks from Russia
UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released a press update stating that it has witnessed a surge in ransomware attacks from Russia over the last year. The British Cybersecurity Agency adds it has witnessed a record number of 777 cyber incidents throughout 2020, with most targeting the servers related to Corona virus vaccine research […]
Microsoft says Russia indulged in 58% of state funded cyber attacks last year
Microsoft has made a recent study and discovered that Russia indulged in over 58% of state funded attacks last year with China’s responsibility detected less that 10%. The tech giant also concluded that the threat actors from the Putin nation mostly targeted IT infrastructure based in United States followed by Ukraine, Britain and European NATO […]
Russia Yandex servers hit by DDoS Cyber Attack
A distributed denial of service attack has targeted Yandex, an internet company based in Russia. News is out that this was not the first time that the incident took place. It started in the first week of August and continued till the second week of this September. Cybersecurity Insiders learnt from its sources that the […]
