The FBI and the US Department of Justice have neutralized a malicious virus that the Russian FSB used to steal confidential documents from hundreds of computer systems in at least 50 countries. Sophisticated malware called "Snake" attacked peer-to-peer networks of computers. Thanks to FBI Operation MEDUSA…
Despite many analysts' predictions, Russia failed to destroy Ukraine's computer systems with a massive cyberattack during this year's invasion. One of the reasons for this failure of the Russian Federation may be the work of a little-known unit of the US military hunting opponents on the Internet, according to the BBC.
The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information about Russian military intelligence officers who are involved in malicious cyber activities against critical U.S. infrastructure. RFJ is requesting information on six officers from the Main Intelligence Directorate…
The hacker group Anonymous has declared cyber war on Russia in response to its attack on Ukraine. About who Anonymous are and what interest they have in taking the side of Ukraine, Cybernews reports. Now they are easy to distinguish by a white mask with ...
The European Central Bank is preparing banks for a possible Russian-sponsored cyberattack as tensions with Ukraine rise, REUTERS reported. The standoff between Russia and Ukraine has alarmed European political and business leaders, who fear an invasion that would harm the entire region. Now…
The world's largest meat processing company has undergone a sophisticated cyberattack. JBS's computer networks were hacked, temporarily shutting down some businesses in Australia, Canada and the United States, affecting thousands of workers, the BBC reported. The company believes that the ransomware attack ...
US intelligence agencies made a joint statement on the investigation of the recent large-scale cyberattack Sunburst, during which hackers gained access to the data of several US departments. According to the intelligence services, this attack was aimed at collecting intelligence, and, in all likelihood, Russia is behind it ...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview that Russia was behind the massive Sunburst cyberattack. During this attack, hackers gained access to data from the Departments of the Interior, Defense, Homeland Security and other US departments. The BBC writes about this. "We can quite...
On Monday, October 19, the US Department of Justice announced the transfer to court of the case of six Russian GRU officers accused of participating in a series of hacking operations and deploying malware to attack infrastructure of other countries, elections and other actions, ...
The Foreign Ministries of Great Britain, the United States and Georgia have accused the intelligence unit of the Russian armed forces, known as the GRU, of a large-scale cyberattack on Georgian websites, including the presidential administration, government, courts and TV channels, BBC reports. Moscow through the mouth of Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei ...