A former L3Harris executive pleads guilty in a US district court to selling eight zero-day exploits to a Russian broker in exchange for millions of dollars
* “at least eight sensitive and protected cyber-exploit components” illegally sold to “a Russian cyber-tools broker” (for ~$1.3m). Obviously at a huge discount, bc super illegal — But separately “[...
Tass: the Russian government bans crypto mining in 10 regions from January 1 to March 15, 2031, citing power consumption, after legalizing mining in July 2024
Temporary bans may be imposed in other regions during peak energy demand, Tass reported — What to know:
Vodka maker Stoli says an August 2024 ransomware attack contributed to the bankruptcy filing of its US arm, amid its ongoing issues with the Russian government
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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner says China-linked Salt Typhoon group listened to phone calls and read texts by hacking US telecom networks
https://www.nytimes.com/... Bluesky: @anarcish.bsky.social : For the entire history of information technology security experts have warned that once you make a back door to allow the government to leg...
The US and allies reveal that hacker group Cadet Blizzard is part of Russia's GRU Unit 29155, which is responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and more
There has been a lot of talk this week about Putin paying “useful idiots” to spread his propaganda. … X: @dojnatsec : Five Russian GRU Officers and One Civilian Charged for Conspiring to Hack Ukrainia...
The US DOJ seizes 32 domains used in Russian influence campaigns, as part of efforts to tackle Russian efforts to influence the 2024 US presidential election
The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of actions to tackle a major Russian government-backed effort to influence …
Google says Russia-linked APT29 is using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” to those previously made by spyware makers Intellexa and NSO Group
«Russian government hackers found using #exploits made by spyware companies NSO and Intellexa: … Frederic Jacobs / @fj@mastodon.social : “Our latest n-day exploit reporting shows that in an attack on ...
Google says Russia-linked APT29 is using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” to those previously made by spyware makers Intellexa and NSO Group
Google says it has evidence that Russian government hackers are using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” …
Microsoft says Russian state-sponsored hackers Midnight Blizzard accessed some of its “source code repositories and internal systems” following the January hack
and the Attack Isn't Over Pranav Dixit / Business Today : Microsoft discloses source code theft by Russian hackers Michael Kan / PCMag : Microsoft: Russian Hackers Accessed Company Source Code Jak Con...
Microsoft researchers: Russia-linked hackers are behind “highly targeted” social engineering attacks affecting fewer than 40 global organizations since late May
A Russian government-linked hacking group took aim at dozens of global organizations with a campaign …