Vladimir Putin
Prisoner Swap: Huge Russian Hackers Freed — Seleznev and Klyushin
Pragmatic politics: Anger as Putin gets back two notorious cybercriminals ...
Russian Hackers Target Ukraine Via A Disinformation Campaign
Disinformation campaigns play an important role in cyber warfare, and this is exactly what Russian hackers target Ukraine. After waging war on Ukraine on land, Russia is attacking the East European country ...
Russia Hit by New ‘CryWiper’ — Fake Ransomware
A new wiper malware is destroying data on Russian government PCs. Dubbed CryWiper, it pretends to be ransomware ...
Putin’s ‘Victory Parade’ TV Show Hacked: ‘Blood on Your Hands’
Ukrainian hackers and their friends continue to pummel Russian computers. “Hundreds of millions of documents” are being leaked. And today, Putin’s famous Victory Parade has been marred by hackers ...
Lawmakers Probe Early Release of Top RU Cybercrook
Aleksei Burkov, a cybercriminal who long operated two of Russia's most exclusive underground hacking forums, was arrested in 2015 by Israeli authorities. The Russian government fought Burkov's extradition to the U.S. for ...
At Request of U.S., Russia Rounds Up 14 REvil Ransomware Affiliates
The Russian government said today it arrested 14 people accused of working for "REvil," a particularly aggressive ransomware group that has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victim organizations. The Russian ...
Russian Cybercrime Boss Burkov Gets 9 Years
A well-connected Russian hacker once described as “an asset of supreme importance” to Moscow was sentenced on Friday to nine years in a U.S. prison after pleading guilty to running a site ...
Russian Cybercrime Boss Burkov Pleads Guilty
Aleksei Burkov, an ultra-connected Russian hacker once described as "an asset of supreme importance" to Moscow, has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to running a site that sold stolen payment card ...
Monday, July 16: Dtex, Insider Threat News: Privileged User Dents Apple Self-Driving Car Program; DOJ Says Russia Hacked Clinton Campaign, Issues Indictments Against Spies
Last week, Apple found out it had an insider threat active in its ranks. It was the type of insider that Dtex and the industry commonly refers to as a “leaver." In ...