Russia
Russia plans ‘Independent Internet’ by 2018 to launch its own Cyber Attacks
Russian Security Council met in October this year to plan for an “Independent Internet” by 2018 to protect it from global internet disruptions. However, security experts say that this plan could make it easier for the nation to launch its own attacks. A briefing on this issue says that the new internet will cover BRICS […]
Russian Cyber Attack on Kaspersky Software is unreal!
From the past four months, there have been enough reports suggesting Russian government influence on the computer networks of US government agencies through Kaspersky software. The Wall Street Journal was seen quoting two stories in this time frame saying that the Russian government got hold of critical national security info by penetrating into a home […]
Russia Targets White House Computers with Malvertising Malware!
Russia is now facing a new allegation of targeting White House Computers with Malvertising malware. Yes, this piece of news came into light when US Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Rob Joyce warning that the ongoing malvertising campaign could lead to more trouble if it is not contained in […]
Theresa May accuses Russia for conducting Cyber Espionage
For the first time, UK Prime Minister Theresa May has accused Russia for conducting Cyber Espionage on western nations and meddling with their elections. The Prime Minister of Britain added in her statement that Vladimir Putin should also stop planting fake stories in order to sow discord in the west. Speaking at the Lord Mayor’s […]
Russia launched Cyber Attacks to steal Yahoo User data says, Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer, the former Chief Executive of Yahoo Inc, has publicly disclosed that Russia launched cyberattacks on at least one occasion to steal Yahoo User Data. Mrs. Mayer also rendered her apology to all the Yahoo users, as the data theft occurred during her tenure. Testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee, alongside the interim and […]
Russia cyber attacked 195 Trump Web Addresses!
The Associated Press (AP), an American nonprofit news agency of New York has disclosed that more than 195 Trump Web addresses were cyber attacked by a group of hackers from Russia almost 4 years ago. And almost all of them were repaired by the trump’s web admin staff in the last week of October 2017. […]
Obama administration response to Russian Cyber Attack on US Elections 2016
All these days several media resources were seen accusing Trump administration of being silent on Russia’s election interference through cyber attacks. But did anyone think on what the former US President Barack Obama was doing at the time when the conspiracy to push the election results in favor of a specific US Presidential candidate was […]
Russia and Ukraine hit by BadRabbit Ransomware Cyber Attack!
Russia along with Ukraine, Germany, Turkey and some other European nations have been hit by a new wave of Cyber Attack yesterday. Two Russian Cyber Security firms Kaspersky Labs and Group IB have discovered that the attack was carried out with the use of BadRabbit Cryptographic malware which demands 0.05 BTC for decryption. As per […]
Russia found hacking Smart Phones of NATO Troops
According to Wall Street Journal, a group of state-funded hackers from Moscow have launched a campaign against the 4,000 NATO military troops including US soldiers located in Eastern Europe. The plan is to hack into the smartphones of each and every soldier in order to keep a tab on force strength. The post published in […]
North Korea to use Russian internet to carry out Cyber Attacks
North Korea state-funded hackers are now using the internet services of a Russian firm named TransTeleCom from Sunday this week. The plan is to carry out cyberattacks on a large scale by routing traffic to the Russian ISP. In recent years, North Korea and its leader Kim Jong UN has been blamed for cyber attacks […]
