Russia
US intelligence confirms actor 'likely Russian in origin' behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign
The operation appears to be an intelligence gathering effort, rather than an act of cyber warfare, agencies say
US hospitals under 'imminent threat' of ransomware attack, say CISA and the FBI
'Brazen, heartless and disruptive threat actors' deliberately targeting health facilities during the pandemic
Russian-speaking OldGremlin ransomware group targets Russian organisations
The group uses social engineering techniques to infect networks - but is only targetting Russian organisations, for now
US officers arrest Russian national for plotting to attack American firm
Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov allegedly offered an employee at the firm $1 million for help in installing malware onto the company network
Russia accused of trying to hack into Covid-19 vaccine research in the UK, US and Canada
APT29 group is using publicly available exploits to conduct widespread scanning and exploitation against vulnerable systems, NCSC warns
Twitter deletes 170,000 Chinese propaganda accounts, Zoom blocks US-Chinese activists over Tiananmen call
A year ago Twitter was accused of bowing to Chinese pressure, now it's Zoom's turn
Nemty ransomware operators close public ransomware-as-a-service operation and switch to private mode
Victims have one week to purchase decryption keys from operators
Russian authorities arrest 25 for running stolen credit card marketplace
Websites trading in stolen debit and credit cards, as well as personal information, have gone dark following raids last week by the FSB
Russia is spreading Covid-19 disinformation to create panic in Western countries, EU report warns
EU's External Action Service claims to have nearly 80 examples of Russia-linked disinformation since 22nd January
Magecart skimmers ran keyloggers on commerce provider's website for two-and-a-half years
Ecommerce platform compromised by eight different skimmers hosted accounts for a number of high-profile organisations
UK blames Russia's GRU for cyber attacks targeting Georgia
UK accuses Russia of being behind a string of cyber attacks on neighbouring states
Estonian foreign intelligence warns of growing cyber threats from Russia
The intelligence agency says Russian threat actors want to exploit security vulnerabilities and promote pro-Russian interests in foreign countries
ProtonMail and StartMail blocked by Russia
Encrypted email providers say its part of the country's crackdown on digital privacy
Trump administration puts final touches to rules limiting sensitive tech exports to rivals
First batch of rules expected to touch involve just a few technologies, such as quantum computing and AI
$5 million bounty placed on Russian hackers responsible for Dridex banking malware
The FBI and US Department of State have placed a record-breaking bounty on Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev
Russia passes law forcing 'locally produced' software onto people's devices
This is a local internet for local people…
UN passes Russian cyber crime resolution critics say will be used to justify state internet control
Final vote to adopt the resolution in the UN General Assembly will be held next month
Russia dismisses reports accusing Russian hackers of hijacking Iran-linked tools to launch cyber attacks
Russian spokesman describes reports as an attempt to "drive a wedge" between Russia and Iran
Russian hackers hijacked Iranian cyber-attack infrastructure to launch attacks on the UK
Turla, linked to Russia's FSB security agency, hacked Iranian tools and infrastructure to mask its attacks on the UK, US and Middle East
Twenty million Russians have their tax records exposed online
Names, addresses, passport numbers, Tax IDs - the whole lot - exposed on unsecured, unencrypted Elasticsearch cluster
Russia hacked encrypted FBI radio communications
Outdated radio systems used to track agents on US soil believed to have been compromised by an insider
Russian hackers in 2016 cyber attack on Ukraine's power grid intended to damage transmissions stations
The attack that blacked out most of the capital city Kyiv was intended to cause physical damage, claims new report
Russia's new cyber laws will fuel online crime, claims report
Russia's Sovereign Internet law looks to re-model the country's self-contained internet system on China's
New 'highly targeted' mobile malware, dubbed 'Monokle', linked to Russian hackers
Researchers believe the malware was created by STC, a Russian company accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election