Operation HumanitarianBait Uses Fake Aid Documents to Deploy Python Spyware

Operation HumanitarianBait uses fake aid documents, GitHub-hosted payloads, and Python spyware to target Russian-speaking victims...

DoJ Indicts Three Russians for Operating Crypto Mixers Used in Cybercrime Laundering

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Friday indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in operating the cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io. Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik were arrested on December 1, 2024, in coordination wi...

U.S. Sanctions Russians Behind 'Doppelganger' Cyber Influence Campaign

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC on Wednesday announced sanctions against two 46-year-old Russian nationals and the respective companies they own for engaging in cyber influence operations. Ilya Andreevich Gambashidze Gambashidze, the founder of the Moscow-base...

Russian Pair Charged with JFK Airport Taxi System Hack for Over 2 Years

By Waqas A cybersecurity incident apparently involving collaboration between Russians and Americans... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Pair Charged with JFK Airport Taxi System Hack for Over 2 Years...

2 Russians charged in Mt. Gox Bitcoin heist and BTC-e money laundering

By Habiba Rashid Accused individuals allegedly conspired to launder around 647,000 stolen Bitcoins from Mt. Gox, leading to its collapse. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 2 Russians charged in Mt. Gox Bitcoin heist and BTC-e money laundering...

Russians Hacked JFK Airport Taxi Dispatch in Line-Skipping Scheme

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Personal Data of Tens of Millions of Russians and Ukrainians Exposed Online

By Waqas The trove of data was leaked due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch server and in total it stored 870… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Personal Data of Tens of Millions of Russians and Ukrainians Exposed Online...

CIA Wants Russians to Share Secret Info with the Agency via its Darknet Site

By Waqas CIA’s darknet website will be accessible to Russians through the Tor internet browser. The Central Intelligence Agency CIA… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CIA Wants Russians to Share Secret Info with the Agency via its Darknet Site...

AirTags Are Used for Stalking Far More than Previously Reported

Ever since Apple introduced AirTags, security people have warned that they could be used for stalking. But while there have been a bunch of anecdotal stories, this is the first vaguely scientific survey: Motherboard requested records mentioning AirTags in a recent eight month period from dozens o...

US Dept of Justice steps up legal action against crypto crime

By Uzair Amir Just last month, the department revealed it had arrested two Malaysian and sanctioned two Russians over two separate cases of crypto crime. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US Dept of Justice steps up legal action against crypto crime...

Leaky database exposes tax records of 20 million Russians

By Sudais According to a report by Comparitech, more than 20 million tax records were found on an unprotected Amazon Web Services AWS Elasticsearch Cluste This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Leaky database exposes tax records of 20 million Russians...

Facebook Will Verify the Physical Location of Ad Buyers with Paper Postcards

It's not a great solution, but it's something: The process of using postcards containing a specific code will be required for advertising that mentions a specific candidate running for a federal office, Katie Harbath, Facebook's global director of policy programs, said. The requirement will not...

HP Shared ArcSight Source Code with Russians

Reuters is reporting that HP Enterprise gave the Russians a copy of the ArcSight source code. The article highlights that ArcSight is used by the Pentagon to protect classified networks, but the security risks are much broader. Any weaknesses the Russians discover could be used against any ArcSig...

Bicololo malware spreading via 404 Error targeting Russians

A Trojan that attacks Russian Internet users using a new trick to spread itself. Known as "Bicololo" was first discovered in October 2012 and specially designed to steal login credentials from users. For this, the malware modify the system Hosts file i.e etc/hosts to host perfect phishing sites v...

Bicololo malware spreading via 404 Error targeting Russians

A Trojan that attacks Russian Internet users using a new trick to spread itself. Known as "Bicololo" was first discovered in October 2012 and specially designed to steal login credentials from users. For this, the malware modify the system Hosts file i.e etc/hosts to host perfect phishing sites v...