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Russia to ban sale of devices that don’t come with “Russian software”

November 25, 2019 0 Comments Apple, dns, Government security, government surveillance, Huawei, Mobile, putin, runet, russia, security threats, sovereign internet law

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:31:17 +0000

The Russian Government’s campaign to control how its citizens use the internet seems to be gathering steam.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GmGUPDAdwPA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hacker gets 4 years in jail for NeverQuest banking malware

November 25, 2019 0 Comments banking malware, Botnet, Law & order, lisov, malware, neverquest, russia, russian hacker, security threats, stanislav vitaliyevich lisov, trojan, vawtrak

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:26:05 +0000

The NeverQuest Trojan has been used by cybermuggers to try to weasel millions of dollars out of victims’ bank accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wzl5484w02Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Alleged mastermind behind $20m stolen-card site extradited to US

November 14, 2019 0 Comments aleksei burkov, aleksei yurievich burkov, card shop, carders, carding, cardplanet, data loss, indictment, israel, Law & order, payment cards, PII, russia, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:44:20 +0000

Aleksei Burkov allegedly ran Cardplanet, advertised as the only shop with a guarantee: your stolen card will work, or you get a new one!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/14J8hDIexN0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Russia’s sovereign internet law comes into force

November 4, 2019 0 Comments bgp, censorship, deep packet inspection, dns, dpi, Government security, Law & order, Privacy, russia, sovereign internet law

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 12:45:04 +0000

The new law compels the country’s ISPs to forward all data arriving and departing from their networks through special gateway servers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/twD2GGWkqxs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Undercover reporter tells all after working for a Polish troll farm

November 4, 2019 0 Comments cat@net, disinformation, disinformation campaigns, epr, facebook, fake accounts, fake discussions, fake news, fundacja reporterow, Instagram, internet research agency, investigate europe, IRA, katarzyna pruszkiewicz, kulawa rebelia, macedonia, media monitoring, operation lame rebellion, poland, rebellion on crutches, russia, smear campaigns, Social networks, support campaigns, troll farm, trollery, trolls, twitter, undercover reporter, veles

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 11:58:41 +0000

Together with her troll colleagues, she managed 200 fake social profiles, promoted clients’ products, and trolled their competitors.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/C6Rb8RS3-Z8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook pulls fake news networks linked to Russia and Iran

October 23, 2019 0 Comments 2020 us presidential elections, blmnews, compromised accounts, facebook, fake accounts, fake news, graphika, Instagram, internet research agency, IRA, iraq, liberty front press, nathaniel gleicher, political ads, russia, russian troll army, russian trolls, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:02:15 +0000

It took down four foreign interference campaigns and announced initiatives to prevent foreign interference in US elections.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/kiW_2Z3IoYY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Russian pleads guilty in massive JPMorgan hacking scheme

September 26, 2019 0 Comments andrei tyurin, breach, cyberattacks, data loss, gery shalon, guilty plea, Hacking, joshua samuel aaron, jpmorgan, Law & order, pump and dump, russia, securities fraud, security threats, ziv orenstein

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:27:06 +0000

Andrei Tyurin is the first to be convicted in one of the largest thefts of customer data from a single US financial institution in history.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tqRY012oxXA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US Treasury targets North Korean hacking groups

September 17, 2019 0 Comments andariel, bluenoroff, dprk, Government security, Hackers, Law & order, lazarus group, north korea, north korean hackers, ofac, office of foreign assets control, reconnaissance general bureau, rgb, russia, security threats, us department of justice

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:49:50 +0000

The US has formally sanctioned the Lazarus Group and offshoots Bluenoroff and Andariel, which are allegedly acting on behalf of the DPRK.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8GcM-gDnzJI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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The Silence hacking crew grows louder

August 22, 2019 0 Comments atm fraud, Hacking, Law & order, malware, phishing, russia, russian hackers, security threats, Silence crew

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:32:26 +0000

The hacking group, which specialises in stealing from banks, has been spreading its coverage and becoming more sophisticated.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/harEaJXHeBo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Russia targeted all 50 states in 2016 election, Senate report says

July 29, 2019 0 Comments 2016 US presidential election, data loss, Denial of Service, election tampering, espionage, Government security, identity theft, Law & order, phishing, russia, spear phishing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:57:11 +0000

The Senate Intelligence Committee doesn’t know what Moscow’s intentions are, but Robert Mueller says they’re still at it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UJz1p2vRAoU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>