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Ransomware

Armenia Grabs Russian Tourist at Yerevan Airport on U.S. REvil Warrant

Aleksandr Ermakov has sat in an Armenian detention center since June 28. His lawyers say the FBI has the wrong man.

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Threat Intelligence

Russian Spies Are Testing Australia's Unlocked Doors

Australia's top signals agency has joined two dozen allied governments to warn that hackers working for Russian intelligence are quietly breaking into poorly secured network devices across critical industries worldwide.

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Policy & Regulation

Europe's Cyber Threat Picture Looks Nothing Like America's. The Numbers Prove It.

Business email scams hit 81% of reported incidents in Germany and the Benelux region. Europe absorbs nearly half of all global denial-of-service attacks. A new wave of ransomware gangs is arriving. The regulatory rulebook is entirely different, too.

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Ransomware

US charges three Russians behind 'bulletproof' hosting service used by LockBit and Play ransomware

Federal prosecutors say Media Land and ML.Cloud rented servers to ransomware crews that caused more than $62 million in damage across 21 US states.

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Threat Intelligence

EU, UK and France Sanction Russia Over Coordinated Hacking and Sabotage Campaign Across Europe

France summoned Russia's ambassador on Monday after European governments accused the FSB, Russia's main intelligence service, of running a campaign to spy on and disrupt critical infrastructure across more than a dozen countries.

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Threat Intelligence

Russian Spies Are Breaking Into the World's Routers. The Password Is Often Still 'Admin'.

A joint advisory from the US, UK, and a dozen allied nations warns that Russian FSB hackers have spent years walking into critical infrastructure networks through the digital equivalent of an unlocked front door.

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Policy & Regulation

EU and UK Hit Russian Spy Hackers With Joint Sanctions

Brussels and London name GRU and FSB officers behind years of cyberattacks on European power grids, government networks and elections.

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Policy & Regulation

EU Sanctions Russian Intelligence Officers Over Years-Long Cyber Spying and Sabotage Campaign

Brussels has placed travel bans and asset freezes on individuals tied to a Russian-linked network accused of spying on European governments and attacking critical infrastructure.

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Threat Intelligence

Russian FSB hackers are quietly hijacking routers at hospitals, power firms and banks, nine countries warn

A joint advisory from the US, UK, Australia and six allies names FSB Centre 16 as the group scanning the internet for routers with weak passwords and old Cisco flaws.

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Threat Intelligence

Your Business Is Already a Wartime Target. Here Is What to Do About It.

Nation-states attacking private companies is not a future risk. It happened at scale in 2017 and the conditions that made it possible have only grown more complicated since.

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Threat Intelligence

Spanish police arrest suspected helper of pro-Russian hacking crews

The man in Palencia allegedly helped a Ukrainian hacker flee toward Russia and supported groups linked to attacks on U.S. water and energy sites.

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Threat Intelligence

Iran, Russia, and China Have Been Quietly Attacking Water Systems — and the Door Was Usually Left Unlocked

A new threat-intelligence report finds three governments targeting water and wastewater infrastructure, not primarily to poison anyone, but to cause fear, probe weaknesses, and pre-position for future conflict. The tools they're using are embarrassingly basic.

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Threat Intelligence

US warns Russian spies are still hunting your WhatsApp and Signal accounts

CISA and the FBI say Russian intelligence officers are running fresh phishing campaigns to hijack accounts on messaging apps used by journalists, officials and activists.

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Threat Intelligence

SSU, FBI Detail Russian Phishing Op Targeting Signal and Telegram Accounts

Ukrainian counterintelligence says GRU and FSB-linked operators ran fake tech-support flows against officials' messengers across Ukraine, Europe, and the U.S.

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Threat Intelligence

Russia's Signal Phishing Now Targets the Backup Recovery Key — and the Key Doesn't Expire

An FBI/CISA update says GRU-linked operators are coaxing victims into surrendering their Signal Backup Recovery Key, which yields full message history and durable account access.

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