A hacker who appears to be acting on behalf of a foreign government, exploiting software provider SolarWinds, FireEye, a US security firm today deploys malware-infected updates to Orion software. He said he infected the network. The FireEye report was released after Reuters, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal reported Continue Reading
ESET’s security experts have found a new malware that Russian cyber-espionage group Turla has been using in carrying out attacks against governments. Turla, which has been active since at least 2006, was recently seen targeting a European government with a combination of backdoors. Called Crutch, the lately recognized backdoor too was found Continue Reading
According to reports, Russia has granted permanent residency to US whistleblower Edward Snowden. Snowden, the former US security contractor who divulged in 2013 that the US government was spying on its citizens, has been living in exile in Russia for almost eight years. However, he has said that he would Continue Reading
Today, the US National Security Agency (NSA) has issued a security alert, warning that a new spell of cyberattacks against email servers, attacks launched by one of Russia’s cutting-edge cyber-spying units. The agency says that a division of the Russian military intelligence service have been targeting email servers running the Continue Reading
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