The First Documented Russian Hack in...1981?

Feb 22, 2021 3:45:54 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

I'm reading "Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare" by Thomas Rid and wanted to share this story with you which was new to me! It's warmly ...

Elections In Russia Mean 16 More Years Of Job Security For InfoSec Pros

Jul 2, 2020 8:44:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Russian voters have overwhelmingly backed a ploy by President Vladimir Putin to rule until 2036 in a referendum.

Google Sent 12K Nation-State Phishing Warnings In Three Months

Nov 27, 2019 6:54:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) delivered thousands of alerts of government-backed attempts to spearphish gmail users over just a three-month period earlier this year, they reported.

Russian Secret Weapon Against U.S. 2020 Election Revealed In New Cyberwarfare Report

Sep 26, 2019 7:17:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You may have sensed this, but you need to confront the fact the Planet Earth is an anarchy of nations. The UN is ineffective and thoroughly corrupt. A few good things have come out of it, ...

Exclusive: Russia carried out a 'stunning' breach of FBI communications system, escalating the spy game on U.S. soil

Sep 16, 2019 1:31:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Yahoo came out with some very interesting news: "On Dec. 29, 2016, the Obama administration announced that it was giving nearly three dozen Russian diplomats just 72 hours to leave the ...

Another Major Hack Of Singapore Government By Russian Cyber Criminals

Mar 21, 2019 6:55:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

SINGAPORE Straits Times reported that e-mail log-in information of employees in several government agencies and educational institutions, as well as details of more than 19,000 ...

Now here is something new: Russian Banks Targeted by Sophisticated Phishing Emails

Nov 19, 2018 9:45:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This does not happen too often, and these attackers must be outside of Russia. If hackers inside Russia attack their own country, the FSB is on their doorstep with a SWAT team in no time.

Russian APT Comes Back To Life With New Us Spear-Phishing Campaign

Nov 18, 2018 9:02:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A Russian state-sponsored cyber-espionage group has come back to life after a one-year period of inactivity with a relative large spear-phishing campaign that has targeted both the US ...

That Saudi oil and gas plant that got hacked. You'll never guess who could... OK, it's Russia

Oct 24, 2018 5:18:24 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

FireEye thinks it found the evil genius behind a nasty cyber-infection at a Saudi Oil refinery.

A trio of wealthy Russians made an enemy of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Now they’re all dead.

Oct 11, 2018 4:33:41 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Wall Street Journal just came out with a rather chilling tale. "Nikolai Glushkov—found strangled to death with a dog leash in March—had been the last survivor of three men, once rich ...

[Heads-up] Now In The Wild: New Super Evil Rootkit Survives Even "Nuke From Orbit" And HD Swap

Sep 30, 2018 7:56:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This thing is a nightmare that escaped into daylight. The Russian GRU—aka Fancy Bear—probably was riveted reading the Wikileaks CIA Vault 7 UEFI Rootkit docs (PDF) and built one of these ...

When Russian InfoSec White Hats Go Black

Sep 10, 2018 1:50:29 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This latest story about one specific cybercriminal group shows how even the most trusted of white-hats can give in to the lure of financial profit, following Evgeniy Bogachev who retired ...

[Heads-up] Russian Hackers Widen Their Cyber Attacks Again With Spear Phishing Political Targets

Aug 21, 2018 8:45:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The GRU, the Russian military intelligence spy agency which was responsible for the 2016 election cyber attacks, is at it again and are now targeting the U.S. Senate and conservative ...

Don't Underestimate The Economic Side of Russia's Cyber Warfare

Jun 26, 2018 8:51:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I just ran into an excellent article by Boris Zilberman, deputy director of congressional relations and a Russia analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. It was posted at The ...

What Is The Reason Why The Ransomware Threat Is Not Going Away Any Time Soon?

May 14, 2018 6:58:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It's KnowBe4's general policy to not mix business with politics or religion. However, sometimes geopolitics—which focuses on political power in relation to geographic space—is the only ...

So, How Did Russia Succeed In Hacking Our Energy Systems?

Mar 30, 2018 6:15:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The nightmare scenario is the grid going down and we're all pushed back a 100 years (electricity started around 1880 but only became common in the 1930s). James Conca wrote in Forbes: ...

Cyberheists Linked to Russian Hackers Targets Banks From Moscow to Utah

Dec 11, 2017 6:56:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A previously unknown ring of Russian-speaking hackers has stolen as much as $10 million from U.S. and Russian banks in the last 18 months, according to a Moscow-based cyber-security firm ...

Cyber Warfare in 140 Characters: Social Media Weaponized

Dec 6, 2017 3:00:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

David Patriakos's new book about cyber warfare is a fascinating read. From the back cover: "Modern warfare is a war of narratives, where bullets are fired both physically and virtually. ...

Baffling FBI silence about Russian phishing attacks on US officials

Nov 27, 2017 6:59:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

WASHINGTON – The Associated Press revealed a baffling FBI silence about spear phishing attacks by Russian hackers on US officials like the former head of cybersecurity for the U.S. Air ...

Something funny happened on the way to repealing Net Neutrality rules...

Nov 26, 2017 1:00:51 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Sorry to interrupt your Thanksgiving, but this one has had me laughing all afternoon. You might have seen the news that the Trump-era FCC is planning to repeal the Net Neutrality rules ...

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