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Russian FSB Targets US and UK Politicians in Sneaky Spear-Phish Plan

TA446’s new TTPs: “Star Blizzard” FSB team called out by Five Eyes governments (again) ...

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Actions Target Russian Govt. Botnet, Hydra Dark Market

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in ...

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Adventures in Contacting the Russian FSB

BrianKrebs | June 7, 2021 | A Little Sunshine, BadB, C++, CryptoPro, FBI, Federal Security Service, FSB, GOST, Lance James, Treasury Department, Unit221B, VirusTotal, Vladislav Horohorin, Yandex

KrebsOnSecurity recently had occasion to contact the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In the process of doing so, I encountered a ...

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Russians Shut Down Huge Card Fraud Ring

BrianKrebs | March 26, 2020 | A Little Sunshine, Alexey Stroganov, Andrey Sporov, BingoDumps, BTE-e, DumpsKindgom, Federal Security Service, Flint, Flint24, FSB, Gabrik, GoldenDumps, HoneyMoney, HustleBank, Intel 471, Know Your Customer, KYC, MrWhite, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Trust Your Client, TYC

Federal investigators in Russia have charged at least 25 people accused of operating a sprawling international credit card theft ring. Cybersecurity experts say the raid included the charging of a major carding ...

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