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NSA iPhone Backdoor? Apple Avoids Russian Blame Game

“No Ordinary Vulnerability” — Operation Triangulation research uncovers new details of fantastic attack chain ...
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Apple Fixes 0-Days — Russia Says US Used for Spying

Vulns unpatched for FOUR years: ‘Triangulation’ spyware said to use backdoor Apple gave to NSA ...
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At Request of U.S., Russia Rounds Up 14 REvil Ransomware Affiliates

At Request of U.S., Russia Rounds Up 14 REvil Ransomware Affiliates

The Russian government said today it arrested 14 people accused of working for "REvil," a particularly aggressive ransomware group that has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victim organizations. The Russian ...
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Russia’s FSB Arrests REvil Players at US Request

The morning of January 14, 2022, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) issued a statement that announced the demise of the hacker group REvil. The FSB, in a joint effort with the ...
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Russian Cybersecurity Group-IB CEO Arrested for Treason by FSB

The evening of September 28, 2021, the FSB rolled up to the offices of Group-IB in marked vehicles and a full-size passenger bus and raided the company’s Moscow offices. Russian media reports ...
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Adventures in Contacting the Russian FSB

Adventures in Contacting the Russian FSB

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 ...
VMware Flaw a Vector in SolarWinds Breach?

VMware Flaw a Vector in SolarWinds Breach?

U.S. government cybersecurity agencies warned this week that the attackers behind the widespread hacking spree stemming from the compromise at network software firm SolarWinds used weaknesses in other, non-SolarWinds products to attack ...