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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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?
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 ...
Following Putin Order, FSB Cracks Down on Russian Credit Card Marketplaces
Earlier this week I was chatting with one of the top experts on Russian Cybercrime (who has asked to remain anonymous here). We were discussing the news that was released on 24MAR2020 ...
Russians Shut Down Huge Card Fraud Ring
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 ...
Russia Fronton Tool ‘Will Take Down Entire Countries’
Digital Revolution has dumped a trove of documents showing Putin’s FSB commissioned a powerful DDoS tool ...
Russia Cracks Tor? Hackers Dump 7.5TB of FSB Secrets
Russia’s notorious federal security service, the FSB, has a secret project to de-anonymize Tor. Big news or nothing to see here? ...
Russia Imprisoning Sources Associated With U.S. Election Meddling
For those keeping score, the Russian Federation has been sending Russian intelligence officers to prison at a rapid clip. These officers were active in counterintelligence cyberoperations within the Russian Federation and are ...
