Russia
Government Rumor Control, US Hospital Ransomware Threat, Russian Hackers Charged
In episode 145 for November 2nd 2020: Kevin Johnson joins me to discuss the US government’s attempt to prevent disinformation and rumors about the election, a new ransomware threat targeting US hospitals, ...
GRU Agents Indicted for Hacking Multiple Targets
The DoJ has charged six Russians, allegedly working for the GRU, with a huge range of computer crimes ...
This election year, the health of the Union depends on how we safeguard our information
Cybersecurity does not exist in a vacuum and current socio-economic pressures make the United States more vulnerable to cyberattacks of all kinds. With the U.S. presidential election underway, Americans need to take ...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russian Hackers for Stealing $17 Million in Crypto Cash
This week, U.S. authorities sanctioned two Russian nationals for defrauding several cryptocurrency exchanges of a combined $17 million. The duo, who had several other accomplices, used phishing schemes to meet their goals, ...
Election Interference: The Russians Are Back, or They Never Left
Every day brings new revelations on Russia’s strategy of disruption to the west, the United States specifically. As Yogi Berra said, “It is déjà vu all over again”—in December 2017 we wrote ...
Schools Under Cyberattack, Chrome Ad Blocking Update, US Election Interference
In episode 138 for September 14th 2020: School districts under cyber-attack, Google Chrome’s new ad blocking feature, and Microsoft’s latest alert about foreign interference in the 2020 US election. ** Links mentioned ...
Russia, China, Iran Meddle in 2020 Election (Unsurprisingly)
It comes as no surprise to hear that Russia is up to its old tricks. China and Iran are also in on the game ...
Drovorub: Russia Pushing Invisible Malware, say NSA and FBI
Fancy Bear is at it again. This time, it’s said to be infecting Linux machines with Drovorub—rootkit malware that’s very hard to detect ...
‘Russians’ Hack News Websites, Sow Anti-NATO Sentiment
Researchers discover pro-Russian narratives being spread via hacked news websites, aimed at attacking NATO ...
COVID-19 Research and Vaccine Research Targeted by APT29 Group
Organizations from the US, UK and Canada involved in COVID-19 research have been targeted by a hacking group known as APT29. APT, or Advanced Persistent Threat, groups are usually nation-state or state-sponsored ...
