Tag: Russia
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Microsoft Security Blog: New Star Blizzard spear-phishing campaign targets WhatsApp accounts
Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/16/new-star-blizzard-spear-phishing-campaign-targets-whatsapp-accounts/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: New Star Blizzard spear-phishing campaign targets WhatsApp accounts Feedly Summary: In mid-November 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the Russian threat actor we track as Star Blizzard sending their typical targets spear-phishing messages, this time offering the supposed opportunity to join a WhatsApp group. This is the first…
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Hacker News: Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/how-cryptocurrency-turns-to-cash-in-russian-banks/ Source: Hacker News Title: Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the emergence of a Canadian financial firm as a payment processor for Russian cryptocurrency exchanges, implicating it in facilitating cybercrime services targeted at Russian-speaking customers. This raises significant concerns…
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Slashdot: Trump Revokes Biden Executive Order On Addressing AI Risks
Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/21/0514231/trump-revokes-biden-executive-order-on-addressing-ai-risks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Trump Revokes Biden Executive Order On Addressing AI Risks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the revocation of an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump that was aimed at regulating the risks posed by artificial intelligence. This order, initiated by Joe Biden, required…
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The Register: Hackers game out infowar against China with the US Navy
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/20/china_taiwan_wargames/ Source: The Register Title: Hackers game out infowar against China with the US Navy Feedly Summary: Taipei invites infosec bods to come and play on its home turf Picture this: It’s 2030 and China’s furious with Taiwan after the island applies to the UN to be recognized as an independent state. After…
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The Register: CISA: Wow, that election had a lot of foreign trolling. Trump’s Homeland Sec pick: And that’s none of your concern
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/18/cisa_election_security_isnt_political/ Source: The Register Title: CISA: Wow, that election had a lot of foreign trolling. Trump’s Homeland Sec pick: And that’s none of your concern Feedly Summary: Cyber agency too ‘far off mission,’ says incoming boss Kristi Noem America’s lead cybersecurity agency on Friday made one final scream into the impending truth void…
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The Register: Biden signs sweeping cybersecurity order, just in time for Trump to gut it
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/biden_cybersecurity_eo/ Source: The Register Title: Biden signs sweeping cybersecurity order, just in time for Trump to gut it Feedly Summary: Ransomware, AI, secure software, digital IDs – there’s something for everyone in the presidential directive Analysis Joe Biden, in the final days of his US presidency, issued another cybersecurity order that is nearly…
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The Register: Russia’s Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/russia_star_blizzard_whatsapp/ Source: The Register Title: Russia’s Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts Feedly Summary: FSB cyberspies venture into a new app for espionage, Microsoft says Star Blizzard, a prolific phishing crew backed by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), conducted a new campaign aiming to compromise WhatsApp accounts and gain access…
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Slashdot: A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More
Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/16/1654242/a-new-jam-packed-biden-executive-order-tackles-cybersecurity-ai-and-more?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a comprehensive cybersecurity executive order issued by U.S. President Joe Biden, which emphasizes necessary improvements in AI usage, software security practices, and government network monitoring. This initiative…