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Malicious Software Used by Russian Spies Sabotaged by FBI
The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, US authorities said on Tuesday, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two cyber superpowers. Senior law enforcement officials said FBI technical experts had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia's FSB security service against an undisclosed ...
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SolarWinds Hackers Linked to Known Russian Spying Tools, Kaspersky Investigators Say
The group behind the global SolarWinds cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously used by suspected Russian hackers, researchers said.
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Hacker Gets 5 Years for Russian-Linked Yahoo Security Breach
A young computer hacker who prosecutors say unwittingly worked with a Russian spy agency was sentenced to five years in prison.
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US, British Governments Warn Businesses Worldwide of Russian Campaign to Hack Routers
Russia is accused of conducting a massive campaign to compromise computer routers and firewalls around the world - from home offices to Internet providers - for espionage and possibly sabotage purposes.
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Nuclear Scientists Logged On To One Of Russia's Most Secure Computers To Mine Bitcoin
Several scientists working at a nuclear weapons facility in Russia were arrested this week on the suspicion that they used one of the country's most powerful supercomputers to mine bitcoins, the BBC reported.
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Kaspersky Says It Obtained Suspected NSA Hacking Code From US Computer
Kaspersky said it had stumbled on the code in 2014 when the consumer version of its popular software flagged a zip file as malicious on a US computer.
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Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped The NSA That Its Tools Had Been Breached
In 2015, Israeli government hackers saw something suspicious in the computers of a Moscow-based cybersecurity firm: hacking tools that could only have come from the National Security Agency.
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Russian Government Hackers Exploited Antivirus Software To Steal US Cyber Capabilities
Russian government hackers lifted details of U.S. cyber capabilities from a National Security Agency employee who was running Russian antivirus software on his computer, according to several individuals familiar with the matter.
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Russians Used Kaspersky Program To Steal US Cyber Secrets: Report
Russian hackers exploited anti-virus software made by Kaspersky Labs to steal top secret materials of the US National Security Agency off an NSA contractor's computer, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
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HP Enterprise Said to Let Russia Scrutinise Pentagon's Cyber-Defence System
HPE allowed a Russian defence agency to review the inner workings of cyber-defence software used by the Pentagon to guard its computer networks, Reuters reports.
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US Says It Watched Russia Hack French Systems During Election
The United States watched Russians hack France's computer networks during the election and tipped off French officials before it became public.
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Donald Trump Says 'No Computer Is Safe', Wants Couriers To Replace Emails
President-elect Donald Trump says that "no computer is safe" when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new skepticism about the security of online communications his administration is likely to use for everything from day-to-day planning to international relations.
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Russians Hackers Use Twitter, Photos to Reach US Computers: Report
Russian government-backed hackers who penetrated high-profile US government and defence industry computers this year used a method combining Twitter with data hidden in seemingly benign photographs, according to experts studying the campaign.
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White House Hackers 'Russian Speakers': Researchers
Hackers who penetrated the State Department and White House computer networks in recent months were "Russian speakers," security researchers said Wednesday.
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Russian Researchers Expose Breakthrough US Spying Program
The US National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives.
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Malicious Software Used by Russian Spies Sabotaged by FBI
The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, US authorities said on Tuesday, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two cyber superpowers. Senior law enforcement officials said FBI technical experts had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia's FSB security service against an undisclosed ...
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SolarWinds Hackers Linked to Known Russian Spying Tools, Kaspersky Investigators Say
The group behind the global SolarWinds cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously used by suspected Russian hackers, researchers said.
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Hacker Gets 5 Years for Russian-Linked Yahoo Security Breach
A young computer hacker who prosecutors say unwittingly worked with a Russian spy agency was sentenced to five years in prison.
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US, British Governments Warn Businesses Worldwide of Russian Campaign to Hack Routers
Russia is accused of conducting a massive campaign to compromise computer routers and firewalls around the world - from home offices to Internet providers - for espionage and possibly sabotage purposes.
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Nuclear Scientists Logged On To One Of Russia's Most Secure Computers To Mine Bitcoin
Several scientists working at a nuclear weapons facility in Russia were arrested this week on the suspicion that they used one of the country's most powerful supercomputers to mine bitcoins, the BBC reported.
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Kaspersky Says It Obtained Suspected NSA Hacking Code From US Computer
Kaspersky said it had stumbled on the code in 2014 when the consumer version of its popular software flagged a zip file as malicious on a US computer.
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Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped The NSA That Its Tools Had Been Breached
In 2015, Israeli government hackers saw something suspicious in the computers of a Moscow-based cybersecurity firm: hacking tools that could only have come from the National Security Agency.
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Russian Government Hackers Exploited Antivirus Software To Steal US Cyber Capabilities
Russian government hackers lifted details of U.S. cyber capabilities from a National Security Agency employee who was running Russian antivirus software on his computer, according to several individuals familiar with the matter.
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Russians Used Kaspersky Program To Steal US Cyber Secrets: Report
Russian hackers exploited anti-virus software made by Kaspersky Labs to steal top secret materials of the US National Security Agency off an NSA contractor's computer, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
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HP Enterprise Said to Let Russia Scrutinise Pentagon's Cyber-Defence System
HPE allowed a Russian defence agency to review the inner workings of cyber-defence software used by the Pentagon to guard its computer networks, Reuters reports.
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US Says It Watched Russia Hack French Systems During Election
The United States watched Russians hack France's computer networks during the election and tipped off French officials before it became public.
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Donald Trump Says 'No Computer Is Safe', Wants Couriers To Replace Emails
President-elect Donald Trump says that "no computer is safe" when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new skepticism about the security of online communications his administration is likely to use for everything from day-to-day planning to international relations.
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Russians Hackers Use Twitter, Photos to Reach US Computers: Report
Russian government-backed hackers who penetrated high-profile US government and defence industry computers this year used a method combining Twitter with data hidden in seemingly benign photographs, according to experts studying the campaign.
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White House Hackers 'Russian Speakers': Researchers
Hackers who penetrated the State Department and White House computer networks in recent months were "Russian speakers," security researchers said Wednesday.
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Russian Researchers Expose Breakthrough US Spying Program
The US National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives.
