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Russians bypass website blocks to access Western news sources

Cloudflare sees signs of Russians increasingly turning to Western news sources to get accurate information about the situation in Ukraine. […]

30 Mar

US national emergency extended due to elevated malicious cyber activity

US President Joe Biden today has extended the state of national emergency declared to deal with increasingly prevalent and severe malicious cyber threats to the United States national security, foreign policy, and economy. […]

25 Mar

US says Kaspersky poses unacceptable risk to national security

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to its Covered List, saying it poses unacceptable risks to U.S. national security. […]

22 Mar

White House shares checklist to counter Russian cyberattacks

The White House is urging U.S. organizations to shore up their cybersecurity defenses after new intelligence suggests that Russia is preparing to conduct cyberattacks in the near future. […]

18 Mar

Google: Chinese state hackers target Ukraine’s government

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and other Chinese intelligence agencies are trying to get more info on the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine. […]

17 Mar

Russia gets triggered by Ukraine joining NATO cyberdefense hub

Russia’s ambassador to Estonia today compared Ukraine’s participation in NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) intel-sharing cyberdefense hub to an attempt at blackmail. […]

10 Mar

REvil ransomware member extradited to U.S. to stand trial for Kaseya attack

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that alleged REvil ransomware affiliate, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, was extradited to the United States last week to stand trial for the Kaseya cyberattack. […]

04 Mar

Ukraine to join NATO intel-sharing cyberdefense hub

While Ukraine is yet to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the country has been accepted as a contributing participant to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). […]

04 Mar

Russia blocks access to Facebook, Twitter, foreign news outlets

Russia has blocked access to the Facebook social network after Meta, Facebook’s parent company, deactivated or restricted access to accounts belonging pro-Kremlin media outlets and news agencies, including RIA Novosti, Sputnik, and Russia Today. […]

04 Feb

US indicts multiple call centers for IRS, Social Security scams

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the indictment of several India-based call centers and their directors for targeting Americans with Social Security, IRS, and loan phone call scams. […]

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