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CYBERBREAKING5d agoMajor internet outage hits Russia after strike on Yandex data centerUkrinform [en]
CYBER5d agoWebsites of major Russian news outlets stop loading after Ukraine’s attack on Yandex data centerMeduza [en]
CYBER5d agoAs Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian data centers, could Ukraine soon be offline?DW News [en]
CYBER5d agoUK and Germany to launch security pact against Russian sabotage and cyber attacksThe prime minister’s trip comes amid an intelligence scandal that has rocked GermanyThe Independent World
CYBEROct 6Russia to double spending on internet traffic blocking and filteringRussia plans to spend nearly 60 billion rubles over the next three years on its system for filtering and blocking internet resources, according to an appendix to the draft budget reviewed by the business magazine Forbes Russia.Meduza [en]
CYBEROct 6Exclusive: Russian Computers, US Phones, Hunter Biden’s Laptop, Cracked By Powerful Russian-Made Software. Who's Behind It?RFE/RL
CYBEROct 6Fake NATO deaths, Epstein claims and drones: how Russia targets elections in the BalticsRussia-linked disinformation campaigns targeting elections in Estonia and Latvia have focused less on individual candidates or the voting process itself and more on sowing confusion around the security issues shaping voters’ decisions, according to a new report.EuroNews [en]
CYBEROct 5Russia says it’s fighting scammers. Its latest proposals would push VPN services off Russian servers, tie eSIMs to devices, and expand telecom data retention.Fighting fraud has been a major focus of Russian lawmaking in recent years. The country has already adopted two sweeping packages of anti-fraud measures, and the authorities often use the fight against fraud as a pretext to push through repressive measures. This was their justification, for example, for banning voice and video calls on Telegram and WhatsApp. This week, Russia’s Digital Development Ministry published provisions from a third package aimed at telephone and online fraud. It includes another set of major proposals that could impose much tighter restrictions on internet use in RussiMeduza [en]
CYBEROct 5Ukraine warns of fake government and media sites tied to Russian intelligenceEuroNews [en]
CYBEROct 4Anthropic report: Is Russia using AI for disinformation in the Central African Republic and elsewhere?An Anthropic report says the AI model Claude was used in pro-Russian campaigns in the Central African Republic. Similar allegations were raised for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Sudan and Mali.DW News [en]
CYBEROct 1Russian narratives dominate AI chatbots on Lithuanian history – Culture Minister Lukas AlsysArtificial intelligence chatbots rely on Russian narratives when generating responses about the history of Lithuania. This is due to the Russian side uploading massive amounts of data online, which algorithms then absorb to formulate their responses.Ukrinform [en]
CYBERSep 30Russia ramps up disinformation attacks on French media ahead of 2027 Presidential raceFrance 24 [en]
CYBERSep 30Russia's Star Blizzard Ditches ClickFix to Widen Phishing NetDark Reading
CYBERSep 30Russia targets data centers in Kyiv as NATO condemns Moscow’s ‘irresponsible nuclear rhetoric’CNBC
CYBERSep 29Russia steps up VPN blocking after parliamentary elections. Ten services report tighter restrictions in a single week.After the State Duma elections, Russian authorities launched a new round of blocking VPN services. Ten services said they faced tighter restrictions over the past week, Verstka reported. The outlet did not name them, citing “security reasons.”Meduza [en]
CYBERSep 29Russian pizza chain Dodo Pizza says hackers breached its systems and may have accessed customer dataDodo Pizza said hackers attacked its IT systems and may have stolen some customers’ data.Meduza [en]
CYBERSep 28Russia keeps attacking Ukrainian data centers, calling it a ‘mandatory digital detox’Meduza [en]
CYBERSep 28Russia Hits Ukraine Largest Mobile Provider , Strikes Data Centreschronicle.lu · Luxembourg
CYBERSep 26Russian forces launch another attack on Cosmonova data centerUkrinform [en]
CYBERBREAKINGSep 25Russia attacking Ukraine's network infrastructure, but nationwide internet blackout unlikely – BeskrestnovUkrinform [en]
CYBERSep 25Zelensky says Russia has widened attacks to hit Ukraine's data centresBBC World
CYBERSep 25Russia’s mobile operators warn they’ll block bank calls starting October 15 if they aren’t labeledRussia’s Digital Development Ministry has asked the central bank to make sure banks are complying with a requirement to label mass calls, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported. Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev sent the request in a letter to Elvira Nabiullina, the head of Russia’s central bank.Meduza [en]
CYBERBREAKINGSep 25Russia targets Ukraine’s data centresFinancial Times
CYBERSep 25Russia's Hybrid Cyber-Physical War in Europe Heats UpDark Reading