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CYBER5d agoOpenAI users in Russia, Iran used models to push political agenda online, in mediaOpenAI banned several accounts associated with two propaganda operations based in Iran and Russia, respectively, it confirmed Thursday — the latter of which the tech company said had the greatest reach it has recorded since it began reporting on and disrupting such schemes. The influence operations used OpenAI models alongside “more traditional techniques and technologies…The Hill
CYBER5d agoFire rages at Yandex data centre after Ukraine drone attackEuroNews [en]
CYBER5d agoZelensky: Strike on Yandex data center was a mirror response to Russia's actionsUkrinform [en]
CYBER5d agoRussia has spent a decade trying to stop people from bypassing internet censorship. Now it plans to spend nearly 60 billion rubles over three years on traffic filtering.Russia is preparing a new wave of restrictions on tools used to bypass internet blocks. The budget for the next three years includes a record 60 billion rubles for traffic filtering. The Digital Development Ministry wants to make mobile internet much more expensive for VPN users, and there are plans to put companies’ corporate networks under strict oversight by the Federal Security Service (FSB). Dozens of other restrictions have accumulated in recent years. We looked back at the main ones to show how the state has methodically cut Russians off from the free internet — and where we are on thatMeduza [en]
CYBER5d agoPro-Russian hacker group NoName targets Italian Foreign Ministry websiteChecks are under way on the websites of Italian embassies and consulates abroad following a suspected similar cyberattack by pro-Russian hackersEuroNews [en]
CYBER5d agoRussian Spies Give 'MatchBoil' Malware a Stealthy FaceliftCyber-espionage actor UAC-0099 has been steadily refining its flagship dropper in campaigns targeting Ukrainian organizations.Dark Reading
CYBERBREAKING5d agoMajor internet outage hits Russia after strike on Yandex data centerUkrinform [en]
CYBER5d agoUAC-0099 Targets Ukrainian Government Personnel With ASHVEIN RAT Hiding Commands in HTMLThe Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0099 has been attributed to a previously undocumented .NET infostealer and remote access trojan (RAT) codenamed ASHVEIN. According to TrendAI, the malware has been put to use in attacks targeting Ukrainian government personnel. The cybersecurity company is tracking the cluster under the name Earth Sirrush (previously SHADOW-EARTH-065). ASHVEIN,The Hacker News
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 6Serbian Student Targeted by Spyware Attack Sues AuthoritiesLawyers for one of 14 people targeted by Pegasus spyware file criminal complaint against Serbian intelligence agency officials, police and the Israeli company behind the surveillance technology after institutions fail to react.Balkan Insight
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 6One Click, Money Gone: Albania Battles Spike in Cyber FraudPhishing and text message scams have risen significantly in Albania, with scammers using trusted names like Albania Post - prompting calls for more institutional expertise and better awareness campaigns.Balkan Insight
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 2In Ukraine, data centers ‘facing increased attacks’ in recent weeks: Ex-officialBreaking Defense
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
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