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CYBERSep 17US Midterms: Russian disinformation campaign targets DemocratsFrance 24 [en]
CYBERSep 17Russia upgraded the system that tabulates its election results. Experts found vulnerabilities that could be exploited to manipulate the vote.Hackers have breached Tsifrotek, the company behind GAS Vybory 2.0, Russia’s upgraded vote-tabulation system, which is being used in a federal election for the first time this year. The hackers gave the files to the investigative outlet iStories, which analyzed them with the help of technical and election experts. Meduza summarizes iStories’ investigation into how GAS Vybory 2.0 works and what vulnerabilities it has.Meduza [en]
CYBERSep 16A six-fingered Leonardo DiCaprio and the creature from Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ stuff a ballot box in this Russian PSA about AI-generated election fraud videosThe Telegram channel Voyna s Feykami posted an AI-generated video about ballot stuffing. It shows a six-fingered Leonardo DiCaprio, soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, and the alien from Ridley Scott’s film “Alien” dropping ballots into a ballot box. A voice-over warns that videos purporting to show election violations may have been generated using AI.Meduza [en]
CYBERSep 16Days before Russia’s State Duma elections, hackers say they accessed the election commission’s IT systems and downloaded server configurations and internal documentsMeduza [en]
CYBERSep 16Three Threat Groups Target Russian Enterprises With Backdoors, Ransomware, and WipersThe Hacker News
CYBERSep 16Russia used Claude AI for espionage, disinformation and drone swarmsEuroNews [en]
CYBERSep 16US charges 5 people over Russia-backed plotsDW News [en]
CYBERSep 14Russian Telegram channels are suddenly gaining thousands of suspicious new followers. Nobody knows who’s behind the apparent bot attack.Several independent Russian news outlets, including Meduza, have seen a sharp rise in subscribers to their Telegram channels in what appears to be a bot attack.Meduza [en]
CYBERSep 14Learning from Ukraine’s unrivaled experience of Russian cyber warfareNo country in the world today knows more about Russian cyber warfare than Ukraine, but further steps are required in order to help Kyiv’s partners make the most of Ukraine’s unrivaled experience, writes Iryna Volnytska. The post Learning from Ukraine’s unrivaled experience of Russian cyber warfare appeared first on Atlantic Council.Atlantic Council
CYBERBREAKINGSep 12Germany suspects Russian intelligence involved in airport hybrid attack thelocal.de · Germany
CYBERSep 10Anthropic disrupts Russian , Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude modelslivemint.com · India
CYBERBREAKINGSep 10Bad actors in China and Russia are already weaponizing Anthropic’s AIPolitico Tech
CYBERSep 9Russian hackers may have used fake CAPTCHA to hack Ukrainian government computersEuroNews [en]
CYBERSep 3Sexual violence and the use of women as bait in the Ukrainian army: at the heart of a pro-Russian propaganda networkDes chaînes Telegram russes utilisent de fausses accusations de viol et des images de femmes ukrainiennes pour attirer des millions d'utilisateurs vers des réseaux de propagande pro-guerre.BBC Afrique
CYBERSep 1Leaked Russian Cyber-Operations Training MaterialsThis is interesting: The records describe a force-generation mechanism for several General Staff components, including the GRU, Main Operational Directorate, and 8th Directorate, which is associated with protected communications, cryptography, and information security. […] The reporting also linked a 2024 Department No. 4 graduate, Aleksei Kondrashov, to Military Unit 74455, widely known as Sandworm. That unit has been associated with destructive cyber activity against Ukraine and other targets, including the 2017 NotPetya attack. The reports do not establish that every listed graduate pSchneier
CYBERSep 1Russia-Aligned UAC-0099 Plants Nuclear Weapon Prompt in Malware to Disrupt AI AnalysisThe Hacker News
CYBERAug 27Russian Hackers Phish EU Officials Over Messaging AppsDark Reading
CYBERAug 25OpenAI bans Russian ChatGPT accounts used in covert misinformation campaignThe AI company said the incident "illustrates how influence actors can use AI as a supporting tool within a broader effort to manufacture authority."CNBC
CYBERAug 21That Legitimate OAuth Login Might Be a Russian Hackgovinfosecurity.com · United States
CYBERAug 21Australia charges man for passing Ukrainian military intel to RussiaAl Jazeera [en]
CYBERAug 20Suspected Russian Hackers Abuse Google OAuth and WhatsApp Linking to Hijack AccountsThe Hacker News
CYBERAug 20AI - assisted tool helped secure satellite communication system after 2022 Russian hackingmymotherlode.com · United States
CYBERAug 18French prosecutors probe Russian disinformation campaign against centrist candidatesAt the start of August, a series of disinformation operations targeted centrist candidates Gabriel Attal and Edouard Philippe, as well as center-left politician Raphaël Glucksmann.Le Monde [en]
CYBERAug 17Ukraine takes aim at Russia economy and morale by attacking online retailer - Boston News , Weather , Sportswhdh.com · United States