N-gated Hacker News6h ago
😱 Oh no! "DarkSword" sounds more like a rejected Marvel villain than a serious threat. Apparently, millions of iPhones are now vulnerable to some Russian cyber shenanigans—because who doesn't love a good Cold War throwback? 😏🔓📱
https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-millions-of-iphones-can-be-hacked-with-a-new-tool-found-in-the-wild/ #DarkSword #Vulnerability #CyberSecurity #iPhone #ColdWar #RussianHacking #HackerNews #ngated
Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

A powerful iPhone-hacking technique known as DarkSword has been discovered in use by Russian hackers. It can take over devices running iOS 18 that simply visit infected websites.

WIRED
Ars Technica NewsMay 23, 2025
Feds charge 16 Russians allegedly tied to botnets used in cyberattacks and spying https://arstechni.ca/QRPA #russianhacking #syndication #Security #Biz&IT #botnet
Feds charge 16 Russians allegedly tied to botnets used in cyberattacks and spying

An example of how a single malware operation can enable both criminal and state-sponsored hacking.

Ars Technica
DoomsdaysCWMay 2, 2025

#BadDOGE? #RussianHacking? #CyberAttacks? What is going on with some regional banks?!!

U.S. financial regulator says email hack exposed sensitive data on banks

By Hugh Son, CNBC • Published April 8, 2025

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/u-s-financial-regulator-says-email-hack-exposed-sensitive-data-on-banks/3717141/

U.S. financial regulator says email hack exposed sensitive data on banks

The breach, first disclosed and resolved in February, involved information related to the “financial condition of federally regulated financial…

NBC Chicago
Joaquim HomrighausenFeb 20, 2025

"A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage"

https://www.wired.com/story/russia-signal-qr-code-phishing-attack/

#signalapp #signal #cybersecurity #infosec #cybersec #RussianHacking #Russia #Ukraine #privacy #phishing

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage

Google warns that hackers tied to Russia are tricking Ukrainian soldiers with fake QR codes for Signal group invites that let spies steal their messages. Signal has pushed out new safeguards.

WIRED
PutcakesJul 29, 2024
#belarusRussia #evil #putlerphish #russianhacking #russiacyber #lilputin #olympics2024paris
Marcus JenkinsJun 14, 2024

SMS phishing isn't even subtle. Here's one from the 'post office' in Spain. With a Russian URL asking me to fill out my personal details. Maybe asking for some money.

#grifters #russianhacking

Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 20, 2024

Last January, #ViktorZhora, who was a senior figure in #Ukraine’s #cybersecurity agency, said the country had suffered a threefold growth in #CyberAttacks in the past year, with #RussianHacking at times deployed in combination with #MissileStrikes. #Russia

Ukraine’s leading mobile operator #Kyivstar has allocated $90m (£70.9m) to deal with a suspected Russian cyber-attack on its service.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/20/russia-ukraine-war-live-russian-attack-kharkiv-lakeside-resort?page=with:block-664b4dc88f0863a6cdf6d321#block-664b4dc88f0863a6cdf6d321

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia to make further bid to carve out ‘buffer zone’ in coming weeks, warns US defence secretary

Lloyd Austin, speaking at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, praises troops’ courage in ‘hard and dangerous fight’

the Guardian
Political Cartoon GalleryMar 13, 2024
Peter Schrank on #scholz #russianhacking #UkraineWar – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Chris FosterMar 11, 2024

#Russianhacking. #Informationwar. #Microsoft

https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2024/03/update-on-microsoft-actions-following-attack-by-nation-state-actor-midnight-blizzard/

Update on Microsoft Actions Following Attack by Nation State Actor Midnight Blizzard | MSRC Blog | Microsoft Security Response Center

Update on Microsoft Actions Following Attack by Nation State Actor Midnight Blizzard

Wendy SiegelmanSep 7, 2023

Russian Businessman Vladislav Klyushin Sentenced to 9 Years Prison in $93Million Hack-to-Trade Conspiracy

Ivan Ermakov, co-conspirator and ex-employee at Klyushin's firm, was indicted for 2016 election hack (Podesta, DNC, DCCC).

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/russian-businessman-sentenced-nine-years-prison-93-million-hack-trade-conspiracy

More Russian hacking news - 3 indictments in 3 federal jurisdictions (OH, TN, CA) were unsealed charging multiple Russian cybercrimals involved in Trickbot malware and Conti ransomware schemes.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/multiple-foreign-nationals-charged-connection-trickbot-malware-and-conti-ransomware

#Russianhacking #Russia

Russian Businessman Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison in $93 Million Hack-to-Trade Conspiracy

BOSTON – A Russian businessman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his involvement in an elaborate hack-to-trade scheme that netted approximately $93 million through securities trades based on confidential corporate information stolen from U.S. computer networks.