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Experts believe that the arrest of Ilya Sachkov, the founder and CEO of Group-IB, will not affect the company’s work, nor will it affect the Russian information security market. Criminal cases against the heads of companies working in the field of information security have already happened in Russia. On September 28, the office of Group-IB […]
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Cybersecurity experts have discovered a new hacker group ChamelGang, which attacks institutions in ten countries around the world, including Russia. Since March, Russian companies in the fuel and energy sector and the aviation industry have been targeted, at least two attacks have been successful. Experts believe that pro-government groups may be behind the attacks. According […]
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The Japanese government on Tuesday officially approved a new three-year cybersecurity strategy, where Russia, China and North Korea are mentioned for the first time as potential sources of hacker attacks. The document is published on the website of the Cyber Strategic Headquarters of Japan. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said at a press conference in […]
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Positive Technologies is developing a new concept of cyber security standard. The document should become an open knowledge base, which will be exchanged between specialists to improve their qualification. Today, each company sets up its own information security parameters; when a single standard appears, organizations will be able to develop the most effective solutions together. […]
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According to experts, the share of malicious bots has been growing for a long time, but the pandemic has accelerated this process. Russia is among the top five countries in terms of the volume of generated unwanted traffic. According to data from Barracuda Networks, 64% of Internet traffic in January-June 2021 was generated by automated […]
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Up to 15 Russian financial organizations were subjected to a large-scale cyberattack in August and September of this year. The first deputy head of the Information Security Department of the Bank of Russia, Artem Sychev, said that 10-15 Russian financial organizations that serve e-commerce were subjected to cyber attacks in August and early September. According […]
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About 60% of information leaks and 85% of hacks in corporate computer networks are related to unaccounted-for digital assets. According to Bi. Zone, the main reason for hacking and data leaks in Russian companies is digital assets unaccounted for during inventory. Most often, security services forget about public cloud storage like Google Drive, DropBox and […]
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The British company Cyjax discovered a large-scale attack against employees of state agencies in Russia and neighboring countries. Attackers create websites that simulate e-mail access for officials, and this data can be used to further attack agencies or sell access in the shadow market. Experts give different versions of the direction of the attacks, from […]
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The Russian Embassy in Washington demanded an explanation from the United States about the cyber attacks that were committed on the Central Election Commission (CEC) during the last State Duma elections. This was reported on the page of the diplomatic mission on Facebook. According to the embassy, about half of the attacks were recorded from […]
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Sergey Ivanov, Director of Product Strategy at T1 Group, said that pirated files downloaded by users via torrent trackers may contain malicious code. Moreover, in recent years, the risks associated with the integration of malicious code into commercial software, in practice, have exceeded 90%. According to him, novice hackers are increasingly using torrents as a […]
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