(CNN) — A computer virus campaign is targeting opponents of Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin, according to anti-virus software maker Symantec. “A wave of spam e-mails promoting a rally” against the newly elected president is delivering the spyware as an attachment that appears to be a Word document. In reality, the…
Spyware assails Russian opposition members
(CNN) — A computer virus campaign is targeting opponents of Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin, according to anti-virus software maker Symantec. “A wave of spam e-mails promoting a rally” against the newly elected president is delivering the spyware as an attachment that appears to be a Word document. In reality, the…
DDoS attackers target Russian election webcams
Hackers have started attacking the huge network of web cameras installed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to publically monitor voting in the country’s forthcoming presidential elections. As the first two cameras in the Siberian town of Novosibirsk in time for the first voting, Deputy Communications Minister Ilya Massukh admitted…
Russian daily accuses Putin group of cyber attack
Russia's Kommersant business daily said Friday it had asked the police to probe a Kremlin youth group for alleged involvement in repeated hack attacks on its website. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Is Waledac spam dirtying the Russian 2012 elections?
Recently there have been several reports about the re-emergence of a botnet variant (Kelihos), which Symantec detects as W32.Waledac.C. The Waledac family is a threat that has been monitored by Symantec for many years and was featured in numerous blogs as well as a white paper. In the past, Waledac…
Microsoft accuses Russian of masterminding Kelihos botnet
Microsoft’s determined campaign against the Kelihos botnet has seen the company file a lawsuit against the Russian man it now believes to be responsible for its operations. In a filing to a Virginia court, Microsoft alleges that Andrey N. Sabelnikov from St. Petersburg contributed code for the malware that set…
Koobface gang turns off command servers, as Russian police explain lack of action
The publication of a detailed probe into the alleged members of the Koobface malware gang appears to have had an instant impact. But there’s no sign that the Russian authorities are planning to investigate the alleged gang anytime soon. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post…
Facebook to name and shame Russian Koobface gang
Facebook could be about to take the unprecedented step of distributing the names of the Russians it believes were behind the Koobface worm that waged an infamous botnet campaign against the site’s users from 2008 onwards. A report in the New York Times said that Facebook would today start circulating…
U.S. charges Russian father and son with cyber fraud (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S. authorities on Tuesday unsealed criminal charges accusing a father and son team, both Russian citizens, of hacking into U.S. bank accounts and illegally snatching credit card numbers and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National…
Russian Election: Hackers attack websites
Two Liberal Russian media outlets and an election watchdog have been victim to huge cyber attacks. Sites belonging to the Ekho Moskvy radio station, online news portal slon.ru and election watchdog, Golos, all went down at around 5am Central European Time. View full post on russia cyber attacks – Yahoo!…