Category Archives: Russian hacking

NATO expert: Russians have it right — it’s information security not cyber

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In international discussions about cybersecurity, there’s a long-recognized disconnect on vocabulary: The U.S. and its Western allies conceive of cybersecurity as a technical issue — the protection of software against malicious code. Russian officials talk about information security, and it’s a much broader concept of ensuring the integrity of their political and social structures by controlling the […]

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Russian-speaking hacker ‘Rasputin’ broke into HUD and more, researchers say

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A Russian-speaking hacker has compromised and is now offering access to databases that belong to numerous U.S. universities and federal, state and local government agencies, according to new research published Wednesday by cyber threat intelligence firm Recorded Future. Over the last several months the hacker — dubbed Rasputin by cybersecurity experts — had breached multiple government […]

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New DHS Russian hacking report was designed for RSA crowds

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The Homeland Security Department quietly released a second technical report on Friday about Russian hacking, adding significant detail to a Dec. 29 document that private-sector security experts had criticized for lacking actionable information. “We know this new one is a significant improvement over the last one,” said John Felker, Director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, of […]

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