Tag: russia
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The Sound of Silence: Threats from Without and Threats from Within
By Des Nnochiri Recent news has broken about a group of hackers which appears to be operating out of Russia. The group, dubbed “Silence,” is believed to be involved in the theft of over $800,000 from multiple Russian and Eastern European financial institutions. However, what is particularly notable about this group is they […]
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Russian Hackers and the DNC – Email Security Matters
Robert S. Mueller, Special Counsel for the US Department of Justice, has just released his findings about the Russian Hacking of the Democratic National Convention in 2016. It’s a very interesting read containing information on how the hacks took place (spearfishing, spoofed emails, spoofed websites, bitcoin mining to obscure payments, etc). If any corporate […]