Spammers snap up 6,000 Russian domains 

Spammers snap up 6,000 Russian domains

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 27 September 2010 12:29 PM
As domains move back to '.ru'.
US extradites alleged Russian hacker 

US extradites alleged Russian hacker

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 9 August 2010 3:07 PM
US$9 million gone in 12 hours.
Russian website claims that Conficker is launching DDoS attacks 

Russian website claims that Conficker is launching DDoS attacks

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 9 April 2009 11:30 AM
The Conficker worm has been stepping up its activities with reports made of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on a number of Russian websites.
Russian youth group claims responsibility for 2007 Estonian attacks 

Russian youth group claims responsibility for 2007 Estonian attacks

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 12 March 2009 10:58 AM
A group backed by the Kremlin have claimed responsibility for a series of cyber-attacks against Estonia two years ago.
Georgia gets allies in Russian cyberwar 

Georgia gets allies in Russian cyberwar

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 13 August 2008 9:42 AM
Georgia is gaining allies to resist online attacks, which it says are the work of Russian hackers.
Is this the end of the Russian Business Network? 

Is this the end of the Russian Business Network?

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 9 November 2007 10:02 AM
A shadowy Russia-based internet service provider, which security researchers said is responsible for hosting two out of every three malicious web attacks, has been forced to ...
Majority of Russian net traffic is spam 

Majority of Russian net traffic is spam

In Messaging - By Matt Chapman, 2 March 2007 9:46 AM
Malicious programs also up 41 percent on the previous year.
Russian bank chief jailed for identity theft 

Russian bank chief jailed for identity theft

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 20 December 2006 10:06 AM
A Russian bank chief, who coordinated an international identity theft operation, has been jailed for six years.
Attackers target Russian hosting firm 

Attackers target Russian hosting firm

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 5 December 2006 10:12 AM
A Russian hosting company with ties to the UK and the US has become the victim of a huge hack attack, a security firm warned today.
Russian virus exchange creator jailed 

Russian virus exchange creator jailed

By William Eazel, 4 May 2006 9:45 AM
Russian authorities have jailed a hacker who not only created his own malware, but ran two websites distributing more than 4,000 different computer viruses.
Spammers evade filters with Russian novel 

Spammers evade filters with Russian novel

By René Millman, 30 March 2006 3:20 PM
A new spam campaign using text from a classic Russian novel to evade anti-spam software has been uncovered by security experts.
Taking on the pirates – Russian style 

Taking on the pirates – Russian style

By René Millman, 27 March 2006 12:57 PM
A Russian software company will try to even the score with software pirates with its fists.
Russian rootkit stealing bank info 

Russian rootkit stealing bank info

By Dan Kaplan, 22 March 2006 10:10 PM
Teams from Sana Security have discovered a difficult-to-detect trojan designed to steal passwords previously used on infected machines.
Russian hackers sold WMF exploit 

Russian hackers sold WMF exploit

By René Millman, 6 February 2006 4:39 PM
Criminal gangs are selling malware source codes to exploit flaws such as the recent WMF vulnerability in a worrying new trend.
Russian stock exchange attacked by virus 

Russian stock exchange attacked by virus

By René Millman, 3 February 2006 2:22 PM
Trading on the Russian Stock Exchange was suspended today following an attack on its computer systems by a virus.
Scammers target Russian oil tycoon 

Scammers target Russian oil tycoon

By René Millman, 16 January 2006 3:09 PM
Internet users are being bombarded with millions of emails purporting to be from the personal secretary of imprisoned Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Russian fraudsters go data mining 

Russian fraudsters go data mining

By David Quainton, 9 December 2004 3:49 PM
A stolen database of registered car owners has been used in an elaborate scam that fooled owners out of $700 apiece.
Meagre fine for Russian virus writer 

Meagre fine for Russian virus writer

By David Quainton, 18 November 2004 4:43 PM
A Russian virus writer has been found guilty of writing malicious code – but fined only $105 for doing so.
CyberCop unveils Russian internet crime portal 

CyberCop unveils Russian internet crime portal

By Steve Gold, 23 March 2004 4:29 PM
Looking for information about computer crime in Russia? Then there is a new website that should give you what you need – as long as you speak Russian.
CIA traces Russian students in under a week 

CIA traces Russian students in under a week

By Steve Gold, 10 March 2004 1:43 PM
The CIA tracked down and arrested two Russian students within days of them making terrorist threats on the internet.
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