RUSSIA

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Jul
Turla's botnet redesign is about surviving disruption, not just evading detection- 240

Turla's botnet redesign is about surviving disruption, not just evading detection- 240

June 28, 2026 Russia's FSB-linked Turla group has rebuilt its longstanding Kazuar backdoor into something structurally different
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19
Jul
WannaCry at nine years: the day a stolen NSA tool became a lesson in negligence- 231

WannaCry at nine years: the day a stolen NSA tool became a lesson in negligence- 231

May 12, 2026 Nine years on, WannaCry remains the starkest illustration of a principle this publication returns to often: the
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19
Jul
Poland's Signal exodus reveals a pattern too consistent to call coincidence- 230

Poland's Signal exodus reveals a pattern too consistent to call coincidence- 230

June 28, 2026 Poland has told its government officials to abandon Signal for a state-built alternative — not because the
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19
Jul
From Signatures to Behavior: How Real-Time AI Attacks Disrupted Global Cyber Defense- 224

From Signatures to Behavior: How Real-Time AI Attacks Disrupted Global Cyber Defense- 224

May 4, 2026 A retail chain in Hungary lost €15.5 million because an AI-polished email looked exactly like
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19
Jul
Google's GTIG report confirms AI has crossed from cybercrime convenience to zero-day creation- 223

Google's GTIG report confirms AI has crossed from cybercrime convenience to zero-day creation- 223

May 14, 2026 Google's Threat Intelligence Group has documented the first case it can trace of a functioning
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05
Jul
Humanitarian Cover: Operation HumanitarianBait and the Surveillance Campaign Nobody Has Attributed- 190

Humanitarian Cover: Operation HumanitarianBait and the Surveillance Campaign Nobody Has Attributed- 190

June 15, 2026 A humanitarian aid application form, written in Russian, realistic enough that someone waiting for assistance would read
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06
May
Signal Phishing Campaign — Espionage Through Trust in European Political Circles- 158

Signal Phishing Campaign — Espionage Through Trust in European Political Circles- 158

April 29, 2026 The recent phishing operation targeting German political and institutional figures via Signal marks a significant evolution in
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06
Dec
Qilin Ransomware: Escalating Attacks on Critical Infrastructure and Finance- 139

Qilin Ransomware: Escalating Attacks on Critical Infrastructure and Finance- 139

November 27, 2025 Ransomware has evolved into one of the most disruptive forms of cybercrime, no longer confined to isolated
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25
Nov
Exploiting the Oracle Gap: Unpacking the Cl0p Breach at The Washington Post- 123

Exploiting the Oracle Gap: Unpacking the Cl0p Breach at The Washington Post- 123

November 16, 2025 The cyberattack against The Washington Post marks a significant escalation in the ongoing wave of large-scale
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19
Nov
Everest Ransomware Group: Evolution, Modus Operandi, and Major Operations- 111

Everest Ransomware Group: Evolution, Modus Operandi, and Major Operations- 111

November 17, 2025 Since emerging in late 2020, the Everest ransomware group has evolved into a multifaceted and persistent cyber-
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