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  1. Never-before-seen data wiper may have been used by Russia against Ukraine

    Researchers have unearthed never-before-seen wiper malware tied to the Kremlin and an operation two years ago that took out more than 10,000 satellite modems located mainly in Ukraine on the eve of Russia’s invasion of its neighboring country.

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  2. Nginx core developer quits project in security dispute, starts “freenginx” fork

    A core developer of Nginx, currently the world's most popular web server, has quit the project, stating that he no longer sees it as "a free and open source project… for the public good." His fork, freenginx, is "going to be run by developers, and...

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  3. Ukrainian cellular and Internet still out, 1 day after suspected Russian cyberattack

    Ukrainian civilians on Wednesday grappled for a second day of widespread cellular phone and Internet outages after a cyberattack, purportedly carried out by Kremlin-supported hackers, hit the country’s biggest mobile phone and Internet provider a...

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  4. The reincarnation of totaled Teslas—in Ukraine

    This summer, a Vancouver car mechanic named Max got a perplexing ping on his phone: Betty White was in Ukraine and needed his help. This was surprising because she had died on a Canadian highway back in January.

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  5. Space Force chief says commercial satellites may need defending

    Like the US Navy has long protected sea lanes during conflict, the military could be called upon to defend commercial satellites from attack, particularly as the Pentagon relies more on commercial networks for communication and surveillance, the...

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  6. Musk refused Ukraine’s request to enable Starlink for drone attack [Updated]

    [Update on September 9: Author Walter Isaacson now says his book's claim that Elon Musk disabled Starlink to thwart a Ukrainian submarine drone attack is incorrect. Musk did refuse to enable Starlink in the area near Crimea, however.

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  7. Russia targets Ukraine with new Android backdoor, intel agencies say

    Russia’s military intelligence unit has been targeting Ukrainian Android devices with “Infamous Chisel,” the tracking name for new malware that’s designed to backdoor devices and steal critical information, Western intelligence agencies said...

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  8. Cybersecurity experts say the west has failed to learn lessons from Ukraine

    Viktor Zhora, the public face of Ukraine’s success against Russian cyberattacks, received a hero’s welcome earlier this month on stage at Black Hat, the world’s biggest cybersecurity gathering, in Las Vegas.

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  9. End of the line for Russia and Ukraine’s partnership in rocketry

    A last gasp in a long-standing link between Russia and Ukraine in the field of rocketry could come this week in an unlikely place—the rural wetlands of eastern Virginia—halfway around the world from the battlefields where the nations' military...

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  10. 69% of Russian gamers are pirating after Ukraine invasion pushback

    Russian gamers were not introduced to piracy by the backlash to their country's invasion of Ukraine—far from it. But piracy is ramping up, and it likely won't back down any time soon.

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  11. One Ukrainian soldier had six extensively drug-resistant bacterial infections

    Russia's invasion of Ukraine is fueling a dangerous rise in bacterial drug resistance—an alarming reality made clear by a recent case report of an injured Ukrainian soldier who became infected with six different extensively drug-resistant bacteria,...

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  12. Trend or aberration? Russia is launching foreign satellites again

    For the first time since the invasion of Ukraine essentially cut off Russia’s space industry from foreign customers, a Russian rocket lifted off Tuesday and carried satellites into orbit with commercial technology from Western companies.

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  1. Russia-backed hackers unleash new USB-based malware on Ukraine’s military

    Hackers working for Russia’s Federal Security Service have mounted multiple cyberattacks that used USB-based malware to steal large amounts of data from Ukrainian targets for use in its ongoing invasion of its smaller neighbor, researchers said.

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  2. Pentagon buying Starlink dishes for Ukraine after funding dispute with SpaceX

    The US Defense Department confirmed today that it is buying Starlink satellite broadband service for use in Ukraine.

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  3. Pro-Russian hackers target elected US officials supporting Ukraine

    Threat actors aligned with Russia and Belarus are targeting elected US officials supporting Ukraine, using attacks that attempt to compromise their email accounts, researchers from security firm Proofpoint said.

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  4. Russia fines Wikipedia for publishing facts instead of Kremlin war propaganda

    A Russian court fined the Wikimedia Foundation 2 million rubles (about $27,000) today for failing to delete alleged "misinformation" about the Russian military from Wikipedia, Reuters reported. It's the third fine Russia has issued against the...

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  5. Ukraine suffered more data-wiping malware than anywhere, ever

    Amidst the tragic toll of Russia's brutal and catastrophic invasion of Ukraine, the effects of the Kremlin's long-running campaign of destructive cyberattacks against its neighbor have often—rightfully—been treated as an afterthought. But after a...

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  6. Ukraine wants ban on game allegedly funded by Russians and set in glorified USSR

    Ukraine's Digital Ministry has said it will ask Steam, Microsoft, and Sony to remove Atomic Heart from their gaming platforms in Ukraine, and possibly elsewhere, pointing to its retro-Communist aesthetic and reported "Russian roots."

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  7. SpaceX says it blocked Ukraine from using Starlink with military drones

    SpaceX took steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using Starlink satellite Internet with drones because the service was never intended to be "weaponized," SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said at an FAA space transportation conference...

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  8. Massive Yandex code leak reveals Russian search engine’s ranking factors

    Nearly 45GB of source code files, allegedly stolen by a former employee, have revealed the underpinnings of Russian tech giant Yandex's many apps and services. It also revealed key ranking factors for Yandex's search engine, the kind almost never...

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  9. #GermanyRIP. Kremlin-loyal hacktivists wage DDoSes to retaliate for tank aid

    Threat actors loyal to the Kremlin have stepped up attacks in support of its invasion of Ukraine, with denial-of-service attacks hitting German banks and other organizations and the unleashing of a new destructive data wiper on Ukraine.

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  10. Ukraine to get 10,000 more Starlink antennas; funding problems are “resolved”

    Ukraine will get more than 10,000 more Starlink terminals in the coming months thanks to a new deal with SpaceX and funding from several European countries, Ukraine government official Mykhailo Fedorov said in an interview with Bloomberg. Fedorov...

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  11. Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices

    Mayors' offices and courts in Russia are under attack by never-before-seen malware that poses as ransomware but is actually a wiper that permanently destroys data on an infected system, according to security company Kaspersky and the Izvestia news...

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  12. Starlink prices in Ukraine nearly double as mobile networks falter

    The list prices of Starlink communications devices have nearly doubled in Ukraine, as mobile networks have started failing under Russia’s assault on the country’s electricity grid and increased demand for the SpaceX-manufactured satellite...

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  1. Microsoft links Russia’s military to cyberattacks in Poland and Ukraine

    Microsoft on Thursday fingered Russia’s military intelligence arm as the likely culprit behind ransomware attacks last month that targeted Polish and Ukrainian transportation and logistics organizations.

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  2. Russia threatens a retaliatory strike against US commercial satellites

    Russia has made some of its most provocative comments yet about Western commercial satellites, which have provided valuable imagery and communications data to Ukraine this year, suggesting they are appropriate wartime targets.

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  3. Musk to seek Starlink donations after withdrawing request for Ukraine funding

    The Pentagon has reportedly held talks with SpaceX about funding Starlink in Ukraine, though SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote in a tweet yesterday that "SpaceX has already withdrawn its request for funding." Musk also said he'll seek Starlink donations for...

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  4. “The hell with it”—Elon Musk to keep funding Ukrainian Starlink service [Updated]

    Update, October 15, 5:57pm EDT: In a tweet early Saturday afternoon, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that satellite-based ISP Starlink will continue providing Internet service to Ukrainian forces battling the Russian invasion as well as the country's...

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  5. Russia plans “massive cyberattacks” on critical infrastructure, Ukraine warns

    The Ukrainian government on Monday warned that the Kremlin is planning to carry out “massive cyberattacks” targeting power grids and other critical infrastructure in Ukraine and in the territories of its allies.

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  6. Ukraine’s cyberwar chief sounds like he’s winning

    Yurii Shchyhol doesn’t have a lot of time to spare.

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  7. Ukraine is under attack by hacking tools repurposed from Conti cybercrime group

    Financially motivated hackers with ties to a notorious Conti cybercrime group are repurposing their resources for use against targets in Ukraine, indicating that the threat actor's activities closely align with the Kremlin's invasion of its...

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  8. European space chief “cannot see” a return to cooperation with Russia

    Half a year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the implications of this war for the European space industry have been profound. Most notably, Europe has severed all connections with the Russian launch industry and canceled a joint mission to place a...

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  9. The Telegram-powered news outlet waging guerilla war on Russia

    On the evening of August 20, Russian TV pundit and conspiracy theorist Darya Dugina was killed on the outskirts of Moscow when a powerful explosion ripped apart her Toyota Land Cruiser. Dugina was a vocal supporter of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and...

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  10. NASA rebukes Russian use of space station for propaganda purposes [Updated]

    Update on July 7, 6:30 pm ET: Three days after Russian cosmonauts displayed anti-Ukraine flags on the International Space Station, NASA issued a statement blasting this activity:

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  11. Russia is taking over Ukraine’s Internet

    Web pages in the city of Kherson in south Ukraine stopped loading on people’s devices at 2:43 pm on May 30. For the next 59 minutes, anyone connecting to the Internet with KhersonTelecom, known locally as SkyNet, couldn’t call loved ones, find...

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  12. US and its allies say Russia waged cyberattack that took out satellite network

    The US and European Union on Tuesday said Russia was responsible for a cyberattack in February that crippled a satellite network in Ukraine and neighboring countries, disrupting communications and a wind farm used to generate electricity.

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