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Crashed drone is a shot in ongoing cyberwar with Iran, not just a spy plane

Posted December 7, 2011 - 12:18 pm

Iran claims it shot down a U.S. RQ-170 spy drone, but won't release proof or say if a new Russian electronic counter-measures system brought it down. Killed or crashed, the drone is one shot in a a cyber/real war using malware, murder and explosive sabotage as weapons.
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Behind the 'massive' malware ad-revenue fraud case

Posted November 10, 2011 - 11:43 am

The U.S. Department of Justice says six Estonians and a Russian raked in $14 million in fraudulent online ad revenue over four years.
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When mobile spam turns deadly

Posted January 29, 2011 - 2:12 am

A mass tragedy was averted on New Year's Eve in Moscow, thanks to a spam message sent to a female terrorist who reportedly intended to detonate a suicide belt in a packed Red Square.
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Iran responds to Stuxnet by expanding cyberwar militia

Posted January 12, 2011 - 4:56 pm

Iran is expanding its huge youth militia by recruiting geeks for a renewed cyberwar effort aimed at the West.
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Russian President warns of foreign threat to 'Net security

Posted April 10, 2009 - 6:12 pm

Foreign investors in Internet companies pose a potential threat to national security, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told United Russia party members
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Russia to Develop Linux-based Alternative to Windows?

Posted January 27, 2009 - 9:57 pm

Details are scarce, unless Russian is your language of choice, but CNews is reporting that Russia plans to develop its own national operating system.
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Anti-Georgia spammers building new botnet

Posted August 15, 2008 - 2:46 pm

Hackers targeting Georgia in the midst of its conflict with Russia have started sending out a new batch of malicious spam messages, apparently with the aim of building a new botnet network of remote-controlled computers.
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Russian hacker 'militia' mobilizes to attack Georgia

Posted August 12, 2008 - 2:23 pm

Security researchers Tuesday disputed claims that a well-known Russian hacker hosting network is responsible for cyberattacks against sites belonging to Georgia, the former Soviet republic that has been battling Russian military forces since Friday.
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