From USB worms to satellite-based hacking, Russia’s FSB hackers known as Turla have spent 25 years distinguishing themselves as “adversary number one.”
The Underground History of Russia’s Most Ingenious Hacker Group Read More
Intelligence collected from public information online could be impacting traditional warfare and altering the calculus between large and small powers.
Open Source Intelligence May Be Changing Old-School War Read More
The data detectives at Bellingcat showed 60 Minutes how social media is providing evidence of alleged Russian war crimes and other atrocities.
How Bellingcat is using TikTok to investigate the war in Ukraine Read More
Experts anticipated a Moscow-led cyber-assault; instead, unprecedented attacks by hacktivists and criminals have wreaked havoc in Russia
Hacking Russia was off-limits. The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all Read More
The Biden White House is using “all of the levers of national power” to counter—or preempt—cyberattacks by Russia’s most dangerous hacker groups.
How Russia’s Invasion Triggered a US Crackdown on Its Hackers Read More
Ukraine claims to have doxed Russian troops and spies, while hacktivists are regularly leaking private information from Russian organizations.
Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve Read More
With more videos and images coming to light each day, Bellingcat and members of its Global Authentication Project have begun to log and map these incidents on an interactive TimeMap.
Hospitals Bombed and Apartments Destroyed: Mapping Incidents of Civilian Harm in Ukraine Read More
From Sergei Skripal to Alexei Navalny, Russia’s attempts to silence its enemies have been forensically exposed. At the centre of these revelations has been investigative unit Bellingcat
How Bellingcat uncovered Russia’s secret network of assassins Read More
With vast amounts of data becoming available to intelligence analysts, new tools will help them sift and interpret it all—but they will introduce new risks, too.
As Russia Plots Its Next Move, an AI Listens to the Chatter Read More
With founders and developers scrambling for the exit, the Russian tech scene is taking a major hit.
Russia Is Facing a Tech Worker Exodus Read More
Western intelligence services are raising alarms about Cyclops Blink, the latest tool at the notorious group’s disposal.
Russia’s Sandworm Hackers Have Built a Botnet of Firewalls Read More
So far, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has not involved the sort of devastating cyberattacks that many anticipated. But it’s not clear why, or whether that pattern will hold.
The Threat of Russian Cyberattacks Looms Large Read More
“For all the talk about ‘cyber war’, today shows that when conflict escalates to this point it is secondary. If you want to take out infrastructure then missiles are more straightforward than using computer code. Cyber’s main role now is perhaps to sow confusion about events.”
Cyber Realism in a Time of War Read More
Members of the hacker gang may act in Russia’s interest, but their links to the FSB and Cozy Bear hackers appear ad hoc.
Leaked Ransomware Docs Show Conti Helping Putin From the Shadows Read More
The campaign known as Secondary Infektion appears to be a distinct effort from the meddling of the IRA and GRU—and it went undetected for years.
The Russian Disinfo Operation You Never Heard About Read More
A wave of cyberattacks meant to make a statement and particularly buoy Ukraine could have unintended consequences.
Hacktivists Stoke Pandemonium Amid Russia’s War in Ukraine Read More
From pop-up notifications to Facebook ads, campaigners in Ukraine and beyond are using any means necessary to beat Russia’s information firewall.
Activists are using ads to sneak real news to Russians about Ukraine Read More
The organization says cutting the country off would have “devastating” effects on the global internet system.
Why ICANN Won’t Revoke Russian Internet Domains Read More
So far, moves by two of the Internet’s major pipelines are having negligible effects.
Why Russia’s “disconnection” from the Internet isn’t amounting to much Read More
It takes five minutes to put a name to a soldier’s face using little more than a screenshot, but there’s a catch.
Online Sleuths Are Using Face Recognition to ID Russian Soldiers Read More