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Engaging threat actors to launch a disinformation campaign in the Western media is “alarmingly simple and inexpensive” according to a new report. Using the Recorded Future platform, Insikt Group researchers set up a fake company located in a Western country to gain insight into the chilling world of disinformation. Researchers then hired two sophisticated disinformation vendors, which they found on […]

A Russian national has admitted to carrying out the largest-known computer hack on a US bank. His 2014 breach of JPMorgan Chase generated hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit revenue and stole the data of more than 80 million JPMorgan clients. Andrei Tyurin, 35, whose last name is also spelled Tiurin, also pleaded guilty

from the video-or-it-didn’t-happen dept Drones have moved beyond the novelty stage, and are now capable of having a global impact. That was shown most dramatically by the recent drone attack on the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia. The loss of production has caused the price of oil to spike, and fears about

The delivery of a second battery of Russian S-400 missiles to Turkey was completed on Sunday and the controversial defence system was expected become fully active in April 2020. Efforts to mount the missile system and train military personnel to use it were continuing, a Turkish defence ministry statement said. The first S-400 equipment was delivered to Ankara

Image copyright SERGEY BOYKO Image caption Sergey Boyko says the drone was safely caught by a friend. A Russian activist used a drone to get his data out of his high-rise flat when police came to search it. Sergey Boyko says he sent hard drives to a friend by drone when police banged at his