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Russia’s most cut-throat hackers infect network devices with new botnet malware
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers for one of Russia’s most elite and brazen spy agencies have infected home and small-office network devices around the world with a previously unseen malware that turns them into attack platforms that can steal confidential data plus target other networks. Cyclops Blink, as the advanced malware has been dubbed, has […]
As Russia threatens war in Ukraine, the strength of the west’s response is up for debate
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Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is the start of a grim and unpredictable new chapter
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Russian Figure Skater Kamila Valieva Fails To Medal As Tara Lipinski & Johnny Weir Deliver Tense TV Commentary: ‘Thank God’
Kamila Valieva‘s controversial time at the Beijing Olympics is over. The 15-year-old figure skater competing for the Russian Olympic Committee‘s team had been at the center of a very controversial situation after being allowed to continue to skate even after testing positive for a banned substance. The International Olympic Committee had responded to the controversy by previously announcing that […]
US says Russian state hackers lurked in defense contractor networks for months
Enlarge / What’s happened to Russia’s flag? (credit: Sean Gladwell / Getty Images) Hackers backed by the Russian government have breached the networks of multiple US defense contractors in a sustained campaign that has revealed sensitive information about US weapons-development communications infrastructure, the federal government said on Wednesday. The campaign began no later than January […]
Sims 4’s same-sex wedding stories expansion will come to Russia after all
Enlarge / Wedding bells are ringing for Russian Sims fans. Last week, the team behind The Sims 4 “My Wedding Stories” expansion pack—which includes a heavy focus on same-sex marriages—said that the expansion wouldn’t be released in Russia where “our storytelling would be subject to changes because of federal laws.” Now, video game company EA […]
Torrents of malicious junk traffic make Ukrainian websites unreachable
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Ukraine’s defense ministry and two banks were knocked offline on Tuesday by a flood of malicious traffic designed to prevent people from visiting the sites, Ukraine’s information security center said. The distributed denial-of-service attacks targeted the websites for Ukraine’s defense ministry, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two banks, Privatbank and […]
Olympics Let Russian Figure Skater Kamila Valieva Compete Following Drug Test Fail — And Sha’Carri Richardson Has THOUGHTS!
American track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson is RIGHTFULLY calling out what appears to be a major double standard at this year’s Winter Olympics. And we’re here for her take! As Perezcious readers will recall, Richardson is the wildly talented American track and field star who was banned from last year’s Tokyo Olympics after a test came back […]
“Gay propaganda” law keeps Sims 4 wedding expansion out of Russia
Enlarge / Artist’s rendition of EA saying goodbye to Russia for this expansion pack. (credit: EA) The “My Wedding Stories” expansion pack for The Sims 4 won’t be released in Russia, publisher Electronic Arts said. That’s due to a “gay-propaganda” law in the country that would have meant the pack’s “storytelling would be subject to […]