Cybersecurity News Digest

Cybersecurity News Digest

The Bank of Russia identified 1,400 illegal financial projects in the quarter

Pseudo-investment projects, cryptopyramides, and illegal creditors predominate among the identified schemes.

The first Anti-fake Championship has started in Russia

Participants are offered to learn how to recognize deepfakes, fakes and fraudulent schemes in the format of an online competition.

In April, almost 8,000 phishing sites were blocked in Russia.

CMU CCOP reported the blocking of 7,846 phishing resources and 677 malware sites.

More than 300 teams from 16 countries have applied for the "Battle of Robots" to be held in Russia.

The International Robotics Championship in 2026 attracted a record number of applications, including participants from the UK, Chile and the Philippines.

Scammers use the topic of searching for their members to hijack accounts

The attackers spread fake links to "new chats" and gain access to accounts via SMS codes.

Russians released from fraudulent call centers in Myanmar

Two Russian citizens returned home after being released from call centers where they were forced to participate in online fraud.

Critical infrastructure has become the main target of cyber attacks in Russia

In the first quarter of 2026, objects of critical information infrastructure accounted for 77% of all cyber attacks on Russian organizations.

A teenager hacked into a French government agency and stole the data of 11.7 million people

The hacker who attacked the ANTS agency responsible for issuing passports and driver's licenses turned out to be a 15-year-old teenager.

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