Malicious actors have been using an open-source, data-stealing remote access Trojan called Babylon to spy on and steal data from three Malaysian government entities since July 2023, according to security firm Cyble in a report Wednesday. Cyble could not link the attackers to any state or group.
The United States announced a superseding indictment Thursday that adds five Russian military intelligence officers as defendants while warning that Kremlin cyberthreat actors continue to target U.S. and global critical infrastructure.
The United States National Security Agency is banking on recently developed partnerships with leading technology firms around the world and foreign partners to combat the growing cybersecurity risks from Chinese-based threat actors, a top official from the agency said Wednesday.
The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of carrying out a sustained campaign to influence the 2024 presidential election and announced a series of sanctions and law enforcement actions that target state-sponsored hackers and media executives behind Kremlin influence operations.
A hacking group tied to North Korea exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the open source Google Chromium web browser to try and steal cryptocurrency, Microsoft said. The attack campaign is the latest to involve a sophisticated North Korean rootkit called FudModule. Google has fixed the flaw.
A joint advisory from the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as well as reports published Wednesday by Microsoft and the Google-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant, are all warning of emerging cybersecurity threats associated with the Iranian regime.
Chinese nation-state attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director software, used by major internet and managed service providers to deploy, configure and monitor network infrastructure, security experts warn. Versa updated its software last month to patch the flaw.
A North Korean hacking team hastily pivoted from using publicly available cloud computing storage to its own infrastructure after security researchers unmasked a malware campaign. The group shifted from using cloud service including Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox to systems under its control.
South Korea has begun its annual military and cyberwarfare exercise with the United States called Ulchi Freedom Shield amid growing North Korean attacks on defense agencies and recent espionage incidents that compromised highly sensitive military technologies.
North Korea's Lazarus hacking team, which focuses on cryptocurrency theft and espionage, has once again been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows to install antivirus-suppressing malware dubbed Fudmodule to aid its intrusions.
The FBI confirmed recent reports that Iran hacked into former President Donald Trump’s campaign, saying in a Monday statement the country was attempting "to stoke discord and undermine confidence" in the U.S. democratic process through online influence operations and other malicious efforts.
A massive February leak of internal documents from Chinese hacking contractor iSoon revealed apparent hacking against European institutions and states, a German federal agency warned this week. Previous analysis of the leaked data by security researchers focused on iSoon's activities in Asia.
A Russian hacking group notorious for hack-and-leak operations is behind a recent campaign targeting Russian dissidents and rights groups across the United States and Europe. Researchers also uncovered what they say is a previously unidentified threat actor targeting similar communities.
Iranian nation-state hackers are continuing a campaign to infiltrate the U.S. presidential election by penetrating the email inboxes of campaign and election officials, Google said Wednesday. The Iranian cyberespionage group tracked as APT42 started "a small but steady cadence" of phishing emails.
As concerns grow about China's cyberthreat to U.S. critical infrastructure, Scythe founder and CEO Bryson Bort suggests the actual risk may not be as severe as feared. He explains the factors that might limit China's cyber activities and the real strategic vulnerabilities that could be targeted.
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