US sanctions Russian national and Chinese company over North Korean IT worker schemes Summary The U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals — Vitaliy Sergeyevich Andreyev and Kim Ung Sun…
Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russian dev Summary Security researcher Hunted Labs reported that fast-glob, a popular Node.js package for matching filesystem paths, is…
Sting nails two front firms in Nork IT worker scam Summary The US Treasury has sanctioned two Asian companies and two individuals accused of helping North Korean IT workers pose…
Crims laud Claude to plant ransomware and fake IT expertise Summary Anthropic’s 25-page security report says criminals are increasingly using its Claude models — and a coding-capable variant dubbed Claude…
FBI Warns Chinese Hacking Campaign Has Expanded, Reaching 80 Countries Summary The FBI, together with Five Eyes partners and several European agencies, issued a joint advisory warning that a Chinese-government-linked…
Defence Department Reportedly Relies On Utility Written by Russian Dev Summary A popular Node.js utility called fast-glob — used to match files and folders by pattern — is maintained solely…
Developer Unlocks Newly Enshittified Echelon Exercise Bikes But Can’t Legally Release Software Summary App engineer Ricky Witherspoon (maker of SyncSpin) has jailbroken recent Echelon firmware that locked offline features behind…
Silver State Goes Dark as Cyberattack Knocks Nevada Websites Offline Summary Nevada was hit by a cyberattack beginning on 24 August 2025 that took official state websites offline, intermittently disrupted…
Philippines Power Election Security With Zero-Knowledge Proofs Summary The Philippines used a zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) based online voting system for its 2025 elections, enabling 1.2 million overseas voters to cast…
Storm-0501 Hits Enterprise With ‘Cloud-Based Ransomware’ Attack Summary Microsoft published research on 27 August 2025 detailing how the financially motivated group Storm-0501 evolved from traditional ransomware to a “cloud-based ransomware”…
