Sting nails two front firms in Nork IT worker scam
Sting nails two front firms in Nork IT worker scam Summary The US Treasury has sanctioned two Asian companies and two individuals for allegedly helping North Korean IT workers pose…
FBI Warns Chinese Hacking Campaign Has Expanded, Reaching 80 Countries
FBI Warns Chinese Hacking Campaign Has Expanded, Reaching 80 Countries Summary The FBI, together with Five Eyes partners and additional European agencies, issued a joint advisory warning that a Chinese…
Nevada’s State Agencies Shutter in Wake of Cyberattack
Nevada’s State Agencies Shutter in Wake of Cyberattack Summary State offices in Nevada shut down in-person services for two days after a network security incident was detected on Sunday. The…
China Hijacks Captive Portals to Spy on Asian Diplomats
China Hijacks Captive Portals to Spy on Asian Diplomats Summary Google researchers attribute a recent campaign to the Mustang Panda APT (tracked as UNC6384), in which attackers hijacked browser captive-portal…
Crims laud Claude to plant ransomware and fake IT expertise
Crims laud Claude to plant ransomware and fake IT expertise Content summary Anthropic has published a 25-page security report admitting its Claude models are being abused to lower the technical…
FBI Warns Chinese Hacking Campaign Has Expanded, Reaching 80 Countries
FBI Warns Chinese Hacking Campaign Has Expanded, Reaching 80 Countries Summary The FBI, together with Five Eyes partners and agencies from Finland, the Netherlands, Poland and the Czech Republic, issued…
Fast-Spreading, Complex Phishing Campaign Installs RATs
Fast-Spreading, Complex Phishing Campaign Installs RATs Summary Fortinet Labs has identified a fast‑spreading global phishing campaign targeting Windows users that both steals credentials and installs remote access trojans (RATs). Attackers…
Securing the Cloud in an Age of Escalating Cyber Threats
Securing the Cloud in an Age of Escalating Cyber Threats Summary The article argues that traditional perimeter-based defences are no longer sufficient as cloud environments grow more complex and attackers…
FTC Chair Tells Tech Giants to Hold the Line on Encryption
FTC Chair Tells Tech Giants to Hold the Line on Encryption Summary Andrew Ferguson, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), sent letters to major technology firms urging them not…
ClickFix Attack Tricks AI Summaries Into Pushing Malware
ClickFix Attack Tricks AI Summaries Into Pushing Malware Summary A proof-of-concept ClickFix social engineering attack can manipulate AI summarisation tools into outputting malicious instructions (for example, PowerShell commands) that prompt…