The state-sponsored hackers relied on phishing emails to deliver a malicious payload to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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Chinese Cyberspies Deploy ‘BadAudio’ Malware via Supply Chain Attacks
APT24 has been relying on various techniques to drop the BadAudio downloader and then deploy additional payloads.
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Over 50,000 Asus Routers Hacked in ‘Operation WrtHug’
A Chinese threat actor is exploiting known vulnerabilities in discontinued Asus devices in an Operational Relay Box (ORB) facilitation campaign.
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Amazon Details Iran’s Cyber-Enabled Kinetic Attacks Linking Digital Spying to Physical Strikes
Amazon threat intelligence experts have documented two cases in which Iran leveraged hacking to prepare for kinetic attacks.
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MI5 Warns Lawmakers That Chinese Spies Are Trying to Reach Them via LinkedIn
Britain’s domestic intelligence agency warned that Chinese nationals were ”using LinkedIn profiles to conduct outreach at scale” on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of State Security.
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Iranian Hackers Target Defense and Government Officials in Ongoing Campaign
The state-sponsored APT has been targeting the victims’ family members to increase pressure on their targets.
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Anthropic Says Claude AI Powered 90% of Chinese Espionage Campaign
A state-sponsored threat actor manipulated Claude Code to execute cyberattacks on roughly 30 organizations worldwide.
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China’s Cyber Silence is More Worrying Than Russia’s Noise, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist Says
NTT’s chief cybersecurity strategist Mihoko Matsubara on the new geopolitics of hacking, the “chicken and egg” problem of 5G, and the AGI threat to society.
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Australia Sanctions Hackers Supporting North Korea’s Weapons Program
Australia mirrored the US’s recent sanctions against bankers, financial institutions, and others allegedly involved in laundering funds for North Korea.
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Destructive Russian Cyberattacks on Ukraine Expand to Grain Sector
Multiple state-sponsored Russian groups are targeting Ukrainian entities and European countries linked to Ukraine.
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