A Chinese APT has been infecting SOHO routers with the ShortLeash backdoor to build stealthy espionage infrastructure.
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North Korean Hackers Take Over Victims’ Systems Using Zoom Meeting
North Korean hackers employ social engineering to trick Zoom Meeting participants into executing system-takeover commands.
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Predatory Sparrow Burns $90 Million on Iranian Crypto Exchange in Cyber Shadow War
Israel-linked Predatory Sparrow hackers torched more than $90 million at Iran’s largest cryptobank as Israel-Iran cyberwar escalates.
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Russian Hackers Bypass Gmail MFA with App Specific Password Ruse
Russian hackers posed as US State Department staff and convinced targets to generate and give up Google app-specific passwords.
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Chinese Espionage Crews Circle SentinelOne in Year-Long Reconnaissance Campaign
Anti-malware vendor said it spent the past twelve months deflecting a stream of network reconnaissance probes from China-nexus threat actors
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China Issues Warrants for Alleged Taiwanese Hackers and Bans a Business for Pro-Independence Links
China issued warrants for 20 Taiwanese people it said carried out hacking missions in the Chinese mainland on behalf of the island’s ruling party.
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Chinese Hacking Group APT41 Exploits Google Calendar to Target Governments
China-linked hackers used a compromised government site to target other government entities with the ToughProgress malware that uses an attacker-controlled Google Calendar for C&C.
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ConnectWise Discloses Suspected State-Sponsored Hack
The IT software provider says ScreenConnect users were impacted by the attack, which exploited a high-severity ASP.NET vulnerability.
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Czech Government Condemns Chinese Hack on Critical Infrastructure
The Czech government issues a blunt warning to China after APT31 hackers linked to intrusion at critical infrastructure network.
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Russian Government Hackers Caught Buying Passwords from Cybercriminals
Microsoft flags a new Kremlin hacking team buying stolen usernames and passwords from infostealer markets for use in cyberespionage attacks.
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