U.S. Charges 12 Chinese Nationals in State-Backed Hacking Operations

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced charges against 12 Chinese nationals for their alleged participation in a wide-ranging scheme designed to steal data and suppress free speech and dissent globally.
The individuals include two officers of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Ministry of Public Security (MPS), eight employees of an ostensibly private PRC company, Anxun

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Ransomware Attacks Build Against Saudi Construction Firms

Cybercriminals are ramping up their efforts in the Kingdom and targeting more than just petroleum firms; now, they’re aiming for Middle East organizations in the IT, government, construction, and real estate sectors too.

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Espionage Actor ‘Lotus Blossom’ Targets South East Asia

The threat actor, of unknown origin, is deploying a proprietary backdoor malware known as “Sagerunex” against critical infrastructure in Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

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SimilarWeb data: This obscure AI startup grew 8,658% while OpenAI crawled at 9%

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China’s Silk Typhoon APT Shifts to IT Supply Chain Attacks

The nation-state threat group has been breaching providers of remote management tools, identity management providers, and other IT companies to access networks of targeted entities, according to Microsoft.

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Two decades of visitor data at the Toronto Zoo stolen in cyberattack

The organization also lost years of wildlife conservation research as a result of the January 2024 cyber incident.

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Qualcomm, MediaTek Release Security Fix Bonanza

The chipmakers patched bugs, mostly critical and high severity, that affect everything from smartphones to TVs to artificial intelligence platforms.

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Catalan court says NSO Group executives can be charged in spyware investigation

The ruling said that a lower court can charge two NSO Group co-founders and a former executive of two affiliate companies for the alleged hacking of a lawyer.

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US Indicts China’s iSoon ‘Hackers-for-Hire’ Operatives 

i-Soon employees charged with conducting extensive hacking campaigns on behalf of Beijing’s security services.

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‘Crafty Camel’ APT Targets Aviation, OT With Polygot Files

The Iran-linked nation-state group made its debut with a stealthy, sophisticated, and laser-focused cyber-espionage attack on targets in UAE.

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