It was 'inevitable' that bombs would fall in response to a cyberattack
Israel’s military announced Sunday it had launched airstrikes on a building allegedly housing a number of Hamas soldiers that were preparing to launch a cyberattack against Israel. Israel Defense...
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Chinese hackers found and repurposed elite NSA-linked tools
A hacking group with ties to Chinese intelligence has been using tools linked to the National Security Agency as far back as March 2016, according to research from security firm Symantec. The tools...
View ArticleU.S. Cyber Command knows its weapons may one day be used by its targets
U.S. military commanders say that when U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency use a capability against targets abroad, they understand it might eventually be used by an adversary. The...
View ArticleResearchers uncover new MuddyWater targeting of government, telecom entities
Undeterred by the reported dumping of its data online, an Iran-linked hacking group has been using malicious documents and files to target telecommunications organizations and impersonate government...
View ArticleAndroid-based espionage campaign in the Middle East targets military data
A newly uncovered espionage campaign in the Middle East has infected more than 660 Android phones, and much of the stolen data appears to be “military-related,” researchers from cybersecurity company...
View ArticleWhat happens when one APT hijacks another’s infrastructure
Like any group of spies or soldiers, state-sponsored hacking groups are acutely interested in what their peers are using. Servers, domains and other digital tools can be contested resources just like...
View ArticleChinese spies have been sucking up call records at multinational telecoms,...
Chinese hackers have hit the soft underbelly of global telecommunications companies to siphon off hundreds of gigabytes of data, according to an investigation by security company Cybereason. The...
View ArticleThe developers of the notorious FinSpy spyware are innovating — and thriving
Like any competitive company, a spyware vendor has to innovate when its proprietary data is exposed or stolen. For the distributors of the notorious FinSpy spyware, the definitive moment came in 2014,...
View ArticleRussia’s Turla group goes trolling with code labeled “TrumpTower”
It’s a common practice: Researchers digging through malware find legitimate clues that point to its authors or data that are false flags meant to throw researchers off the right path. In the case of...
View ArticleAPT groups are exploiting outdated VPNs to spy on international targets, U.K....
International hacking groups are exploiting vulnerabilities in virtual private network technologies to steal user credentials and monitor sensitive traffic, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security...
View ArticleBlackBerry Cylance: More and more APT groups are relying on mobile malware to...
State-backed hackers from China and Iran have long been spying on their country’s political dissidents using mobile malware, but new research from BlackBerry’s Cylance shows these same nation-state...
View ArticleShadow Brokers data dump tipped researchers off to a mysterious APT dubbed...
Clues about a hacking group that carried out attacks against targets in countries including Syria, Iran and Russia were included in files leaked by a mysterious group known as the Shadow Brokers,...
View ArticleFormer Twitter employees charged with spying on critics of Saudi Arabia
The Department of Justice charged two former Twitter employees for spying on users at the behest the Saudi Arabian government, according to charges unsealed Wednesday and the criminal complaint,...
View ArticleCyber Command flags North Korean-linked hackers behind ongoing financial heists
The Department of Defense has once again called out North Korean hackers by exposing malware samples researchers say are linked to regime-backed financial heists, including past attacks on the...
View ArticleSen. Menendez questions Twitter about former employees spying for Saudi Arabia
Sen. Bob Menendez has a lot of questions for Twitter and the Trump Administration after the Justice Department charged two former Twitter employees with spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia. Menendez, a...
View ArticleTrump's national security adviser warns Canadians against Huawei 5G tech
A top White House official warned Canadians this weekend against allowing China-based Huawei to help in building out Canada’s next generation 5G telecommunications networks. “The technology allows...
View ArticleTrend Micro finds new mobile malware masquerading as a chat app
A new kind of mobile malware that can steal victim’s personal information, including files and victims’ location data is hidden under the guise of a chat app, according to new research from Trend...
View ArticleHuawei sues FCC for icing U.S. business, claiming a lack of evidence
Huawei is suing the Federal Communications Commission over a measure passed last month that limits the Chinese telecommunication firm’s ability to conduct business in the U.S. The suit, filed in the...
View ArticleThe big questions from FTI's report on the Jeff Bezos hack
A cybersecurity forensics team has concluded with “medium to high confidence” that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hacked Jeff Bezos’ iPhone X in 2018, but the analysis has not impressed the...
View ArticleChina-linked hackers have targeted Malaysian government, officials warn
A hacking group that private researchers have linked with Chinese interests has successfully targeted Malaysian government officials in an apparent data-stealing espionage campaign, cybersecurity...
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