espionage
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U.S. DoJ Indicts North Korean Hacker for Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday unsealed an indictment against a North Korean military intelligence operative for allegedly…
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North Korean Hackers Shift from Cyber Espionage to Ransomware Attacks
A North Korea-linked threat actor known for its cyber espionage operations has gradually expanded into financially-motivated attacks that involve the…
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Researchers Reveal ConfusedFunction Vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability impacting Google Cloud Platform’s Cloud Functions service that an attacker could exploit…
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Patchwork Hackers Target Bhutan with Advanced Brute Ratel C4 Tool
The threat actor known as Patchwork has been linked to a cyber attack targeting entities with ties to Bhutan to…
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Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan and US NGO with MgBot Malware
Organizations in Taiwan and a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) based in China have been targeted by a Beijing-affiliated state-sponsored hacking…
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Pro-Houthi Group Targets Yemen Aid Organizations with Android Spyware
A suspected pro-Houthi threat group targeted at least three humanitarian organizations in Yemen with Android spyware designed to harvest sensitive…
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APT41 Infiltrates Networks in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and the U.K.
Several organizations operating within global shipping and logistics, media and entertainment, technology, and automotive sectors in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand,…
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SolarWinds Patches 8 Critical Flaws in Access Rights Manager Software
SolarWinds has addressed a set of critical security flaws impacting its Access Rights Manager (ARM) software that could be exploited…
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TAG-100: New Threat Actor Uses Open-Source Tools for Widespread Attacks
Unknown threat actors have been observed leveraging open-source tools as part of a suspected cyber espionage campaign targeting global government…
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Cisco Warns of Critical Flaw Affecting On-Prem Smart Software Manager
Cisco has released patches to address a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Smart Software Manager On-Prem (Cisco SSM On-Prem) that could…
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