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Chinese APT Weaponizes Legitimate Cloud Services for Mongolia Espionage Campaign
A Chinese advanced persistent threat group is running a surveillance operation against Mongolian targets by piggybacking on trusted cloud infrastructure rather
Chinese phishing campaign tricks NASA staff to reach U.S. defense software
A targeted phishing operation attributed to Chinese actors successfully compromised NASA employees as part of a broader effort to access U.S. defense software.
DOJ Dismantles Myanmar-Based Fraud Ring Preying on American Victims
US authorities have disrupted a Myanmar-based criminal operation that targeted American citizens through financial fraud schemes. The takedown reflects the grow
DORA Article 9 turns credential hygiene into a binding EU financial control
The Digital Operational Resilience Act, in force across the EU since January 2025, recasts credential management as a supervised financial risk control rather t
FIRESTARTER implant persists on federal Cisco Firepower device through patching
A backdoor tracked as FIRESTARTER was recovered from a Cisco Firepower appliance in use at a U.S. federal agency, with the implant demonstrating the ability to
Glasswing Locks Down the Code, But Your Stack's Exposure Is Still Yours to Own
Glasswing's pitch centers on hardening application code itself, closing off a class of vulnerabilities at the source layer. That narrows one attack surface, but
Hidden Bluetooth tracker in postcard exposes Dutch warship's location
A journalist at Dutch outlet Omroep Gelderland followed a public mailing address on the Dutch government website and slipped a Bluetooth tracker inside a postca
Latin America Overtakes Africa as Most-Attacked Region in Q1 2026
Regional cyberattack rankings shifted this quarter, with Latin America surpassing Africa as the most-targeted region globally. The change reflects a measurable
Lazarus Group Pivots ClickFix Social Engineering to macOS Targets
North Korea's Lazarus Group has extended its ClickFix campaign to macOS, expanding a technique previously aimed at Windows users. ClickFix relies on social engi
Microsoft Entra passkeys land on Windows, closing a gap on unmanaged devices
Microsoft is rolling out Entra passkey support on Windows starting late April, with general availability targeted for mid-June 2026. The feature lets users crea
Pack2TheRoot: 12-year-old PackageKit flaw hands local users root on most Linux distros
A high-severity vulnerability in PackageKit, the daemon that brokers software install and update requests across most Linux distributions, lets unprivileged loc
Project Glasswing: AI Finds the Bugs, But Humans Still Bottleneck the Fix
Project Glasswing demonstrated that AI systems can surface software vulnerabilities at a pace and scale human auditors cannot match. The finding pipeline is no