cyberespionage
Chinese Hackers Target Medical, Military, and AI Research in North America
What happened Google’s Threat Intelligence Group published an analysis of cyberespionage activity carried out by a threat group linked to the Chinese government. The group is tracked as UNC6508 and is believed ...
Threat Group Running Espionage Operations Against Dozens of Governments
Unit 42 researchers say an Asian threat group behind what they call the Shadow Campaigns has targeted government agencies in 37 countries in a wide-ranging global cyberespionage campaign that has involved phishing ...
AI as Cyberattacker
From Anthropic: In mid-September 2025, we detected suspicious activity that later investigation determined to be a highly sophisticated espionage campaign. The attackers used AI’s “agentic” capabilities to an unprecedented degree—using AI not ...
200,000 More SIM Cards Found Linked to Secret Telecom Network in NYC
Federal investigators have found 200,000 more SIM cards at a site in New Jersey that were part of a sprawling hidden telecommunications network that initially included 100,000 other SIM cards and 300 ...
First Sentencing in Scheme to Help North Koreans Infiltrate US Companies
An Arizona woman was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for her role helping North Korean workers infiltrate US companies by pretending to be US workers. From an article: According to court ...
Chinese Hacker Linked to Silk Typhoon Charged With Stealing COVID Data
A 33-year-old Chinese national linked to the Silk Typhoon espionage group was arrested in Italy on a U.S. warrant that accuses him of conspiring with others in hacks of U.S. COVID-19 vaccine ...
Iranian Cyber Threat Escalation: Preparing for Asymmetric Response through Adversarial Validation Emulation
Amid rising tensions after Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, experts warn of increased Iranian cyber retaliation. With limited conventional options, Iran is expected to rely on cyberattacks against U.S ...
Silk Typhoon Hackers Indicted
Lots of interesting details in the story: The US Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the indictment of 12 Chinese individuals accused of more than a decade of hacker intrusions around the ...
GoldenJackal Targets Embassies, Steals Data from Air-Gapped Systems
GoldenJackal, a threat group possibly from Russia, has been attacking embassies and other government agencies from Europe, South Asia, and the Middle East with two distinct malicious toolsets designed to steal information ...
Response to CISA Advisory (AA24-249A): Russian Military Cyber Actors Target US and Global Critical Infrastructure
AttackIQ has released a new assessment template in response to the CISA Advisory (AA24-249A) published on September 5, 2024, that assesses cyber actors affiliated with the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate ...
