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SITA dismisses cyber attack claims after hacktivist group targets government systems
9+ hour, 44+ min ago (81+ words) News24 SITA dismisses cyber attack claims after hacktivist group targets government systems - Manhunt launched after 2 tourists found brutally murdered at Kruger National Park - Armed robbers storm ex-minister Naledi Pandor's home, flee with car and electronics - ANC heavy hitters say no to…...
Iranian Hackers Posed as Recruiters to Target Airline, Oil Workers During Middle East Conflict
23+ hour, 35+ min ago (427+ words) Cybersecurity researchers say Iranian-linked hackers allegedly used fake recruiter outreach and fraudulent job offers to target employees in the aviation and energy sectors during the recent conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States. According to a new report from…...
Chinese hackers hit telecoms with novel Linux and Windows malware
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (517+ words) As telecommunications infrastructure remains a prime target for global cyber-espionage, breaching an operator yields a goldmine: strategic intelligence, communication routes, corporate data, and access to critical networks. It's a playbook Chinese threat actors know all too well Cybersecurity researchers have…...
Vietnamese firms hit hardest by spyware attacks in Southeast Asia
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (311+ words) Saturday, May 23, 2026, 10: 47 GMT+7 Vietnamese enterprises faced nearly 323, 000 spyware attacks in 2025, the highest number recorded in Southeast Asia, according to a report released by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky on Friday. The figure far exceeded those of Malaysia and Indonesia, which each reported…...
Cloud Atlas APT Targets Russia and Belarus with Power Cloud Tool
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (211+ words) To breach networks, Cloud Atlas utilizes phishing emails containing ZIP archives with LNK files. Additionally, the group leverages malicious documents designed to exploit CVE-2018-0802, a vulnerability in the Microsoft Office Equation Editor process, a Kaspersky report says. Following the initial…...
Ghostwriter Targets Ukraine Government Entities with Prometheus Phishing Malware
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (270+ words) The Belarus-aligned threat actor known as Ghostwriter (aka UAC-0057 and UNC1151 Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council) has been observed using lures related to Prometheus, a Ukrainian online learning platform, to target government organizations in the country. The activity, per the…...
China-Aligned Webworm Adds Discord, One Drive Backdoors
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (710+ words) Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Security researchers uncovered new activity from a China-sponsored threat actor tracked as Webworm after decrypting more than 400 Discord messages from the group. See Also: Experts Offer Insights from Theoretical to the Realities of AI-enabled…...
How China-linked threat actors obtain zero-day vulnerabilities
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (834+ words) A zero-day vulnerability is a previously unknown software flaw that has no available patch at the time it is exploited. That is what makes zero-day attacks so effective. There is no signature to detect and no fix to apply. Attackers…...
Darktrace's Research Shows New Chinese Modus Operandi
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (21+ words) Darktrace has released a new research report, "Crimson Echo: Understanding Chinese-nexus Cyber Tradecraft Through Behavioral Analysis" which looks at how...
Some of the biggest cyber risks to the military don't start inside government networks
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (345+ words) "We are eager to extend this partnership out across the defense industrial base to the maximum extent possible," said Terry Kalka. Terry Gerton The Pentagon has invested heavily in cyber defenses, but this new effort with DC3 puts partnership with industry…...