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The Strait of Hormuz flashpoint: When military threats meet cyber warfare

A 2013 military threat from Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz serves as a critical case study for how modern geopolitical conflicts now blend cyber w

6 min readApr 8

State-aligned hackers target prominent Egyptian journalists in sophisticated phishing attack

A report by Access Now and Lookout details a sophisticated spearphishing campaign against two Egyptian journalists, likely linked to state-sponsored a

6 min readApr 8

Breach exposes sensitive LAPD files stored in city attorney system

A deep dive into the LockBit ransomware attack on the LA City Attorney's office, which exposed 7.7 TB of sensitive LAPD files and personal data.

6 min readApr 8

Hack-for-hire spyware campaign targets journalists in Middle East, North Africa

A joint investigation reveals the Bitter APT group, with suspected ties to India, is using ProSpy spyware to target journalists in the MENA region.

5 min readApr 8

US dismantles Russian GRU botnet used for global DNS hijacking

The FBI has dismantled a global botnet of compromised routers controlled by Russia's APT28, thwarting a DNS hijacking campaign aimed at espionage.

6 min readApr 8

Iranian threat actors disrupt US critical infrastructure via exposed PLCs

Attackers linked to Iran compromised Internet-facing industrial controllers using default passwords, causing operational disruption across US critical

6 min readApr 8

Anthropic launches Project Glasswing to use AI to find and fix critical software vulnerabilities

AI firm Anthropic unveils Project Glasswing, using its Claude Mythos Preview model to autonomously find and propose fixes for zero-day vulnerabilities

6 min readApr 8

Massachusetts hospital diverts ambulances as cyberattack causes major disruption

A cyberattack on Signature Healthcare forced a Massachusetts hospital to divert ambulances and cancel services, highlighting the severe consequences o

6 min readApr 8

The $280 million Drift Protocol hack that never happened: A case study in crypto misinformation

A fabricated $280M hack of Drift Protocol highlights the growing threat of misinformation in crypto, proving that a convincing lie can be as damaging

6 min readApr 8

Anthropic's Claude Mythos: A fictional tale of AI finding zero-days points to a very real future

A fictional report of an AI finding thousands of zero-days serves as a thought experiment on the real future of cybersecurity, its technical basis, an

7 min readApr 8

Russian APT28 hackers hijack routers to steal credentials, UK security agency warns

A new advisory details how Russian state-sponsored group APT28 is compromising SOHO routers to redirect traffic and harvest sensitive login credential

7 min readApr 8

UK exposes Russian cyber unit hacking home routers to hijack internet traffic

International agencies have exposed a campaign by Russia's GRU (APT28) that targets home and small office routers to conduct espionage and build a glo

6 min readApr 8