Category: cyberscoop

Iranian hackers were more coordinated, aligned during Israel conflict than it seemed
05
Aug
2025

Iranian hackers were more coordinated, aligned during Israel conflict than it seemed

The apparently disjointed response from Iranian hackers to the 12-day conflict with Israel in June actually demonstrated a significant degree…

Matt Kapko
05
Aug
2025

Google addresses six vulnerabilities in August’s Android security update

Google addressed six vulnerabilities affecting Android devices in its August security update, marking a months-long lull in the number of…

AI company Perplexity is sneaking to get around blocks on crawlers, Cloudflare alleges
04
Aug
2025

AI company Perplexity is sneaking to get around blocks on crawlers, Cloudflare alleges

Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity is using stealthy techniques to get around network blocks against systematic browsing and scraping of web…

‘Highly evasive’ Vietnamese-speaking hackers stealing data from thousands of victims in 62+ nations
04
Aug
2025

‘Highly evasive’ Vietnamese-speaking hackers stealing data from thousands of victims in 62+ nations

Vietnamese-speaking hackers are carrying out a “highly evasive, multi-stage operation” to steal information from thousands of victims in more than…

Details emerge on BlackSuit ransomware takedown
04
Aug
2025

Details emerge on BlackSuit ransomware takedown

BlackSuit’s technical infrastructure was seized in a globally coordinated takedown operation last month that authorities touted as a significant blow…

The North Korea worker problem is bigger than you think
04
Aug
2025

CrowdStrike investigated 320 North Korean IT worker cases in the past year

North Korean operatives seeking and gaining technical jobs with foreign companies kept CrowdStrike busy, accounting for almost one incident response…

Senate confirms national cyber director pick Sean Cairncross
03
Aug
2025

Senate confirms national cyber director pick Sean Cairncross

The Senate voted to confirm Sean Cairncross as national cyber director Saturday, giving the Trump administration one of its top…

PHP
01
Aug
2025

Cursor’s AI coding agent morphed ‘into local shell’ with one-line prompt attack

Threat researchers at AimLabs on Friday disclosed a data-poisoning attack affecting the AI-powered code editing software Cursor that would have…

Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds
01
Aug
2025

Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds

Social engineering — an expanding variety of methods that attackers use to trick professionals to gain access to their organizations’…

China accuses US of exploiting Microsoft zero-day in cyberattack
01
Aug
2025

China accuses US of exploiting Microsoft zero-day in cyberattack

U.S. intelligence agencies launched cyberattacks on two Chinese military enterprises dating back to 2022, in one case exploiting a Microsoft…

Feds still trying to crack Volt Typhoon hackers’ intentions, goals
31
Jul
2025

Feds still trying to crack Volt Typhoon hackers’ intentions, goals

Federal analysts are still sizing up what the Chinese hackers known as Volt Typhoon, who penetrated U.S. critical infrastructure to…

Russia-affiliated Secret Blizzard conducting ongoing espionage against embassies in Moscow
31
Jul
2025

Russia-affiliated Secret Blizzard conducting ongoing espionage against embassies in Moscow

A Russian nation-state threat group has been spying on foreign diplomats, managing continuous access to their  communications and data in…