Russian spies had access to EMA systems for four months in 2020 hack post, februari 14, 2025juni 13, 2025 Russian attackers were behind the hack of the European Medicines Agency EMA in 2020. They had “unauthorized access to knowledge of COVID-19 vaccines and personal correspondence” for at least four months. The Dutch police warned the rest of Europe in 2021 that these attackers may have access to other European… Continue Reading
Russische spionnen en de ‘hack van Amsterdam’ post, februari 14, 2025juni 13, 2025 Een rechercheur van de Nederlandse politie doet in het voorjaar van 2021 iets opmerkelijks. Al maanden is de politie betrokken bij een opsporingsonderzoek naar een ernstige hack – genaamd 26Blackburn – bij een internationale organisatie in Amsterdam. Ze komen alleen niet verder, het spoor loopt dood. Rechercheurs en Openbaar Ministerie… Continue Reading
China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers post, februari 13, 2025februari 20, 2025 When the Chinese hacker group known as Salt Typhoon was revealed last fall to have deeply penetrated major US telecommunications companies—ultimately breaching no fewer than nine of the phone carriers and accessing Americans’ texts and calls in real time—that hacking campaign was treated as a four-alarm fire by the US government. Yet… Continue Reading
A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks post, februari 12, 2025juli 3, 2025 Over the last decade, the Kremlin’s most aggressive cyberwar unit, known as Sandworm, has focused its hacking campaigns on tormenting Ukraine, even more so since Russian president Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Russia’s neighbor. Now Microsoft is warning that a team within that notorious hacking group has shifted its targeting, indiscriminately working… Continue Reading
A Tumultuous Week for Federal Cybersecurity Efforts post, januari 27, 2025januari 30, 2025 President Trump last week issued a flurry of executive orders that upended a number of government initiatives focused on improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture. The president fired all advisors from the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board, called for the creation of a strategic cryptocurrency reserve, and voided a… Continue Reading
Phemex – Rekt post, januari 24, 2025februari 24, 2025 When your hot wallets become dozens of points of failure, $73.54 million makes for an expensive lesson in access control. Phemex exchange just learned this lesson the hard way, watching helplessly as an attacker drained their hot wallets across almost 30 different chains in a masterclass of multi-chain mayhem. Continue Reading
North Korean Hackers Pull Off $308M Bitcoin Heist from Crypto Firm DMM Bitcoin post, december 24, 2024februari 24, 2025 Japanese and U.S. authorities have formerly attributed the theft of cryptocurrency worth $308 million from cryptocurrency company DMM Bitcoin in May 2024 to North Korean cyber actors. “The theft is affiliated with TraderTraitor threat activity, which is also tracked as Jade Sleet, UNC4899, and Slow Pisces,” the agencies said. “TraderTraitor activity… Continue Reading
Iranian Hackers Deploy WezRat Malware in Attacks Targeting Israeli Organizations post, november 15, 2024februari 24, 2025 Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan and information stealer used by Iranian state-sponsored actors to conduct reconnaissance of compromised endpoints and execute malicious commands. Cybersecurity company Check Point has codenamed the malware WezRat, stating it has been detected in the wild since at least September 1,… Continue Reading
People’s Republic of China Undertaking Major Cyberespionage Targeting U.S. Telecom Networks post, november 15, 2024november 18, 2024 US authorities have revealed a “broad and significant” cyberespionage campaign conducted by China-linked hackers aimed at stealing information from Americans involved in government and politics. In a joint statement on Wednesday, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported that hackers connected to Beijing had “compromised networks… Continue Reading
Hamas Hackers Spy on Mideast Gov’ts, Disrupt Israel post, november 14, 2024november 18, 2024 A longstanding threat actor affiliated with Hamas has been conducting espionage against governments across the Middle East and destructive wiper attacks in Israel. “Wirte” is a 6 1/2-year-old advanced persistent threat (APT) working to support Hamas’ political agenda. Check Point Research identifies it as a subgroup of the Gaza Cybergang… Continue Reading