US arrests Scattered Spider suspect linked to telecom hacks post, december 5, 2024februari 24, 2025 U.S. authorities have arrested a 19-year-old teenager linked to the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime gang who is now charged with breaching a U.S. financial institution and two unnamed telecommunications firms. Remington Goy Ogletree (also known online as “remi”) breached the three companies’ networks using credentials stolen in text and voice… Continue Reading
Wanted Russian Hacker Linked to Hive and LockBit Ransomware Arrested post, november 30, 2024december 2, 2024 A Russian cybercriminal wanted in the U.S. in connection with LockBit and Hive ransomware operations has been arrested by law enforcement authorities in the country. According to a news report from Russian media outlet RIA Novosti, Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev has been accused of developing a malicious program designed to encrypt files and… Continue Reading
Russian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack post, november 22, 2024juli 3, 2025 In a first, Russia’s APT28 hacking group appears to have remotely breached the Wi-Fi of an espionage target by hijacking a laptop in another building across the street. For determined hackers, sitting in a car outside a target’s building and using radio equipment to breach its Wi-Fi network has long… Continue Reading
NSO Group Exploited WhatsApp to Install Pegasus Spyware Even After Meta’s Lawsuit post, november 18, 2024 Legal documents released as part of an ongoing legal tussle between Meta’s WhatsApp and NSO Group have revealed that the Israeli spyware vendor used multiple exploits targeting the messaging app to deliver Pegasus, including one even after it was sued by Meta for doing so. They also show that NSO Group repeatedly… 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
Single Right-Click Let Hackers Gain Access To System By Exploiting 0-Day post, november 14, 2024februari 24, 2025 A newly discovered 0-day vulnerability in Windows systems, CVE-2024-43451, has been actively exploited by suspected Russian hackers to target Ukrainian entities. This 0-day flaw, identified by security analysts at ClearSky Cyber Security in June 2024, allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to systems through minimal user interaction. 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
ShrinkLocker ransomware scrambled your files? Free decryption tool to the rescue post, november 14, 2024november 18, 2024 Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool that can unlock data encrypted by the ShrinkLocker ransomware. Bitdefender made the decryptor publicly available following an extensive analysis of the malware strain, which was uncovered in May and found to use VBScript and Microsoft Windows’ built-in BitLocker encryption feature to scramble victims’… Continue Reading
Reminder: China-backed crews compromised ‘multiple’ US telcos in ‘significant cyber espionage campaign’ post, november 14, 2024 The US government has confirmed there was “a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” conducted by China-linked snoops against “multiple” American telecommunications providers’ networks. In a joint statement issued on Wednesday by the FBI and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the two government bodies said the previously-reported digital assaults resulted… Continue Reading