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Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2025
APT group exploited Output Messenger Zero-Day to target Kurdish military operating in Iraq

A Türkiye-linked group used an Output Messenger zero-day to spy on Kurdish military targets in Iraq, collecting user data since April 2024. Since April 2024, the threat actor Marbled Dust (aka Sea Turtle, Teal Kurma, Marbled Dust, SILICON and Cosmic Wolf) has exploited a zero-day flaw (CVE-2025-27920) in Output Messenger to target Kurdish military-linked users […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2025
France links Russian APT28 to attacks on dozen French entities

France blames Russia-linked APT28 for cyberattacks targeting or compromising a dozen French government bodies and other entities. The Russia-linked APT28 group has targeted or compromised a dozen government organizations and other French entities, the French Government states. In 2024, it was observed attacking OT organizations and linked to cyberattacks on 60 entities in Asia and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2025
Denmark warns of increased state-sponsored campaigns targeting the European telcos

Denmark ‘s cybersecurity agency warns of increased state-sponsored campaigns targeting the European telecom companies Denmark raised the cyber espionage threat level for its telecom sector from medium to high due to rising threats across Europe. The Danish Social Security Agency published a new threat assessment for the cyber threat to the telecommunications sector that highlights […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2024
China-linked actors hacked US Treasury Department

China-linked threat actors breached the U.S. Treasury Department by hacking a remote support platform used by the agency. China-linked threat actors breached the U.S. Treasury Department via a compromised remote support platform. The Treasury Department discovered the security breach on December 8th from its vendor BeyondTrust, according to a letter to lawmakers. BeyondTrust provides Privileged […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2024
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks in a joint advisory. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. issued a joint advisory to warn of People’s Republic of China (PRC)-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks. “The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2024
U.S. agency cautions employees to limit phone use due to Salt Typhoon hack of telco providers

US CFPB warns employees to avoid work-related mobile calls and texts following China-linked Salt Typhoon hack over security concerns. The US government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) advises employees to avoid using cellphones for work after China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon hackers breached major telecom providers. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a U.S. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2024
Chinese cyber spies targeted phones used by Trump and Vance

China-linked threat actors targeted the phone communications of Donald Trump and vice presidential nominee JD Vance. China-linked hackers reportedly targeted phones used by former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance as part of a cyber espionage campaign aimed at gathering intelligence on American leaders, the New York Times reported. US intelligence is investigating the claims […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2024
China-linked Velvet Ant uses F5 BIG-IP malware in cyber espionage campaign

Chinese cyberespionage group Velvet Ant was spotted using custom malware to target F5 BIG-IP appliances to breach target networks. In late 2023, Sygnia researchers responded to an incident suffered by a large organization that they attributed to a China-linked threat actor tracked as ‘Velvet Ant.’ The cyberspies deployed custom malware on F5 BIG-IP appliances to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2023
North Korea-linked threat actors target cybersecurity experts with a zero-day

North Korea-linked threat actors associated with North Korea exploited a zero-day flaw in attacks against cybersecurity experts. North Korea-linked threat actors were observed exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in an unnamed software to target cybersecurity researchers. The attacks that took place in the past weeks were detected by researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). “Recently, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2023
Chinese cyberspies obtained Microsoft signing key from Windows crash dump due to a mistake

Microsoft revealed that the Chinese group Storm-0558 stole a signing key used to breach government email accounts from a Windows crash dump. In July, Microsoft announced it had mitigated an attack conducted by a China-linked threat actor, tracked as Storm-0558, which targeted customer emails. Storm-0558 threat actors focus on government agencies in Western Europe and […]

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