Cyberespionage

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2025
Amazon blocks APT29 campaign targeting Microsoft device code authentication

Amazon stopped a Russia-linked APT29 watering hole attack that hijacked Microsoft device code authentication via compromised sites. Amazon announced that it had disrupted an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked cyber espionage group APT29 (aka SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, BlueBravo, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes). Amazon experts labeled the attacks as an opportunistic watering hole campaign using compromised […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2025
FBI: Russia-linked group Static Tundra exploit old Cisco flaw for espionage

FBI warns FSB-linked group Static Tundra is exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco IOS/IOS XE flaw to gain persistent access for cyber espionage. The FBI warns that Russia-linked threat actor Static Tundra exploits Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and end-of-life networking devices running an unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2018-0171) in Cisco Smart Install (SMI) to target organizations in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2025
Nation-state group CL-STA-0969 targeted Southeast Asian telecoms in 2024

State-backed group CL-STA-0969 hit Southeast Asian telecoms in 2024, targeting critical infrastructure, says Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42. Palo Alto Networks reported that a nation-state actor, tracked as CL-STA-0969, targeted telecom firms in Southeast Asia, with attacks on critical infrastructure from February to November 2024. Threat actor CL-STA-0969 overlaps with the China-linked cyber espionage group […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2025
Spain awarded €12.3 million in contracts to Huawei

Spain gives Huawei wiretap contracts, sparking concerns over potential Chinese government access due to Huawei’s links to Beijing. The Spanish Ministry of the Interior has awarded €12.3 million ($14.3 million) contracts to manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies, raising concerns about potential Chinese government access due to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2025
China-linked threat actors stole 10% of Belgian State Security Service (VSSE)’s staff emails

Belgian authorities are investigating Chinese hackers for breaching its State Security Service (VSSE), stealing 10% of emails from 2021 to May 2023. The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office is probing a possible security breach on its State Security Service (VSSE) by China-linked threat actors. Chinese hackers gained access to the VSSE’s email server between 2021 and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2025
Australia bans Kaspersky over national security concerns

Australia bans Kaspersky software over national security concerns, citing risks of foreign interference, espionage, and sabotage of government networks. Australian Government banned products and services provided by Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky over national security concerns. The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs has issued a mandatory directive under the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2025
Three Russian-German nationals charged with suspicion of secret service agent activity

German authorities have charged three Russian-German nationals with suspicion of, among other things, secret service agent activity for the Russian government. German authorities have charged three Russian-German nationals on suspicion of activities including acting as secret service agents for the Russian government. On 9 December 2024, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against the German-Russian nationals before […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2024
China-linked APT Salt Typhoon has breached telcos in dozens of countries

China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon has breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries, US govt warns. President Biden’s deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger said that China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon has breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries. The Wall Street Journal reported that the senior White House official revealed that at least eight […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2024
Russia-linked APT Nobelium targets French diplomatic entities

French information security agency ANSSI reported that Russia-linked threat actor Nobelium is behind a series of cyber attacks that targeted French diplomatic entities. The French information security agency ANSSI reported that Russia-linked APT Nobelium targeted French diplomatic entities. Despite the French agency linked the attacks to the cyberespionage group Nobelium (aka APT29, SVR group, Cozy Bear, Midnight Blizzard, BlueBravo, and The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2024
Cisco addressed Webex flaws used to compromise German government meetings

Cisco addressed vulnerabilities that were exploited to compromise the Webex meetings of the German government. In early May, German media outlet Zeit Online revealed that threat actors exploited vulnerabilities in the German government’s implementation of the Cisco Webex software to access internal meetings.   In March, the German authorities admitted the hack by Russia-linked actors of […]