Russian Hackers Gamaredon and Turla Collaborate to Deploy Kazuar Backdoor in Ukraine

Cybersecurity researchers have discerned evidence of two Russian hacking groups Gamaredon and Turla collaborating together to target and co-comprise Ukrainian entities. Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said it observed the Gamaredon tools PteroGraphin and PteroOdd being used to execute Turla...

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15564-1 govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250917T170349-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250917T170349-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed...

Chinese TA415 Uses VS Code Remote Tunnels to Spy on U.S. Economic Policy Experts

A China-aligned threat actor known as TA415 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting the U.S. government, think tanks, and academic organizations utilizing U.S.-China economic-themed lures. "In this activity, the group masqueraded as the current Chair of the Select Committee on...

Chinese TA415 Uses VS Code Remote Tunnels to Spy on U.S. Economic Policy Experts

A China-aligned threat actor known as TA415 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting the U.S. government, think tanks, and academic organizations utilizing U.S.-China economic-themed lures. "In this activity, the group masqueraded as the current Chair of the Select Committee on...

Airline data broker selling 5 billion passenger records to US government

We already knew that the US airline industry gave the government access to passenger records. However, this week it emerged that at least five billion passenger records are being sold to government agencies via a searchable database—far more than was initially believed. A few weeks ago,...

Qrator Labs Mitigated Record L7 DDoS Attack from 5.76M-Device Botnet

Qrator Labs blocked a record L7 DDoS attack from a 5.76M-device botnet targeting government systems, showing rapid global growth since March...

CVE-2025-40798

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2025-09-11 10:00:00+00:00| seen| https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-254-07...

New Buterat Backdoor Malware Found in Enterprise and Government Networks

Meet Buterat, a new backdoor malware spreading through phishing and trojanized downloads, giving attackers persistent access to enterprise and government networks...

China-Linked APT41 Hackers Target U.S. Trade Officials Amid 2025 Negotiations

The House Select Committee on China has formally issued an advisory warning of an "ongoing" series of highly targeted cyber espionage campaigns linked to the People's Republic of China PRC amid contentious U.S.–China trade talks. "These campaigns seek to compromise organizations and individuals...

CVE-2525-55234

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2025-09-10 04:00:00+00:00| seen| https://www.govcert.gov.hk/en/alertsdetail.php?id=1634...

AI in Government

Just a few months after Elon Musk's retreat from his unofficial role leading the Department of Government Efficiency DOGE, we have a clearer picture of his vision of government powered by artificial intelligence, and it has a lot more to do with consolidating power than benefitting the public. Ev...

My Latest Book: Rewiring Democracy

I am pleased to announce the imminent publication of my latest book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI will Transform our Politics, Government, and Citizenship: coauthored with Nathan Sanders, and published by MIT Press on October 21. Rewiring Democracy looks beyond common tropes like deepfakes to exami...

MAL-2025-44455 Malicious code in government-doing-union (npm)

The package government-doing-union was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in government-doing-union (npm)

The package government-doing-union was found to contain malicious code...

CVE-2025-7385 SQL Injection in GOV CMS

Input from search query parameter in GOV CMS is not sanitized properly, leading to a Blind SQL injection vulnerability, which might be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker. Versions 4.0 and above are not affected...

PT-2025-35937

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GOV CMS versions prior to 4.0 Description: The input from the search query parameter in GOV CMS is not properly sanitized, leading to a Blind SQL injection. This could be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker. Recommendations: Ensur...

Concept Intermedia GOV CMS SQL Injection Vulnerability

Concept Intermedia GOV CMS is a content management system for the public sector from Concept Intermedia, Poland. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in Concept Intermedia GOV CMS versions prior to 4.0, which stems from improperly cleaned search query parameters and could lead to a blind SQL...

Android Droppers Now Deliver SMS Stealers and Spyware, Not Just Banking Trojans

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new shift in the Android malware landscape where dropper apps, which are typically used to deliver banking trojans, to also distribute simpler malware such as SMS stealers and basic spyware. These campaigns are propagated via dropper apps...

Claude AI chatbot abused to launch “cybercrime spree”

Anthropic—the company behind the widely renowned coding chatbot, Claude—says it uncovered a large-scale extortion operation in which cybercriminals abused Claude to automate and orchestrate sophisticated attacks. The company issued a Threat Intelligence report in which it describes several...

Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors

Anthropic on Wednesday revealed that it disrupted a sophisticated operation that weaponized its artificial intelligence AI-powered chatbot Claude to conduct large-scale theft and extortion of personal data in July 2025. "The actor targeted at least 17 distinct organizations, including in...