APT28 Deploys PRISMEX Malware in Campaign Targeting Ukraine and NATO Allies

The Russian threat actor known as APT28 aka Forest Blizzard and Pawn Storm has been linked to a fresh spear-phishing campaign targeting Ukraine and its allies to deploy a previously undocumented malware suite codenamed PRISMEX. "PRISMEX combines advanced steganography, component object model COM...

EUVD-2014-5800

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Russian Hackers Exploit Microsoft OAuth to Target Ukraine Allies via Signal and WhatsApp

Multiple suspected Russia-linked threat actors are "aggressively" targeting individuals and organizations with ties to Ukraine and human rights with an aim to gain unauthorized access to Microsoft 365 accounts since early March 2025. The highly targeted social engineering operations, per Volexity...

Notorious Evil Corp Hackers Targeted NATO Allies for Russian Intelligence

UK law enforcement and international partners have released new details about the cybercriminal gang Evil Corp, including its use of the Lockbit ransomware platform and ties to Russian intelligence...

Inside the Shadow Evacuation of Kabul

In the last two weeks of the war, an ad hoc team armed with group chats, QR codes, and satellite maps launched a mad dash to save imperiled Afghan allies...

Pro-Trump Gettr Social Platform Hacked On Day 1

Gettr, a social media platform set up by allies of former President Donald Trump, was still wet and squirming when it got hacked – twice. The first slap on the rump for the politically conservative platform came in the form of Sonic the Hedgehog-themed porn that flooded it over the Fourth of July...

The GOP Keeps Proving There's No Election Fraud

Through numerous legal and other challenges, the Trump campaign and its allies have consistently undermined their argument...

Another Story of Bad 1970s Encryption

This one is from the Netherlands. It seems to be clever cryptanalysis rather than a backdoor. The Dutch intelligence service has been able to read encrypted communications from dozens of countries since the late 1970s thanks to a microchip, according to research by de Volkskrant on Thursday. The...

What the continued escalation of tensions in the Middle East means for security

Cisco Talos works with many organizations around the world, monitoring and protecting against sophisticated threats every day. As such, we are watching the current state of events in the Middle East very closely for our customers and partners who may be impacted by the ongoing situation. We are...

The Struggle is Real

We’ve all heard the phrase, “We live in a male dominated world.” This phrase is most often delivered with a negative connotation when someone perceives that they’re getting an unfair chance, at the mercy of men. What if we could live in a world where everyone’s unique contributions were equally...

Chinese hackers accessed NSA hacking tools before Shadow Brokers leak

By Ryan De Souza Chinese hackers then used NSA’s hacking tools and technology to target American allies. Symantec researchers have discovered that in 2016, Chinese intelligence managed to repurpose hacking tools used by the National Security Agency NSA and exploit them to attack American private...

The Iran Hacks Cybersecurity Experts Feared May Be Here

An uptick in potentially Iran-related hacking since the nuclear deal collapsed spells trouble for the US and allies...

Working towards a more diverse future in security

Last year I embarked on an exercise to examine diversity in cybersecurity. As one full year has passed, I decided to revisit this topic and the ongoing challenges of recruiting AND retaining diverse talent in the cybersecurity field. This past year saw the MeToo movement in the spotlight, and whi...

Nuclear War Isn’t North Korea’s Only Threat

Editor's Note: This opinion piece originally appeared on CNN.com North Korea has launched 22 missiles in 15 tests in 2017. According to US intelligence sources, the most recent test detonated a 140-kiloton nuclear device, which the North Koreans claim was a hydrogen bomb. That's 10 times as...

War Games - Allies in War - Base64 encoded String, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application War Games - Allies in War published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Empires and Allies - WebView SSL handling enabled, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Empires and Allies published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

CVE-2014-5913

The Allies in War aka com.gamelion.aiw application 1.3.2 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

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The Allies in War aka com.gamelion.aiw application 1.3.2 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

CVE-2014-5913

The CVE-2014-5913 entry concerns The Allies in War (aka com.gamelion.aiw) Android app 1.3.2 failing to verify SSL server X.509 certificates, enabling MITM attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive data. Affected component: Android app networking/SSL validation; root cause: lack of certifica...

Russian Facebook 'VKontakte' Dramatically Fires Original Founder 'Pavel Durov'

Yesterday reports revealed that Pavel Durov, the 29-year-old founder of Russia’s most popular social networking site VKontakte VK - Russia’s Facebook, had been fired from his post of general director of Vkontakte. On monday, Durov said that the social networking site VK is now under the complete...