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AI as Cyberattacker
From Anthropic: In mid-September 2025, we detected suspicious activity that later investigation determined to be a highly sophisticated espionage campaign. The attackers used AI’s “agentic” capabilities to an unprecedented degree--using AI not just as an advisor, but to execute the cyberattacks...
The Dark Side of Flexibility: How Aggregated Cyberattacks Threaten the Power Grid
Flexible energy resources are increasingly becoming common in smart grids. These resources are typically managed and controlled by aggregators that coordinate many resources to provide flexibility services. However, these aggregators and flexible energy resources are vulnerable, which could allow...
Viasat and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. A year ago, fresh off a layoff, I never would have guessed I'd be spending Halloween weekend bouncing between conversations about space policy, satellite hacking, and wedding plans. That's exactly what happened when my space analyst...
MSS Claims NSA Used 42 Cyber Tools in Multi-Stage Attack on Beijing Time Systems
China on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency NSA of carrying out a "premeditated" cyber attack targeting the National Time Service Center NTSC, as it described the U.S. as a "hacker empire" and the "greatest source of chaos in cyberspace." The Ministry of State Security MSS, in a...
The importance of hardening customer support tools against cyberattacks
The Deputy CISO blog series is whereMicrosoft Deputy Chief Information Security Officers CISOs share their thoughts on what is most important in their respective domains. In this series, you will get practical advice, tactics to start and stop deploying, forward-looking commentary on where the...
WestJet Confirms Passenger IDs and Passports Stolen in Cyberattack
WestJet confirms a data breach starting June 13, 2025, stole passport/ID and personal data. Credit cards and passwords are safe. The airline offers 24 months of free identity monitoring, including $1M insurance...
Harrods Data Breach: 430,000 Customer Records Stolen Via Third-Party Attack
Luxury retailer Harrods confirms 430,000 customer records names, contacts were stolen from a third-party provider in the latest UK retail cyberattack wave...
Retail at risk: How one alert uncovered a persistent cyberthreat
In the latest edition of our Cyberattack Series, we dive into real-world cases targeting retail organizations. With 60% of retail companies reporting operational disruptions from cyberattacks and 43% experiencing security compromises in the past year, the risks for businesses continue to increase...
UK Arrest Made After Cyberattack Disrupts Major European Airports
UK police arrest man over cyberattack on Collins Aerospace that disrupted check-in at Heathrow, Berlin, Brussels and other airports...
A Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover Is Causing a Supply Chain Disaster
The UK-based automaker has been forced to stop vehicle production as a result of the attack—costing JLR tens of millions of dollars and forcing its parts suppliers to lay off workers...
Cyberattack Disrupts Airport Check-In Systems Across Europe
Cyberattack on Collins Aerospace check-in system disrupts major European airports, causing flight delays and cancellations across hubs...
China-Linked AI Pentest Tool ‘Villager’ Raises Concern After 10K Downloads
China-linked AI tool Villager, published on PyPI, automates cyberattacks and has got experts worried after 10,000 downloads in…...
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters Hacker Group Announces Shutdown
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, linked to the Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack, claims to shut down as experts suggest the…...
Bridgestone Confirms Cyberattack Disrupting North American Plants
Bridgestone confirms a cyberattack that disrupted manufacturing plants. This article details the impact on employees, expert analysis, and…...
Jaguar Land Rover Cyberattack Disrupts Production and Sales Operations
Jaguar Land Rover is restoring systems after a cyberattack disrupted production and sales, with a hacker group previously…...
Norway Blames Pro-Russian Hackers for Dam Cyberattack
Norway says pro-Russian hackers breached a dam in Bremanger in April, opening a water valve for 4 hours…...
Causal Graph Profiling Via Structural Divergence for Robust Anomaly Detection in Cyber-Physical Systems
With the growing complexity of cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructures such as water treatment networks, there is a pressing need for robust anomaly detection strategies that account for both system vulnerabilities and evolving attack patterns. Traditional methods -- statistical,...
Differential Privacy for Regulatory Compliance in Cyberattack Detection on Critical Infrastructure Systems
Industrial control systems are a fundamental component of critical infrastructure networks CIN such as gas, water and power. With the growing risk of cyberattacks, regulatory compliance requirements are also increasing for large scale critical infrastructure systems comprising multiple utility...
Bouygues Telecom Hit by Cyberattack, 6.4 Million Customers Affected
A cyberattack on Bouygues Telecom exposed data for 6.4 million customers. Find out what information was compromised and…...
Cobalt Strike Beacon delivered via GitHub and social media
Introduction In the latter half of 2024, the Russian IT industry, alongside a number of entities in other countries, experienced a notable cyberattack. The attackers employed a range of malicious techniques to trick security systems and remain undetected. To bypass detection, they delivered...