Israel-Tied Predatory Sparrow Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar on Iran’s Financial System

After an attack on Iran’s Sepah bank, the hyper-aggressive Israel-linked hacker group has now destroyed more than $90 million held at Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex...

From Breach to Recovery: Designing an Identity-Focused Incident Response Playbook

Imagine this... You arrive at work to a chaotic scene. Systems are down, panic is in the air. The culprit? Not a rogue virus, but a compromised identity. The attacker is inside your walls, masquerading as a trusted user. This isn't a horror movie, it's the new reality of cybercrime. The question...

Hacktivists Trageting Critical ICS Infrastructure in Israel and Palestine

By Deeba Ahmed As the conflict escalates on the ground, hacktivists are gearing up for cyberwar. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacktivists Trageting Critical ICS Infrastructure in Israel and Palestine...

China Hacks US Critical Networks in Guam, Raising Cyberwar Fears

Researchers say the state-sponsored espionage operation may also lay the groundwork for disruptive cyberattacks...

‘Vulkan’ Leak Offers a Peek at Russia’s Cyberwar Playbook

Plus: A major new supply chain attack, Biden’s spyware executive order, and a hacking campaign against Exxon’s critics...

Russia’s Cyberwar Foreshadowed Deadly Attacks on Civilians

The Kremlin’s aggression in Ukraine is following a dangerous playbook that began to unfold years ago...

Cyber Tools and Foreign Policy: A False Flag Chinese “APT” and Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan

Cyber Tools and Foreign Policy: A False Flag Chinese “APT” and Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan By Anne An · September 29, 2022 Preface U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan led to an aftershock across the Taiwan Strait and through the Asia Pacific region. Immediately after Pelosi’s...

Ukraine’s Cyberwar Chief Sounds Like He’s Winning

Yurii Shchyhol gives WIRED a rare interview about running the country’s Derzhspetszviazok and the state of the online conflict with Russia...

The January 6 Secret Service Text Scandal Turns Criminal

Plus: The FCC cracks down on car warranty robocalls, Thai activists get targeted by NSO's Pegasus, and the Russia-Ukraine cyberwar continues...

Russian ‘Hacktivists’ Are Causing Trouble Far Beyond Ukraine

The pro-Russian group Killnet is targeting countries supporting Ukraine. It has declared "war" against 10 nations...

Protect Your Executives’ Cybersecurity Amidst Global Cyberwar

It’s been roughly two months since Russia first launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Since then, the world has borne witness to unspeakable tragedy. While damaged and destroyed property can and will be rebuilt; the death and despair incurred by Ukrainians will leave a lasting imprint acro...

Where’s the Russia-Ukraine Cyberwar?

It has been interesting to notice how unimportant and ineffective cyber operations have been in the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia launched a wiper against Ukraine at the beginning, but it was found and neutered. Near as I can tell, the only thing that worked was the disabling of regional KA-SAT SATC...

Including Hackers in NATO Wargames

This essay makes the point that actual computer hackers would be a useful addition to NATO wargames: The international information security community is filled with smart people who are not in a military structure, many of whom would be excited to pose as independent actors in any upcoming...

'2034: A Novel of the Next World War,' an Exclusive Excerpt

What if things escalated? What if communications were knocked out? What if cyberwar was just the start? A note about this special six-part series...

Application security through the lens of Cyberwar – One on One with Chris Kubecka

Last month, Wallarm Cybersecurity Strategist Kavya Pearlman interviewed cyberwar fare expert Chris Kubecka via a webinar session that was well attended and very timely discussion. If you missed the webinar, worry not! Here is a quick recap of the discussion around “Application Security in the age...

The Story of Sandworm, the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

For three years, WIRED has tracked the elite and shadowy Russian vanguard of cyberwar...

Russian APT Map Reveals 22,000 Connections Between 2000 Malware Samples

Though Russia still has an undiversified and stagnant economy, it was one of the early countries in the world to realize the value of remotely conducted cyber intrusions. In recent years, many Russia hacking groups have emerged as one of the most sophisticated nation-state actors in cyberspace,...

France Outlines Its Approach to Cyberwar

In a document published earlier this month in French, France described the legal framework in which it will conduct cyberwar operations. Lukasz Olejnik explains what it means, and it's worth reading...

What Is Cyberwar? The Complete WIRED Guide

The threat of cyberwar looms over the future: a new dimension of conflict capable of leapfrogging borders and teleporting the chaos of war to civilians thousands of miles beyond its front...

First Physical Retaliation for a Cyberattack

Israel has acknowledged that its recent airstrikes against Hamas were a real-time response to an ongoing cyberattack. From Twitter: CLEARED FOR RELEASE: We thwarted an attempted Hamas cyber offensive against Israeli targets. Following our successful cyber defensive operation, we targeted a buildi...