U.S. Charges 12 Chinese Nationals in State-Backed Hacking Operations

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ has announced charges against 12 Chinese nationals for their alleged participation in a wide-ranging scheme designed to steal data and suppress free speech and dissent globally. The individuals include two officers of the People's Republic of China's PRC Ministr...

Russian APT29 Using NSO Group-Style Exploits in Attacks, Google

Google’s Threat Analysis Group TAG has exposed a new campaign by Russian state-backed APT29, also known as Cozy…...

3 New State-Backed Gangs Target Govt Sectors with HEAT Attack Methods

Global cyber gangs are evolving rapidly, wielding advanced techniques and enjoying state sponsorship. Menlo Security’s latest report exposes…...

Hackers Attack UK’s Nuclear Waste Services Through LinkedIn

By Deeba Ahmed LinkedIn users, especially employees managing pages for large corporations, must remain vigilant as the platform has become a lucrative target for cybercriminals and state-backed hackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Attack UKs Nuclear Waste...

Microsoft’s Digital Crime Unit Goes Deep on How It Disrupts Cybercrime

Ten years in, Microsoft’s DCU has honed its strategy of using both unique legal tactics and the company’s technical reach to disrupt global cybercrime and state-backed actors...

Researchers Have a Method to Spot Reddit’s State-Backed Trolls

Academics claim they can sniff out the telltale signs of troll-like behavior. But is it really as simple as monitoring cute animal postings?...

Mac Zero Day Targets Apple Devices in Hong Kong

Since at least late August, attackers have been using flaws in macOS and iOS – including in-the-wild use of what was then a zero-day flaw – to install a backdoor on the Apple devices of users who visited Hong Kong-based media and pro-democracy sites. This isn’t a finely targeted campaign, but it’...