Government webmail hacked via XSS bugs in global spy campaign

By Bill Toulas Hackers are running a worldwide cyberespionage campaign dubbed ‘RoundPress,’ leveraging zero-day and n-day flaws in webmail servers to steal email from high-value government organizations. ESET researchers who uncovered the operation attribute it with medium confidence to the Russian state-sponsored hackers APT28 (aka “Fancy Bear” or “Sednit”). The campaign started in 2023 and continued with the adoption of new exploits in 2024, targeting Roundcube, Horde, MDaemon, and Zimbra. Notable targets include governments […]

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North Korean hackers are using LinkedIn to entice developers to coding challenges

Story by Efosa Udinmwen A hacker group from North Korea known as Slow Pisces has launched a sophisticated campaign targeting developers in the cryptocurrency sector through LinkedIn. The group, also known as TraderTraitor or Jade Sleet, poses as recruiters to lure victims with seemingly genuine job offers and coding challenges, only to infect their systems with malicious Python and JavaScript code. Thanks to this campaign, the group has been able to […]

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US Treasury hacked: Are China and the US stepping up their cyberwar?

Department of the Treasury calls cyberattack a ‘major incident’, accuses China-backed hackers. By Sarah Shamim The United States Department of the Treasury on Monday blamed China for breaching its network and gaining access to information that includes unclassified documents. Beijing has denied the allegation, calling it “groundless”. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 US says ‘Salt Typhoon’ Chinese hacking group behind major metadata theft list 2 of 4 Did […]

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Chinese hackers said to have collected audio of American calls

The hackers are said to be part of a Chinese government-affiliated group that American researchers have dubbed Salt Typhoon. By Ellen Nakashima  and  Josh Dawsey Chinese state-affiliated hackers have collected audio from the phone calls of U.S. political figures, according to three people familiar with the matter. Those whose calls have been intercepted include an unnamed Trump campaign adviser, said one of the people. Sign up for Fact Checker, our weekly review […]

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North Korean IT Workers in Western Firms Now Demanding Ransom for Stolen Data

?Ravie Lakshmanan North Korean information technology (IT) workers who obtain employment under false identities in Western companies are not only stealing intellectual property, but are also stepping up by demanding ransoms in order to not leak it, marking a new twist to their financially motivated attacks. “In some instances, fraudulent workers demanded ransom payments from their former employers after gaining insider access, a tactic not observed in earlier schemes,” Secureworks […]

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