The Wall Street Journal has the story: Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting that Beijing was behind a widespread series of alarming cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring how hostilities between the two superpowers are continuing to escalate. The Chinese delegation linkedRead More »China Sort of Admits to Being Behind Volt Typhoon
Threat actors are publishing malicious NPM packages to steal PayPal credentials and hijack cryptocurrency transfers. The post Malicious NPM Packages Target Cryptocurrency, PayPal Users appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The CVE-2025-22457 has already been exploited by a China-nexus hacking gang notorious for breaking into edge network devices. The post Rapid7 Reveals RCE Path in Ivanti VPN Appliance After Silent Patch Debacle appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The hackers who posted the documents on Telegram said the attack was in response to alleged Moroccan “harassment” of Algeria on social media platforms. The post Hackers Breach Morocco’s Social Security Database appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A vulnerability in the OttoKit WordPress plugin with over 100,000 active installations has been exploited in the wild. The post Vulnerability in OttoKit WordPress Plugin Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Scattered Spider still active despite arrests, hacker known as EncryptHub unmasked, Rydox admins extradited to US. The post In Other News: Scattered Spider Still Active, EncryptHub Unmasked, Rydox Extraditions appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The United States Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has recently discovered an email system breach.
Researchers are trying to use squid color-changing biochemistry for solar tech. This appears to be new and related research to a 2019 squid post. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Until recently, the so-called “Smishing Triad” mainly impersonated toll road operators and shipping companies. But experts say these groups are now directly targeting customers of international financial institutions,Read More »China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks
Law enforcement agencies in multiple countries have announced the arrests of users of the malicious Smokeloader botnet. The post Europol Targets Customers of Smokeloader Pay-Per-Install Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek.
