While the firm did not specify which nation-state it believes the hacker is affiliated with, The New York Times reported that sources have said it is China.
Incident responders at cybersecurity firm Huntress said they initially came across the campaign while investigating a vulnerable, public-facing web application that was the source of an intrusion at the beginning of August.
“Random chat monitoring must be taboo in a constitutional state,” Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig said as German officials signaled they will not vote for a controversial EU proposal known as Chat Control.
As Asahi said it had restarted production of Super Dry beer in Japan, the Qilin ransomware gang posted screenshots of documents it said were from the company's internal networks.
London's Metropolitan Police announced the arrests of two 17-year-old boys who are under questioning in relation to the hack and extortion of the Kido chain.
Adam King, the sheriff for Texas’ Johnson County, and Flock Safety, the maker of the license plate reading cameras, previously said the woman was monitored because her family was worried about her safety after she self-administered an abortion.
Brazilian WhatsApp users should be aware of malware that hijacks contact lists to spread itself and potentially serve as a gateway for other malicious code that targets financial information, researchers said.
Hackers believed to be linked to China have targeted a Serbian government department overseeing aviation, as well as other European institutions, according to new research.
An advisory from Unity — which makes the software behind dozens of popular games — warns developers to patch a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute code via an affected app.
The Scattered Spider cybercriminal group published a new leak site on Thursday evening with dozens of large companies listed, claiming to have stolen data from the organizations through Salesforce. The group attached a lengthy extortion note threatening Salesforce and offering to rescind the extortion demands if Salesforce itself paid a ransom.
Police in El Cajon, California, searched their Flock Safety database of license plate activity on behalf of multiple out-of-state entities — in violation of California law — according to Attorney General Rob Bonta.
Incident responders at Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) released a warning about the incident on Wednesday evening, telling Recorded Future News in an email that they are tracking a campaign launched by a threat actor potentially linked to Clop.
A new gunshot detection system from Flock Safety also can track human voices. Civil liberties advocates are urging cities not to use it.
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