Security News

State-Sponsored DNS Hijacking Infiltrates 40 Firms Globally
2019-04-17 17:32

An ongoing campaign, active since 2017, has been stealing credentials via global DNS hijacking attacks.

State-Sponsored Hackers Supporting China’s Naval Modernization Efforts: Report
2019-03-05 13:19

APT40 Hackers Appear to be Supporting China's Belt and Road Initiative read more

Russian State-Sponsored Hackers Are Fastest: CrowdStrike
2019-02-19 15:28

It takes Russian state-sponsored hackers less than 20 minutes to start moving laterally within a targeted organization’s network after the initial breach, according to CrowdStrike’s 2019 Global...

Suspected State-Sponsored Hackers Pummel US and Australia
2019-02-19 12:18

As Diplomacy Fails, China and Iran Escalate Hack AttacksRecent apparently state-sponsored hack attacks have hit dozens of companies in the U.S. and political parties in Australia. Officials say...

Twitter Sees Signs of State-Sponsored Attack
2018-12-18 12:48

Separately, Steganographic Cybercrime Scheme Employs Malicious Twitter MemesTwitter says that an unspecified number of its users may have been targeted by state-sponsored hackers, seeking to...

Twitter Discloses Suspected State-Sponsored Attack After Minor Data Breach
2018-12-18 11:48

Twitter has been hit with a minor data breach incident that the social networking site believes linked to a suspected state-sponsored attack. In a blog post published on Monday, Twitter revealed...

Twitter Warns of Possible State-Sponsored Attack
2018-12-18 06:50

While investigating an information disclosure flaw affecting one of its support forms, Twitter discovered a possible attack coming from IP addresses that may be linked to state-sponsored actors. read more

Marriott Hack Reported as Chinese State-Sponsored
2018-12-13 12:37

The New York Times and Reuters are reporting that China was behind the recent hack of Mariott Hotels. Note that this is still uncomfirmed, but interesting if it is true. Reuters: Private...

Russian State-Sponsored Operations Begin to Overlap: Kaspersky
2018-10-05 16:04

Kaspersky Lab security researchers have uncovered new evidence that shows overlaps between the activity of infamous Russian cyber-espionage groups Turla and Sofacy.  read more

Google Turns on G Suite Alerts for State-Sponsored Attacks
2018-10-04 14:54

After rolling out an option for G Suite administrators to receive alerts on suspected government-backed attacks on their users’ accounts, Google is now turning those alerts on by default. read more