- German Government Summons Russian Ambassador Over Major Cyberattack
December 12, 2025
The German government has formally summoned the Russian ambassador following the attribution of a significant cyberattack and coordinated disinformation campaign to Russian actors. This development comes amid heightened concerns regarding interference in Germany’s political processes and critical infrastructure. According to official statements, the cyberattack in question targeted the German Air Traffic Control (Deutsche Flugsicherung, DFS) in ...
- Lazarus, Kimsuky Conduct 58 Attacks Targeting South Korea
December 12, 2025
The North Korean hacking group Lazarus, affiliated with the Reconnaissance General Bureau, is strongly suspected to be behind a 4.45 billion Korean won hacking incident at the virtual asset exchange Upbit. It has been confirmed that Lazarus carried out at least 31 hacking attacks over the past year. According to AhnLab’s “2025 Cyber Threat Trends & ...
- SHADOW-VOID-042 Targets Multiple Industries with Void Rabisu-like Tactics
December 11, 2025
In October and November 2025, campaigns targeting sectors such as energy, defence, pharmaceuticals, and cybersecurity shared characteristics with older campaigns attributed to Void Rabisuopen on a new tab (also known as ROMCOM, Tropical Scorpius, Storm-0978). Void Rabisu is known to be associated with an actor group that has both financial and espionage motivations that are ...
- Hunting for Mythic in network traffic
December 11, 2025
Threat actors frequently employ post-exploitation frameworks in cyberattacks to maintain control over compromised hosts and move laterally within the organization’s network. While they once favored closed-source frameworks, such as Cobalt Strike and Brute Ratel C4, open-source projects like Mythic, Sliver, and Havoc have surged in popularity in recent years. Malicious actors are also quick to adopt ...
- Researcher claims Salt Typhoon spies attended Cisco training scheme
December 11, 2025
A security researcher specializing in tracking China threats claims two of Salt Typhoon’s members were former attendees of a training scheme run by Cisco. SentinelLabs’ Dakota Cary linked Yu Yang and Qiu Daibing, two alleged members of the Chinese state hacking group, to participants of the 2012 Cisco Networking Academy Cup. The initiative is still going ...
- Iranian hacker group deploys malicious Snake game to target Egyptian and Israeli critical infrastructure
December 3, 2025
An Iranian-aligned hacking group tracked as ‘MuddyWater’ has dramatically shifted tactics in attacks against Israeli and Egyptian critical infrastructure. Previous campaigns by the group, observed by ESET Research, were characteristically noisy in their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) making them easily detectable. However, the group has begun employing a new backdoor deployed via the Fooder loader, ...
- Tomiris wreaks Havoc: New tools and techniques of the APT group
November 28, 2025
While tracking the activities of the Tomiris threat actor, Kaspersky researchers identified new malicious operations that began in early 2025. These attacks targeted foreign ministries, intergovernmental organizations, and government entities, demonstrating a focus on high-value political and diplomatic infrastructure. In several cases, Kaspersky traced the threat actor’s actions from initial infection to the deployment of post-exploitation ...
- Cyber Toufan leaks secret data on Iron Dome, Jericho missiles, and Australia’s Land 400 project
November 10, 2025
A hacking group believed to have ties to Iran has claimed responsibility for a massive cyberattack that exposed information linked to Australia’s $7 billion Land 400 defence program. The group, known as Cyber Toufan, says it accessed the data after breaching several Israeli defence companies. Cyber Toufan, a pro-Hamas group, shared the stolen material on Telegram. ...
- Threat Landscape of the Building and Construction Sector: IA, Supply Chain, and IoT
November 7, 2025
In 2025, the construction industry stands at the crossroads of digital transformation and evolving cybersecurity risks, making it a prime target for threat actors. Cyber adversaries, including ransomware operators, organized cybercriminal networks, and state-sponsored APT groups from countries such as China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, are increasingly focusing their attacks on the building and construction ...
- SesameOp: Novel backdoor uses OpenAI Assistants API for command and control
November 3, 2025
Microsoft Incident Response – Detection and Response Team (DART) researchers uncovered a new backdoor that is notable for its novel use of the OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface (API) as a mechanism for command-and-control (C2) communications. Instead of relying on more traditional methods, the threat actor behind this backdoor abuses OpenAI as a C2 channel as ...