What’s in an ASP? Creative Phishing Attack on Prominent Academics and Critics of Russia

In cooperation with external partners, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) observed a Russia state-sponsored cyber threat actor impersonating the U.S. Department of State. From at least April through early June 2025, this actor targeted prominent academics and critics of Russia, Read More …

Hackers take aim at Washington Post journalists in an apparent ‘targeted’ cyberattack

Hackers have tried to break into the email accounts of a select number of Washington Post journalists, according to an internal Washington Post memo obtained by CNN. The Post discovered the “possible targeted” hack of its email system last Thursday, Read More …

Apple fixes new iPhone zero-day bug used in Paragon spyware hacks

Researchers revealed on Thursday that two European journalists had their iPhones hacked with spyware made by Paragon. Apple says it has fixed the bug that was used to hack their phones. The Citizen Lab wrote in its report, shared with Read More …

Italy and Israeli Paragon part ways after spyware affair

Italy has terminated a contract with Israeli spyware maker Paragon, a parliamentary document showed on Monday, following allegations that the Italian government used its technology to hack critics’ phones. Paragon did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Read More …

Eight things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit

On May 6, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in damages to the Meta-owned company. The ruling concluded a legal battle spanning more than Read More …

Dutch authorities claim Russia-backed group hacked into networks of police and NATO

A previously unknown Russian hacking group was behind attacks last year on the networks of the Dutch police, NATO and several European countries, Dutch intelligence agencies said on Tuesday. The group, nicknamed Laundry Bear by the security agencies, was most Read More …

Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government

More than a decade ago, researchers at antivirus company Kaspersky identified suspicious internet traffic of what they thought was a known government-backed group, based on similar targeting and its phishing techniques. Soon, the researchers realized they had found a much Read More …

Global Russian hacking campaign steals data from government agencies

For years now, Russian state-sponsored threat actors have been eavesdropping on email communications from governments across Eastern Europe, Africa, and Latin America. A new report from cybersecurity researchers ESET has found that the crooks were abusing multiple zero-day and n-day Read More …

Earth Ammit Disrupts Drone Supply Chains Through Coordinated Multi-Wave Attacks in Taiwan

In July 2024, Trend Micro disclosed the TIDRONE campaign, in which threat actors targeted Taiwan’s military and satellite industries. During their investigation, Trend Micro researchers discovered that multiple compromised entities were using the same enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. This Read More …

Marbled Dust leverages zero-day in Output Messenger for regional espionage

Since April 2024, the threat actor that Microsoft Threat Intelligence tracks as Marbled Dust has been observed exploiting user accounts that have not applied fixes to a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-27920) in the messaging app Output Messenger, a multiplatform chat software. Read More …