Researchers find cyber-sabotage malware that may predate Stuxnet by five years

Infosec outfit SentinelOne found malware that tries to induce errors in engineering and physics simulation software and therefore represents an attempt at sabotage, and suggests it was created years before the Stuxnet worm that aimed to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment Read More …

Lotus Wiper: A new threat targeting the energy and utilities sector

In light of geopolitical tensions that occurred in the Caribbean region in late 2025 and early 2026, artifacts associated with the attack chain of a destructive wiping campaign targeting the energy and utilities sector in Venezuela were identified on a Read More …

Iran claims US used backdoors to knock out networking equipment during war

Iranian media is claiming that the US used backdoors and/or botnets to disable networking equipment during the current war, and Chinese state media is dining out on the allegations. Reports from Iran claim hardware made by Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and Read More …

Hacked traffic cams and hijacked TVs: How cyber operations supported the war against Iran

On Saturday, U.S. and Israeli jets began a bombing campaign against Iran, killing its supreme leader Ali Khamenei and several senior government officials. The attacks also hit military and civilian targets all across the country, including a girls’ school, where Read More …

US using cyber warfare to fracture Islamic regime from within its ranks

The United States is using cyber operations not only to disrupt Iran’s military capabilities but to pressure senior regime officials to defect, a former top commander of US Cyber Command told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, describing an information warfare campaign Read More …

Germany prepares to attack cyber enemies

The German government is preparing an overhaul of its intelligence and cybersecurity powers to fight back against foreign hackers and spies with offensive cyber operations of its own. Officials are drafting two pieces of legislation, one revising the powers of Read More …

US cyber attacks plunged Caracas into darkness

US cyber attacks cut off power to large areas of Caracas to allow planes and helicopters to strike key military sites and capture Nicolás Maduro. Cyber command, space command and other American agencies layered effects to ensure more than 150 Read More …

Trump administration to spend $1 billion on ‘offensive’ hacking operations

The Trump administration, through the Department of Defense, plans to spend $1 billion over the next four years on what it calls “offensive cyber operations.” The provision in Trump’s landmark One Big Beautiful Bill does not say what those “offensive Read More …

U.S. companies brace for Israel-Iran cyber spillover

As Israel and Iran exchange airstrikes, cybersecurity experts are warning that a quieter, but still destructive, digital conflict is unfolding behind the scenes. And U.S. companies could soon find themselves in the blast radius. Iran and Israel are home to Read More …

UK to deliver pioneering battlefield system and bolster cyber warfare capabilities under Strategic Defence Review

Pinpointing and eliminating enemy targets will take place faster than ever before, as the Government invests more than £1 billion to equip the UK Armed Forces with a pioneering battlefield system. A new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command will also be Read More …