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5 days agoSweden Blames Pro-Russian Group for Cyberattack Last Year on Its Energy Infrastructure
Sweden's minister for civil defense, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, stated that the cyberattack targeted a heating plant in western Sweden but ultimately failed. He did not provide further details.
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fromThe New Yorker
2 months agoNational Security Begins Behind the Toaster
Dear Secretary Pete Hegseth, I realize that this is a big ask, but would you please invade and take possession of my son and daughter-in-law's apartment? Or maybe you'd like to make them an offer first? Either way, as a concerned mother and patriot who believes that national security begins at home, I feel it's my duty to let you know that Otis and Luna, the co-dictators of Unit 4-C, at 439 Bergen Street, in Park Slope, Brooklyn, must be overthrown.
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fromThe Cipher Brief
1 month agoAmerica Is Digitally Fragile - and Our Adversaries Know It
America faces unprecedented vulnerability as critical infrastructure systems are digitally dependent and interconnected, while adversaries possess capabilities to penetrate and pre-position for exploitation before conflict begins.
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fromSecurityWeek
1 month agoIran-Linked Hackers Take Aim at US and Other Targets, Raising Risk of Cyberattacks During War
Pro-Iranian hackers are expanding cyberattacks from the Middle East into the United States, targeting defense contractors, medical device companies, and critical infrastructure like power stations and water plants.
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fromNextgov.com
1 month agoPotential US-built hacking tools obtained by foreign spies and cybercriminals, research says
A sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit called Coruna, likely originating from U.S. government development, has proliferated to foreign intelligence agencies and criminal groups, compromising iOS devices through multiple exploit chains.
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2 months agoCyber Insights 2026: Cyberwar and Rising Nation State Threats
Entering the cyber world is stepping into a warzone. Cyber is considered a war zone, and what happens there is described as cyberwar. But it's not that simple. War is conducted by nations (political), not undertaken by criminals (financial). Both are increasing in this war zone we call cyber, but the political threat is growing fast. Cyberwar is a complex subject, and a formal definition is difficult.
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fromThe Hacker News
2 months agoCISA Flags Four Security Flaws Under Active Exploitation in Latest KEV Update
CISA added four actively exploited high-severity vulnerabilities to its KEV catalog, including Chrome use-after-free, TeamT5 arbitrary upload, Zimbra SSRF, and Windows ActiveX RCE.
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fromThe Hacker News
1 month agoMicrosoft Warns OAuth Redirect Abuse Delivers Malware to Government Targets
Microsoft warns of phishing campaigns exploiting OAuth redirect mechanisms to bypass email and browser defenses, targeting government and public-sector organizations to deliver malware without stealing credentials.
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fromNextgov.com
1 month agoHackers are exploiting exposed Cisco products, Five Eyes intelligence agencies say
CISA, NSA, and Five Eyes partners issued an emergency alert about a significant cyber threat exploiting Cisco wide-area networking vulnerabilities, affecting federal and global networks.
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