Tag: government
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Alert: Unpatched Fortinet Devices Fall to Gunra Ransomware
Tags: access, cybersecurity, firewall, fortinet, government, group, infrastructure, korea, north-korea, ransomware, vpnUS and South Korea Tie Initial Access to Unpatched Firewalls and VPN Gateways. Critical infrastructure organizations running unpatched firewalls and VPN gateways – including Fortinet gear not updated since early 2025 – and getting hit hard by a ransomware group with possible ties to the North Korean government, warns a joint U.S.-South Korean cybersecurity alert.…
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Local governments in four states dealing with cyberattacks that have shut down services
Municipalities in California, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Texas are all recovering from disruptive cyberattacks that have affected government operations. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cyberattacks-ransomware-local-governments
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North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says FBI
The investigation shows that North Koreans are able to infiltrate government agencies, as well as private organizations and crypto exchanges. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/north-korean-remote-it-staffer-worked-for-us-government-agency-says-fbi/
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Suisan City, California, Responds to Cyber Incident Amid Wave of US Local Government Attacks
Police and fire response has been impacted by the attack on Suisan City, while two other local authorities have been hit by cyber incidents in the past week also First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/suisan-cyber-incident-government/
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Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet and Schneider Electric Flaws to Breach Networks
Tags: attack, breach, cybersecurity, exploit, finance, flaw, fortinet, government, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, korea, network, ransomware, serviceCybersecurity and intelligence agencies from South Korea and the U.S. warned of Gunra ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors and organizations across the world.Targets of these attacks include healthcare and public health, financial services, government services and facilities, and professional and nonprofit services.”Gunra is another variant in the ongoing trend of First seen on thehackernews.com…
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US and South Korea warn of Gunra ransomware targeting govt agencies
U.S. federal agencies and South Korea’s National Policy Agency warned government and critical infrastructure organizations worldwide to secure their systems against Gunra ransomware attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-warns-of-gunra-ransomware-attacks-against-government-critical-infrastructure/
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FBI, South Korea warn of Gunra ransomware gang targeting critical infrastructure
The Gunra ransomware gang is breaching critical infrastructure organizations through vulnerabilities in popular brands of firewalls, the FBI and South Korea’s government warned. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ransomware-south-korea-fbi-gunra
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U.S., South Korean government agencies caution to be on lookout for Gunra ransomware gang
The ransomware-as-a-service outfit has gone after a range of critical infrastructure sectors across the globe. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/us-south-korea-gunra-ransomware-warning/
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Civil-society initiative will pay cybersecurity vendors to protect rural water systems
The group is seeking philanthropic grants, but its founder said the federal government ultimately needs to step in. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/water-cybersecurity-mdr-services-def-con-franklin/827449/
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Margarita Howard’s HX5 Operationalizes CMMC Compliance Before AI Rules Arrive
Margarita Howard has spent two decades running a company in a government contracting market where the rules rarely hold still. HX5, the defense and aerospace services firm she founded in 2004 and still leads, supports Department of Defense and NASA missions and has employed over 1,000 people across 34 states and 90 government locations over…
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Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks
Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/security-researchers-scanned-the-polish-web-and-found-courts-hospitals-and-airports-at-risk-of-hacks/
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Top 10 Breaches of the Week
Security Boulevard’s weekly after-action roundup looks at the breaches and security incidents that mattered most over the past two weeks. This edition spans large healthcare exposures, attacks on government and financial infrastructure, a fast-moving software supply-chain compromise, and incidents where the final scope is still being established. #1: Unlimited Technology Systems: 3.8 million healthcare records..…
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The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Ransomware Surge, Government Data Breaches, Logistics Disruptions, and Third-Party Security Risks
This weekly roundup highlights the growing cybersecurity risks affecting businesses, government agencies, and critical service providers. From the continued dominance of ransomware operations to government database breaches and third-party supply chain incidents, recent events demonstrate how attackers are increasingly targeting trusted systems and external service providers to maximize disruption and data exposure. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump…
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200 accounts compromised in Swiss government’s Microsoft SharePoint breach
Hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint servers belonging to Switzerland’s Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (BIT), … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/07/swiss-government-microsoft-sharepoint-vulnerabilities/
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Deemed Export, Deemed Impossible: The Government Discovers That AI Has No Border
Anthropic’s reported AI model shutdown highlights how U.S. export controls could collide with frontier AI, cybersecurity, identity management and global cloud access. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/deemed-export-deemed-impossible-the-government-discovers-that-ai-has-no-border/
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Capitol Hill wants to know if executive branch, foreign allies coordinated enough to combat scams
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing explored how 13 federal agencies and myriad foreign governments are wrestling with the problem. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/senate-hearing-transnational-scam-task-force/
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Swiss government SharePoint breach compromised 200 accounts
Switzerland’s federal IT office says hackers exploited vulnerabilities to breach its Microsoft SharePoint servers and compromised approximately 200 accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/swiss-government-sharepoint-breach-compromised-200-accounts/
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Kill switch fears now rival ransomware as a top security risk for European businesses, Proton study finds
For years, the security team’s job has been to defend against cyberattacks. New research from Proton suggests that job now needs to extend to a very different kind of threat: the risk that a foreign government orders a US technology provider to cut a business off entirely. A study of 1,500 business decision-makers across the…
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South Korea’s government overtakes telcos as top cyber attack target
Kaspersky researcher Sojun Ryu says ransomware crews have joined nation-state groups in going after South Korean organisations, as traces of LLM output start turning up inside malware First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366647735/South-Koreas-government-overtakes-telcos-as-top-cyber-attack-target
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Why Post-Quantum Security Is Climbing the Enterprise Agenda
Tags: ai, attack, computer, computing, conference, container, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, google, government, hacker, Hardware, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, risk, technology, threat, toolWhy Post-Quantum Security Is Climbing the Enterprise Agenda andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 08/06/2026 – 04:56 Learn why post-quantum security is becoming an enterprise priority, how AI and quantum computing are reshaping cryptography, and how Thales Luna 8 helps organizations prepare. Data Security Key Management Encryption Key Management Bree Fowler – Journalist More About This Author > At…
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Western government leaders call for a focus on infrastructure resilience, not AI hype
U.S. and allied officials said companies should start preparing now for a cyberattack that changes how they provide essential services. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-cybersecurity-resilience-black-hat-government-panel/827137/
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Secret White House AI Safety Framework Draws Criticism
Watchdogs Say Public Accountability Suffers When AI Oversight Stays Hidden. The White House declined to publicly release its voluntary AI safety framework, prompting criticism from technology watchdogs and lawmakers who say secret oversight undermines accountability. Critics argue transparency is essential as the government expands its review of frontier AI models. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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OctLurk and SilkLurk Windows Backdoors Target Governments in 6 Countries
Kaspersky links OctLurk and SilkLurk to cyberespionage attacks stealing passwords, emails and files from government systems in six countries since January 2025. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/octlurk-silklurk-backdoors-target-6-countries/
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Focus on infrastructure resilience, not AI hype, Western government leaders warn
U.S. and allied officials said companies should start preparing now for a cyberattack that changes how they provide essential services. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-cybersecurity-resilience-black-hat-government-panel/827137/
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What Gold Eagle Validates, and What Your Organization Still Has to Own (July 2026)
Tags: ai, business, compliance, data, finance, framework, government, intelligence, open-source, update, vulnerabilityWhat Gold Eagle Validates, and What Your Organization Still Has to Own (July 2026) The federal government just stood up a clearinghouse to find and validate vulnerabilities faster, with AI doing the finding. That is not the same thing as a clearinghouse that owns the consequence when a patch does not land in time. Key…
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Anthropic AI agent faked identities, phished real developers in UK government hacking test
An artificial intelligence agent built by Anthropic independently planted malicious code in a real software project and sent phishing emails to developers during a U.K. government security evaluation, according to Britain’s AI Security Institute. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/anthropic-ai-hacking-uk
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INTERPOL flags AI as the new engine of African cybercrime
Africa’s growing digital economy is exposing governments, businesses and internet users to a rising wave of cybercrime. The continent recorded more than 1.1 billion … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/05/interpol-africa-cybercrime-trends/
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Robin Sage 2.0: How LinkedIn Became a Counterintelligence Battlefield
Five Eyes governments warn that foreign intelligence services are using fake recruiters, professional networks and paid consulting offers to extract sensitive information. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/robin-sage-2-0-how-linkedin-became-a-counterintelligence-battlefield/
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Fake Open VSX Extensions Hijack AMD, Azure, Salesforce and Government Namespaces
Fake Open VSX extensions have hijacked high”‘trust namespaces like AMD, Azure, Salesforce, Hyperledger, and a U.S. government agency on the Open VSX Registry, silently harvesting Git and CI metadata from developer and CI environments while posing as legitimate tools. Each package cloned the name, namespace, and description of a real, unrelated extension and re”‘published it…
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Angola’s Largest Telco Breached Hours Before IPO
Unitel, Angola’s dominant mobile operator, continues to recover from a cyberattack that caused outages the day of the government-owned telco’s public offering. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/angolas-largest-telco-breached-hours-before-ipo