Tag: government
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OnlyFans Models Are Accidentally Making Hacked Government Websites Disappear
Scammers are hijacking government websites to upload ads for “leaked” OnlyFans content. Thousands of copyright complaints from adult creators are helping people avoid malicious links. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/onlyfans-creators-dmca-hacked-government-websites/
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Found fast, fixed slow: The gap the AI clearinghouse must close
The government’s new AI clearinghouse risks becoming a committee that discovers more problems than it solves, unless it’s designed around patching, not just scanning. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ai-executive-order-cybersecurity-clearinghouse-vulnerability-patching-gap/
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CISA Deploys Anthropic’s Mythos AI to Hunt Vulnerabilities in U.S. Government Code
CISA is using Anthropic’s Mythos AI to scan federal code for vulnerabilities, aiming to find flaws before hackers and foreign intelligence services. Three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that CISA, the U.S. government’s civilian cyber defense agency, is running Anthropic’s Mythos AI model against federal code repositories to find vulnerabilities before foreign intelligence…
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State IDs for AI Agents: Will Estonia Set a Precedent?
The world’s digital testing ground plans to help people use AI agents for government purposes. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/state-ids-ai-agents-estonia
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CISA orders feds to patch max severity ColdFusion flaw by Friday
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered government agencies to patch an actively exploited maximum-severity flaw in the Adobe ColdFusion commercial web app development platform by Friday. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-patch-max-severity-coldfusion-flaw-by-friday/
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Indian Income Tax Department Phishing Lure Deploys Gh0st RAT and AsyncRAT Implants
A targeted phishing campaign impersonating the Indian Income Tax Department has been observed delivering a sophisticated, six-stage infection chain that culminates in two in-memory remote-access implants: a Gh0st RAT derivative and a Quasar/AsyncRAT-family .NET payload. Victims are funneled to fake government pages that mimic Ministry of Finance and Income Tax branding and are pressured with…
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U.S. Government Reportedly Approves OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna Models
The Trump administration has reportedly lifted previous restrictions on the launch of OpenAI’s GPT-5.6, enabling a broader commercial rollout of this advanced model after weeks of government-mandated cybersecurity and national security vetting. This decision marks a significant turning point in U.S. AI governance, moving GPT-5.6 from a tightly controlled pilot program with Trump-approved partners to…
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UK Govt Pairs Agentic AI Initiative With Cyber Resilience Pledge
NCSC Launches AI Research, Governance and Resilience Measures. The U.K. government unveiled an AI-driven Cyber Shield initiative alongside a Cyber Resilience Pledge signed by 60 organizations, seeking to automate vulnerability management, strengthen governance and improve national resilience as ransomware and AI-enabled threats escalate. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/uk-govt-pairs-agentic-ai-initiative-cyber-resilience-pledge-a-32172
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US Cyber Agency Uses Anthropic Mythos to Audit Government Code for Bugs
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has started using Anthropic’s advanced AI model, Mythos, to audit government software for vulnerabilities. This marks a significant shift toward AI-assisted cyber defense operations. Sources familiar with the initiative report that CISA is deploying Mythos to systematically scan federal code repositories to identify security flaws that foreign…
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UK Government Launches Cyber Resilience Pledge, Claiming 60+ Signatories
More than 60 organizations, including M&S, Microsoft UK and Vodafone, have signed the UK government’s Cyber Resilience Pledge, a new initiative aimed at boosting cyber security and resilience across British businesses First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-gov-launches-cyber-resilience/
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AI-Generated Malware Powers New Armored Likho APT Campaign
Armored Likho APT uses AI-generated malware, phishing, and BusySnake Stealer to target governments and power grids in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Brazil. Kaspersky’s threat research team has documented a previously unknown APT group they’re calling Armored Likho, also tracked under the name Eagle Werewolf. The group runs two parallel tracks: financially motivated attacks against private individuals…
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M&S among first businesses to sign UK government’s resilience pledge
Marks & Spencer joins the likes of Accenture, Microsoft and Vodafone by committing to take practical steps to improve cyber standards through the government’s voluntary Cyber Resilience Pledge First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645538/MS-among-first-businesses-to-sign-UK-governments-resilience-pledge
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Cavern Manticore Malware Uses Low-Detection .NET Modules for Reconnaissance and Lateral Movement
A newly identified Iran-linked threat group, tracked as Cavern Manticore, is deploying a sophisticated modular command-and-control (C2) framework built on a shared .NET foundation to conduct stealthy reconnaissance and lateral movement against Israeli government and IT organizations. The group’s custom C2 components exhibit extremely low detection rates on public sandboxes, enabling persistent access while evading…
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US government agency pays $1 million to data extortion group Kairos
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/us-government-agency-pays-1-million-to-data-extortion-group-kairos
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Government and healthcare sectors show weak email security, analysis finds
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/government-and-healthcare-sectors-show-weak-email-security-analysis-finds
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‘BusySnake’ Infostealer Slithers into Critical Infrastructure Networks
A threat group researchers call Armored Likho has gained access to government agencies and electrical power entities in Russia, Brazil, and Kazakhstan. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/busysnake-infostealer-critical-infrastructure-networks
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Iran-Linked Hackers Use New Cavern C2 Framework to Target Israeli Organizations
An Iranian hacking group affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been wielding a previously undocumented modular command-and-control (C2) framework dubbed Cavern (aka Cav3rn) targeting Israeli organizations.The activity, which has primarily singled out IT providers and government sectors, has been attributed to a threat cluster tracked by Check Point Research First seen…
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New Iran-Nexus Hacking Group Targets Israel Government and IT Sectors
Check Point researchers have identified a new cyber adversary targeting Israeli government and IT businesses, tracked as ‘Cavern Manticore’ First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/new-iran-hacking-group-targets/
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Cavern Manticore: Exposing Iran-Linked Modular C2 Framework
ey Points Introduction Since early 2026, Check Point Research (CPR) has tracked a new modular command-and-control framework used by Cavern Manticore, an Iran-nexus APT group primarily targeting Israeli organizations, with a focus on IT providers, and government sectors. Cavern Manticore is an Iran MOIS (Ministry of Intelligence and Security)-linked actor, with links to the OilRig…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 584 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. U.S. Government Agency Paid $1M to Data Extortion Group Kairos FBI: TeamPCP Compromised Dev Tools to…
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U.S. Government Agency Paid $1M to Data Extortion Group Kairos
Tags: blockchain, data, data-breach, extortion, government, group, ransom, ransomware, theft, threatA U.S. government agency paid $1M to Kairos, a group focused on data theft and extortion rather than ransomware, Ransom-ISAC reports. A new case study from Ransom-ISAC reconstructs a complete data-extortion incident involving a U.S. government body and a threat actor called Kairos, using a leaked negotiation transcript and blockchain tracing of the ransom payment.…
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U.S. Government Entity Paid Kairos $1 Million in Data-Theft Extortion Case
Tags: blockchain, breach, data, data-breach, extortion, government, group, ransom, ransomware, theftA U.S. government entity paid about $1 million to keep stolen files from being leaked, according to a new case study by Rakesh Krishnan for Ransom-ISAC, built on a leaked negotiation chat and the blockchain trail the payment left.The odd part: the group that took the money calls itself Kairos, but it may not be…
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Armored Likho APT Deploys BusySnake Stealer Against Government and Power Sector Targets
A focused phishing campaign operated by a previously unreported APT we’ve named Armored Likho (also tracked under the provisional alias Eagle Werewolf). The group is targeting government agencies and the electric power sector across Russia, Brazil and Kazakhstan, and demonstrates an evolving toolkit that blends commodity and bespoke tooling to support both financially motivated operations…
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Armored Likho Targets Government Agencies, Power Sector with BusySnake Stealer
A previously undocumented threat actor known as Armored Likho has been attributed to cyber attacks targeting government agencies and the electric power sector across Russia, Brazil, and Kazakhstan.”Armored Likho blends financially motivated campaigns targeting private individuals with targeted cyber espionage aimed at organizations,” Kaspersky said in a technical analysis published today. “ First seen on…
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Government and Healthcare Are the Weakest Links in Global Email Security
Government and healthcare sectors have weak email security. Many domains lack SPF, DMARC, DKIM, and MTA-STS, leaving them open to phishing attacks. Comparitech analyzed live DNS records for 5,849 domains across 13 sectors and scored each one out of 8 points based on four standard email authentication protocols: SPF, DMARC, DKIM, and MTA-STS. The results…
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Anthropic Unveils Cyber Jailbreak Severity Framework for Claude Fable 5 Safeguards
Anthropic has provided detailed technical insights into the cybersecurity safeguards of its redeployed Claude Fable 5 model. Alongside this, they have introduced a proposed Cyber Jailbreak Severity (CJS) framework designed to standardize how AI jailbreak risks are measured across various industry and government stakeholders. The announcement highlights the growing challenge of securing dual-use AI systems,…
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Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware
A government customer of NSO Group used the company’s Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an EU committee tasked with investigating the spyware industry. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/politician-who-investigated-spyware-abuses-had-his-phone-hacked-with-pegasus-spyware/
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FortiBleed Hacks Tied to INC Ransom and Lynx Operation
Theat Actor Accessed INC and Lynx Ransom Negotiation Panels. SOCRadar linked the FortiBleed credential-harvesting operation to ransomware groups INC Ransom and Lynx, citing evidence that a sophisticated initial access broker compromised more than 430,000 FortiGate firewalls, prioritized high-value organizations and enabled ransomware attacks against governments, critical infrastructure and major enterprises. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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US government says it got hacked, again
A top Democrat on the Senate’s Intelligence Committee warned that the information accessed on a Homeland Security intelligence-sharing network may risk national security. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/us-government-says-it-got-hacked-again/
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Anthropic reactivates Fable, Mythos after securing government approval
Tags: governmentThe company’s powerful frontier models are back, but vetting issues remain unresolved. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/anthropic-ai-mythos-fable-reenable/824214/