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What to Expect from Iran’s Digital Counterstrike
Tags: attack, breach, cloud, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, espionage, exploit, extortion, finance, government, group, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, international, iran, leak, middle-east, military, network, ransomware, risk, risk-assessment, service, tool, update, vulnerability, wormAfter the United States and Israel began a bombing campaign on Iran, leading to the decapitation of its political and military leaders, the Middle East has erupted into waves of kinetic warfare. But what should we expect about cyber? Iran has a formidable offensive cybersecurity capability and is considered one of the four most aggressive…
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Agentic AI Emerges as the Next Frontier for State Government IT
State CIOs Are Exploring How AI Agents Can Boost Productivity, Efficiency. Reputation aside, most pen pushers in state governments don’t actually like pushing paper. They also don’t care to force citizens to fill out forms in triplicate. Two decades of promises to minimize those chores may be on the cusp of gloriously coming true with…
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Iranian cyberattacks fail to materialize but threat remains acute
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, ceo, control, country, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, defense, endpoint, finance, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iran, malware, mfa, monitoring, phishing, risk, service, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vpnTargeting and response: According to Adrian Cheek, a senior cybercrime researcher at Canadian threat intelligence company Flare, the most at-risk sectors are critical infrastructure, including the defense and government supply chain, financial services, energy, and healthcare.”Water, energy, and healthcare sectors are currently the most exposed. These sectors combine high targeting priority with weak baseline security,…
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Chinesische Cyberspionage-Gruppe Silver-Dragon hat Behörden in Europa und Asien im Visier
Die Sicherheitsforensiker von Check Point Research (CPR) haben eine Cyberspionage-kampagne identifiziert, die sich gegen Regierungs-organisationen in Südostasien und Teilen Europas richtet. CPR nennt die Gruppe ‘Silver Dragon>> und nach Einschätzung der Sicherheitsexperten ist sie seit mindestens Mitte 2024 aktiv. Die Kampagne kombiniert Server-Exploits, Phishing, maßgeschneiderte Malware und eine cloudbasierte Befehlsinfrastruktur, um langfristigen Zugriff auf die…
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From phishing to Google Drive C2: Silver Dragon expands APT41 playbook
APT group Silver Dragon, linked to APT41, targets governments via server exploits and phishing, using Cobalt Strike and Google Drive for C2. Check Point researchers have identified Silver Dragon, an APT group tied to the China-linked group APT41, targeting government entities in Europe and Southeast Asia since mid-2024. The group gains initial access by exploiting…
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Iran”‘Linked “Dust Specter” APT Deploys AI”‘Aided Malware Against Iraqi Officials
Iran”‘nexus APT group “Dust Specter” is targeting Iraqi government officials with AI”‘assisted custom .NET malware, using dual attack chains that blend DLL sideloading, in”‘memory PowerShell, and ClickFix”‘style lures. In January 2026, Zscaler ThreatLabz tracked a new campaign against Iraqi officials in which the actor impersonated Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abused compromised government infrastructure…
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China’s Silver Dragon Razes Governments in EU, SE Asia
The emerging actor, part of the APT41 nexus, gains initial access via phishing, and uses legitimate network services to obscure cyberespionage activities. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-silver-dragon-governments-eu-se-asia
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Die Linke fordert mehr Transparenz – Regierung hat intern noch Redebedarf zu Cyberpakt mit Israel
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cypberpakt-israel-cyberdome-details-gesetzentwurf-cyberabwehr-a-dd0ca5d7b29115729c9db57140b0fcec/
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Exploit-Kit Coruna: iPhone-Nutzer mit bis zu 23 iOS-Exploits attackiert
Russische und chinesische Hacker sind offenbar an alte iOS-Exploits der US-Regierung gelangt und greifen damit massenhaft iPhone-Nutzer an. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/exploit-kit-coruna-massig-iphone-nutzer-mit-bis-zu-23-ios-exploits-attackiert-2603-206074.html
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Anthropic AI ultimatums and IP theft: The unspoken risk
Tags: ai, ceo, china, ciso, data, data-breach, defense, google, government, intelligence, monitoring, network, openai, risk, service, theft, toolChina’s extraction campaign: A targeting operation, not a curiosity: Anthropic’s disclosure that three China”‘based AI companies (DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax) ran more than 16 million interactions through roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts is not a story about model misuse. It is a story about targeting. These campaigns went straight at Claude’s most sensitive capabilities: agentic…
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Exploit-Kit Coruna: Massig iPhone-Nutzer mit bis zu 23 iOS-Exploits attackiert
Russische und chinesische Hacker sind offenbar an alte iOS-Exploits der US-Regierung gelangt und greifen damit massenhaft iPhone-Nutzer an. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/exploit-kit-coruna-massig-iphone-nutzer-mit-bis-zu-23-ios-exploits-attackiert-2603-206074.html
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APT41-Linked Silver Dragon Targets Governments Using Cobalt Strike and Google Drive C2
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed Silver Dragon that has been linked to cyber attacks targeting entities in Europe and Southeast Asia since at least mid-2024.”Silver Dragon gains its initial access by exploiting public-facing internet servers and by delivering phishing emails that contain malicious attachments,” Check Point said…
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Microsoft Alerts Customers to New Phishing Attack Exploiting OAuth in Entra ID to Bypass Detection
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, cyber, detection, exploit, google, government, microsoft, phishing, software, threat, vulnerabilityMicrosoft recently uncovered sophisticated phishing campaigns that exploit the by-design redirection mechanisms of the OAuth 2.0 protocol. Threat actors are targeting government and public-sector organizations by manipulating legitimate authentication flows in Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. Rather than exploiting traditional software vulnerabilities or stealing credentials directly, this campaign abuses trusted protocol behavior to bypass…
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NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity
Tags: advisory, attack, awareness, breach, business, china, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, espionage, exploit, finance, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iran, leak, malware, middle-east, military, monitoring, phishing, resilience, risk, russia, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementGeopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…
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NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity
Tags: advisory, attack, awareness, breach, business, china, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, espionage, exploit, finance, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iran, leak, malware, middle-east, military, monitoring, phishing, resilience, risk, russia, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementGeopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…
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NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity
Tags: advisory, attack, awareness, breach, business, china, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, espionage, exploit, finance, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iran, leak, malware, middle-east, military, monitoring, phishing, resilience, risk, russia, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementGeopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…
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A suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminals
Security researchers say exploits used by governments to hack into Apple iPhones have been found used by cybercriminals. They warned of an emerging market for “second hand” exploits. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/a-suite-of-government-hacking-tools-targeting-iphones-is-now-being-used-by-cybercriminals/
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A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals
A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/coruna-iphone-hacking-toolkit-us-government/
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Silver Dragon Targets Organizations in Southeast Asia and Europe
ey Findings Introduction In recent months, Check Point Research (CPR) has been tracking a sophisticated, Chinese-aligned threat group whose activity demonstrates operational correlation with campaigns previously associated with APT41. We have designated this activity cluster as Silver Dragon. This group actively targets organizations in Southeast Asia and Europe, with a particular focus on government entities.…
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Silver Dragon Targets Organizations in Southeast Asia and Europe
ey Findings Introduction In recent months, Check Point Research (CPR) has been tracking a sophisticated, Chinese-aligned threat group whose activity demonstrates operational correlation with campaigns previously associated with APT41. We have designated this activity cluster as Silver Dragon. This group actively targets organizations in Southeast Asia and Europe, with a particular focus on government entities.…
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Surviving Ransomware: Best practices to safeguard your business
By Robbie Ross, cyber security lead, Converged Communication Solutions It’s not if but when. This is a phrase that has been echoed across the cyber security industry for several years, but when it comes to ransomware the message is still not penetrating widely enough. The 2025 UK Government Cyber Breaches Survey highlighted that just 32%…
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1.2 Million Bank Accounts Exposed in Financial Systems Breach
When headlines break about a financial systems breach, most people assume malware was involved. Ransomware. Exploits. A zero-day vulnerability. But in February 2026, French authorities confirmed something different: approximately 1.2 million bank accounts were exposed after attackers accessed the national FICOBA registry using stolen credentials belonging to a government official. There was no forced entry….…
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Jetzt Staats-CISO werden für unter 160.000 Euro
Tags: ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, DSGVO, framework, governance, government, ISO-27001, jobs, nist, riskDas britische Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Cheltenham, England. GCHQEine aktuelle Stellenausschreibung sorgt in der Branche für Kopfschütteln. Sie legt nahe, dass manche hochrangigen Regierungsstellen offenbar nicht ganz mit der Realität des heutigen Cybersecurity-Arbeitsmarktes Schritt halten. Dabei ist gut dokumentiert, dass weltweit erheblicher Bedarf an IT-Sicherheitsexperten besteht. Laut einer aktuellen Umfrage von ISC2 sind 33…
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Phishing campaign exploits OAuth redirection to bypass defenses
Microsoft researchers warn that threat actors abuse OAuth redirects to target government users and deliver malware. Microsoft has warned of phishing campaigns targeting government and public-sector organizations by abusing OAuth URL redirection. Instead of stealing credentials or exploiting software flaws, attackers leverage OAuth’s legitimate by-design behavior to bypass email and browser defenses. The tactic redirects…
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Microsoft Warns OAuth Redirect Abuse Delivers Malware to Government Targets
Microsoft on Monday warned of phishing campaigns that employ phishing emails and OAuth URL redirection mechanisms to bypass conventional phishing defenses implemented in email and browsers.The activity, the company said, targets government and public-sector organizations with the end goal of redirecting victims to attacker-controlled infrastructure without stealing their tokens. It described First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Iranian Cyber Threat Actor Targets Iraqi Government Officials in AI-Powered Campaign
Zscaler ThreatLabz assessed with medium to high confidence that an Iranian adversary targeted Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a new cyber-attack First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/iran-cyber-threat-actor-iraq/
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SloppyLemming Targets Pakistan and Bangladesh Governments Using Dual Malware Chains
The threat activity cluster known as SloppyLemming has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities and critical infrastructure operators in Pakistan and Bangladesh.The activity, per Arctic Wolf, took place between January 2025 and January 2026. It involves the use of two distinct attack chains to deliver malware families tracked as BurrowShell…
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Vulnerability monitoring service secures public-sector websites faster
Tags: business, ceo, cyber, dns, government, Internet, monitoring, office, resilience, risk, service, skills, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityTools good, talk better: The UK government’s VMS uses a combination of commercial and proprietary scanning tools to detect vulnerabilities in internet-facing assets.But McKay cautions against drawing the wrong conclusion from the results.”Process, accountability and taking ownership for explaining why this matters to the resilience of the business is far more important than the technical…