Tag: government
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APT36 Targets Indian Government with Golang-Based DeskRAT Malware Campaign
A Pakistan-nexus threat actor has been observed targeting Indian government entities as part of spear-phishing attacks designed to deliver a Golang-based malware known as DeskRAT.The activity, observed in August and September 2025 by Sekoia, has been attributed to Transparent Tribe (aka APT36), a state-sponsored hacking group known to be active since at least 2013. It…
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Blitz Spear Phishing Campaign Targets NGOs Supporting Ukraine
A spear phishing campaign dubbed PhantomCaptcha targeted Ukraine’s war relief efforts and regional government administrations for a single day in October First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/blitz-spear-phishing-ngos-ukraine/
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Ransomware Actors Targeting Global Public Sectors and Critical Infrastructure
The public sector faces an unprecedented cybersecurity crisis as ransomware actors intensify their assault on government entities worldwide. According to Trustwave’s SpiderLabs research team, nearly 200 public sector organizations have been struck with ransomware in 2025 alone, with Babuk and Qilin emerging as the most prolific threat groups driving this surge in attacks against critical…
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Iran’s MuddyWater wades into 100+ government networks in latest spying spree
Group-IB says Tehran-linked crew used hijacked mailbox and VPN to sling phishing emails across Middle East First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/24/iran_muddywater_campaign/
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Iran’s MuddyWater wades into 100+ government networks in latest spying spree
Group-IB says Tehran-linked crew used hijacked mailbox and VPN to sling phishing emails across Middle East First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/24/iran_muddywater_campaign/
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Tired of Unpaid Toll Texts? Blame the ‘Smishing Triad’
Chinese smishers, the bane of every American with a phone, have been shifting to lower-frequency, possibly higher-impact government impersonation attacks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/unpaid-toll-texts-smishing-triad
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US government accuses former L3Harris cyber boss of stealing trade secrets
The U.S. Department of Justice accused Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris’ hacking division Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to a buyer in Russia. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/u-s-government-accuses-former-l3harris-cyber-boss-of-stealing-trade-secrets/
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US government accuses former L3Harris cyber boss of stealing trade secrets
The U.S. Department of Justice accused Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris’ hacking division Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to a buyer in Russia. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/u-s-government-accuses-former-l3harris-cyber-boss-of-stealing-trade-secrets/
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U.S. government accuses former L3Harris cyber boss of stealing trade secrets
The U.S. Department of Justice accused Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris’ hacking division Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to a buyer in Russia. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/u-s-government-accuses-former-l3harris-cyber-boss-of-stealing-trade-secrets/
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Pakistani-Linked Hacker Group Targets Indian Government
A cyber-espionage campaign by Pakistan’s TransparentTribe has been identified, targeting Indian government systems using DeskRAT First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/pakistani-hacker-group-targets/
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Bereaved families call for public inquiry over suicide forum
Tags: governmentThe Molly Rose Foundation and families bereaved by suicide claim Ofcom and government departments have not taken effective action to deal with a forum promoting suicide First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366633481/Bereaved-families-call-for-public-inquiry-over-suicide-forum
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Ministry of Justice’s OpenAI deal paves way to sovereign AI
OpenAI has been busy signing deals with the UK government to bolster UK artificial intelligence. It’s now launching data residency for UK customers First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366633421/Ministry-of-Justices-OpenAI-deal-paves-way-to-sovereign-AI
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‘Attacks will get through’: head of GCHQ urges companies to do more to fight cybercrime
Anne Keast-Butler says government and business must to work together to tackle future attacks as AI makes cybercrime easierCompanies need to do more to mitigate the potential effects of cyber-attacks, the head of GCHQ has said, including making physical, paper copies of crisis plans to use if an attack brings down entire computer systems.”What are…
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Cabinet Office pinches digital ID responsibility from GDS
Prime minister Keir Starmer announces Cabinet Office will take over responsibility for the government’s new digital identity scheme First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366633478/Cabinet-Office-pinches-digital-ID-responsibility-from-GDS
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UK cyber law delays ‘deeply concerning,’ say MPs
Major recent cybersecurity incidents should spur the British government to act decisively on new cybersecurity laws, opposition MPs say. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/britain-cyber-law-delays-opposition-mps-warning
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PhantomCaptcha RAT Attack Targets Aid Groups Supporting Ukraine
SentinelLABS’ research reveals PhantomCaptcha, a highly coordinated, one-day cyber operation on Oct 8, 2025, targeting the International Red Cross, UNICEF, and Ukraine government groups using fake emails and a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) linked to Russian infrastructure. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/phantomcaptcha-rat-attack-targets-ukraine/
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TransparentTribe Targets Linux Systems in Indian Military to Deploy DeskRAT
In July 2025, cybersecurity firm CYFIRMA uncovered an active phishing campaign targeting Linux-based operating systems used by Indian government and military organisations. This operation, attributed to TransparentTribe (also known as APT36 or Operation C-Major), is the latest in a series of ongoing cyber espionage campaigns supporting Pakistan’s strategic interests. TransparentTribe, a Pakistani-nexus threat group active…
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TransparentTribe Targets Linux Systems in Indian Military to Deploy DeskRAT
In July 2025, cybersecurity firm CYFIRMA uncovered an active phishing campaign targeting Linux-based operating systems used by Indian government and military organisations. This operation, attributed to TransparentTribe (also known as APT36 or Operation C-Major), is the latest in a series of ongoing cyber espionage campaigns supporting Pakistan’s strategic interests. TransparentTribe, a Pakistani-nexus threat group active…
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TransparentTribe Targets Linux Systems in Indian Military to Deploy DeskRAT
In July 2025, cybersecurity firm CYFIRMA uncovered an active phishing campaign targeting Linux-based operating systems used by Indian government and military organisations. This operation, attributed to TransparentTribe (also known as APT36 or Operation C-Major), is the latest in a series of ongoing cyber espionage campaigns supporting Pakistan’s strategic interests. TransparentTribe, a Pakistani-nexus threat group active…
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Cyberangriff auf Jaguar ist teuerster in britischer Geschichte
Der Hackerangriff auf den Autobauer Jaguar Land Rover hat die britische Regierung viel Geld gekostet.Der Cyberangriff auf den britischen Autobauer Jaguar Land Rover war nach Einschätzung von Experten der wirtschaftlich schädlichste in der Geschichte des Landes. Die Einbußen durch den wochenlangen erzwungenen Produktionsstopp belaufen sich demnach auf geschätzte 1,9 Milliarden Pfund (knapp 2,2 Milliarden Euro). Die…
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Cyberangriff auf Jaguar ist teuerster in britischer Geschichte
Der Hackerangriff auf den Autobauer Jaguar Land Rover hat die britische Regierung viel Geld gekostet.Der Cyberangriff auf den britischen Autobauer Jaguar Land Rover war nach Einschätzung von Experten der wirtschaftlich schädlichste in der Geschichte des Landes. Die Einbußen durch den wochenlangen erzwungenen Produktionsstopp belaufen sich demnach auf geschätzte 1,9 Milliarden Pfund (knapp 2,2 Milliarden Euro). Die…
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Mideast, African Hackers Target Gov’ts, Banks, Small Retailers
In the hotly political Middle East, you’d expect hacktivism and disruption of services. But retail attacks? First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-analytics/mea-hackers-govts-finance-smb-retailers
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F5 Networks Breach: A Wake-Up Call for Supply Chain Cybersecurity
When a foundational technology provider like F5 Networks, whose systems power government agencies, critical infrastructure, and enterprises worldwide, suffers a cyber breach, the ripple effects extend far beyond a single organization. This latest attack has once again exposed the growing vulnerabilities within global technology supply chains and the urgent need for unified, proactive cybersecurity visibility.…
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Cyber incidents in Texas, Tennessee and Indiana impacting critical government services
A large suburb outside of Dallas, Texas, was one of multiple municipalities across the U.S. this week to report cyber incidents affecting public services. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cyber-incidents-texas-tennessee-indiana
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Iranian hackers targeted over 100 govt orgs with Phoenix backdoor
State-sponsored Iranian hacker group MuddyWater has targeted more than 100 government entities in attacks that deployed version 4 of the Phoenix backdoor. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iranian-hackers-targeted-over-100-govt-orgs-with-phoenix-backdoor/
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F5 Networks Breach: A Wake-Up Call for Supply Chain Cybersecurity
When a foundational technology provider like F5 Networks, whose systems power government agencies, critical infrastructure, and enterprises worldwide, suffers a cyber breach, the ripple effects extend far beyond a single organization. This latest attack has once again exposed the growing vulnerabilities within global technology supply chains and the urgent need for unified, proactive cybersecurity visibility.…
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ToolShell bug used by Chinese attackers against governments in Africa, South America
Government agencies in African and South American nations are on the long list of organizations breached through exploitation of a vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint, incident responders revealed. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/sharepoint-toolshell-bug-breaches-governments-africa-south-america
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Bitter APT Exploiting Old WinRAR Vulnerability in New Backdoor Attacks
South Asian hacking group Bitter (APT-Q-37) is deploying a C# backdoor using two new methods: a WinRAR flaw and malicious Office XLAM files, targeting government and military sectors. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/bitter-apt-winrar-vulnerability-backdoor-attacks/
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Iran-Linked MuddyWater Targets 100+ Organisations in Global Espionage Campaign
The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new campaign that has leveraged a compromised email account to distribute a backdoor called Phoenix to various organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including over 100 government entities.The end goal of the campaign is to infiltrate high-value targets and…
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PhantomCaptcha ClickFix attack targets Ukraine war relief orgs
A spearphishing attack that lasted a single day targeted members of the Ukrainian regional government administration and organizations critical for the war relief effort in Ukraine, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, UNICEF, and various NGOs. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phantomcaptcha-clickfix-attack-targets-ukraine-war-relief-orgs/