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Dutch Lab Cancer Screening Hack Balloons to 941,000 Victims
Ransomware Gang Nova Poised to Leak Patient Data, Lab Stays Mum on Negotiations. With ransomware gang Nova threatening to leak patient data on the darkweb, a Dutch laboratory that performs cervical cancer tests for a government screening program is mum about the ransom negotiations, but it says the cyberattack in July has affected 941,000 patients.…
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Microsoft rewarded for security failures with another US government contract
Free Copilot for any agency who actually wants it First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/02/microsoft_rewarded_for_security_failures/
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Android droppers evolved into versatile tools to spread malware
Android droppers now spread banking trojans, SMS stealers, and spyware, disguised as government or banking apps in India and Asia. ThreatFabric researchers warn of a shift in Android malware: dropper apps now deliver not just banking trojans, but also SMS stealers and spyware, mainly in Asia. Google’s Pilot Program enhances Play Protect by scanning Android…
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Internet mapping and research outfit Censys reveals state-based abuse, harassment
‘Universities are being used to proxy offensive government operations, turning research access decisions political’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/censys_abuse_sigcomm_paper/
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Who watches the watchmen? Surveillanceware firms make bank, avoid oversight
Enough governments love it and it’s highly lucrative First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/02/commercial_surveillanceware_safe/
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Who watches the watchmen? Surveillanceware firms make bank, avoid oversight
Enough governments love it and it’s highly lucrative First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/02/commercial_surveillanceware_safe/
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CISSP certification: Requirements, training, exam, and cost
Tags: access, business, china, ciso, cloud, computer, credentials, cybersecurity, government, guide, infosec, jobs, linkedin, network, risk, risk-management, skills, trainingWho should get a CISSP?: CISSP has been called the “gold standard” of security certifications. “From the hiring side, the CISSP remains one of the most valued certifications I look for,” says Ankit Gupta, Senior Security Engineer at Exeter Finance. “It shows a candidate has a firm grasp of security principles across multiple domains, and…
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Quantum Is Closer Than You Think”, So Why Are You Still Encrypting Like It’s 2015?
Tags: access, ai, business, cloud, communications, compliance, computer, computing, container, crypto, cryptography, data, defense, encryption, endpoint, exploit, government, guide, Hardware, infrastructure, network, nist, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityQuantum Is Closer Than You Think”, So Why Are You Still Encrypting Like It’s 2015? madhav Tue, 09/02/2025 – 05:43 Not long ago, the idea that quantum computers could one day break today’s strongest encryption felt like science fiction. Today, it’s no longer about if”, but when. While real-world demonstrations of quantum algorithms like Shor’s…
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Iran-Nexus Hackers Exploit Omani Mailbox to Target Governments
Tags: authentication, communications, cyber, exploit, government, group, hacker, intelligence, iran, mfa, phishing, spear-phishingA sophisticated spear-phishing campaign that exploited a compromised mailbox belonging to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman. The operation, attributed to an Iranian-aligned group known as Homeland Justice and linked to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), masqueraded as legitimate multi-factor authentication (MFA) communications to infiltrate governments and diplomatic missions around the world.…
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Austria’s Interior Ministry Says 100 Email Accounts Breached
No Law Enforcement Information or Austrian Personal Data Compromised, Officials Say. The Austrian government said a targeted and professional hack attack breached about 100 government email accounts in its interior ministry, which is chiefly responsible for public safety. Attackers also stole data, although officials said no law enforcement or personal data was exposed. First seen…
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Android Droppers Now Deliver SMS Stealers and Spyware, Not Just Banking Trojans
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new shift in the Android malware landscape where dropper apps, which are typically used to deliver banking trojans, to also distribute simpler malware such as SMS stealers and basic spyware.These campaigns are propagated via dropper apps masquerading as government or banking apps in India and other parts of…
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Spanish government cancels Euro10m contract using Huawei equipment
Last week, a contract worth Euro10 million had been awarded to the Spanish multinational Telefónica to use Huawei kit to upgrade the RedIRIS network, effectively more than 16,000km of infrastructure. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/spain-cancels-10-million-euro-huawei-contract
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Hacker suspected of trying to cheat his way into university is arrested in Spain
Spanish police have arrested a suspected hacker for accessing a government website in order to alter the high school and university entrance exam grades of not only himself, but also some of his closest classmates. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/hacker-suspected-of-trying-to-cheat-his-way-into-university-is-arrested-in-spain
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Traffic to government domains often crosses national borders, or flows through risky bottlenecks
Tags: governmentSites at yourcountry.gov may also not bother with HTTPs First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/01/isoc_government_domain_traffic_measurement/
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Salt Typhoon: What Security Action Should Governments Take Now?
The FBI just announced that the Salt Typhoon cyber attacks against U.S. telecoms uncovered last year were much worse and more widespread than previously disclosed. What’s next? First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/salt-typhoon-what-security-action-should-governments-take-now/
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Citrix 0-Day Flaw Under Active Exploitation Since May
Tags: attack, citrix, cve, cyber, exploit, flaw, government, remote-code-execution, vulnerability, zero-daySecurity researcher Kevin Beaumont has revealed alarming details about CVE-2025-6543, a critical Citrix NetScaler vulnerability that was actively exploited as a zero-day attack for months before the company issued patches. What Citrix initially downplayed as a simple >>denial of service
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Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon expansion prompts multinational advisory
Tags: advisory, attack, authentication, breach, china, cisco, communications, container, corporate, country, cyber, data, exploit, firmware, flaw, government, group, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, ivanti, malware, military, monitoring, network, password, router, service, software, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayIvanti, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco flaws exploited: Salt Typhoon has been active since at least 2021, targeting critical infrastructure in telecom, transportation, government, and military bodies around the globe. Notably, a “cluster of activity” has been observed in the UK, according to the country’s National Cyber Security Centre.The group has had “considerable success” with “n-days,”…
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Pentagon Probes Microsoft’s Use of Chinese Coders
Defense Department Suspends, Reviews Microsoft ‘Digital Escorts’ Program. The Pentagon is reviewing Microsoft’s decade-long use of digital escorts – U.S.-based staff who review code from Chinese engineers – into military cloud systems, a workaround now deemed a breach of trust that may have exposed sensitive but unclassified government data. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Frequently Asked Questions About Chinese State-Sponsored Actors Compromising Global Networks
Tags: access, advisory, attack, authentication, china, cisa, cisco, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, espionage, exploit, firewall, fortinet, germany, government, identity, infrastructure, injection, ivanti, kev, malicious, microsoft, military, mitigation, mitre, network, remote-code-execution, risk, software, tactics, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAn analysis of Tenable telemetry data shows that the vulnerabilities being exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors remain unremediated on a considerable number of devices, posing major risk to the organizations that have yet to successfully address these flaws. Background Tenable’s Research Special Operations (RSO) team has compiled this blog to answer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)…
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Sweden scrambles after ransomware attack puts sensitive worker data at risk
Municipal government organisations across Sweden have found themselves impacted after a ransomware attack at a third-party software service supplier. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/sweden-scrambles-after-ransomware-attack-puts-sensitive-worker-data-at-risk
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Home Office ‘backdoor’ seeks worldwide access to Apple iCloud users’ data, court documents confirm
A court filing states that a government order against Apple would give it the capability to access communications and metadata of customers using the iCloud service anywhere in the world First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366630023/Home-Office-back-door-seeks-world-wide-access-to-Apple-iCloud-users-data-court-documents-confirm
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Home Office ‘back door’ seeks world-wide access to Apple iCloud users’ data, court documents confirm
A court filing sates a government order against Apple would give it the capability to access communications and ‘metadata’ of customers using Apple’s iCloud service anywhere in the world First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366630023/Home-Office-back-door-seeks-world-wide-access-to-Apple-iCloud-users-data-court-documents-confirm
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Salt Typhoon Exploits Flaws in Edge Network Devices to Breach 600 Organizations Worldwide
The China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Salt Typhoon has continued its attacks targeting networks across the world, including organizations in the telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging, and military infrastructure sectors.”While these actors focus on large backbone routers of major telecommunications providers, as well as provider edge (PE) and First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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UK government dragged for incomplete security reforms after Afghan leak fallout
Senior officials summoned to science and tech committee to explain further First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/29/uk_government_breach_review/
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Cybercrime increasingly moving beyond financial gains
Tags: attack, awareness, business, ciso, computer, corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, defense, disinformation, espionage, finance, government, group, hacker, hacking, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, malicious, military, network, ransom, ransomware, risk, risk-analysis, russia, strategy, theft, threat, tool, ukraine, vulnerability, wormsrcset=”https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?quality=50&strip=all 892w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=223%2C300&quality=50&strip=all 223w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=768%2C1033&quality=50&strip=all 768w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=761%2C1024&quality=50&strip=all 761w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=518%2C697&quality=50&strip=all 518w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=125%2C168&quality=50&strip=all 125w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=62%2C84&quality=50&strip=all 62w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=357%2C480&quality=50&strip=all 357w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=268%2C360&quality=50&strip=all 268w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=186%2C250&quality=50&strip=all 186w” width=”761″ height=”1024″ sizes=”auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px”> Incibe. En la imagen, Patricia Alonso GarcÃa.”We are very redundant when talking about cybercrime, because we always associate it with economic motivations,” says Hervé Lambert, global consumer operations…
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CISA Probes Nevada Cyber Breach Amid Surge in State Attacks
Tags: attack, breach, cisa, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, defense, government, infrastructure, ransomware, serviceUS Cyber Defense Agency Deploys Support to Nevada Following Ransomware Incident. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI are aiding Nevada after a cyberattack disabled state services, exposing how local governments – amid surging ransomware, IT shortfalls and federal funding cuts – are increasingly reliant on strained national cyber defense resources. First seen on…
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State of Nevada Faces IT Outage Amid Cyberattack, Offices Suspended
Tags: breach, cyber, cyberattack, government, infrastructure, network, office, security-incident, technologyThe State of Nevada became the target of a significant cyberattack which resulted in a substantial network security incident impacting government infrastructure across multiple agencies. According to an official communication from the Governor’s Technology Office, state officials rapidly identified the breach and immediately commenced continuous recovery efforts aimed at containing the incident and restoring affected…
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FBI Issues Updated Warning on Salt Typhoon’s Global Cyber-Espionage Operations
The FBI has released new findings on a long-running cyber campaign that quietly infiltrated major U.S. telecommunications providers and critical infrastructure around the world. The campaign, carried out by a group of hackers linked to the Chinese government, is known as Salt Typhoon. According to federal officials, the operation has been active since at least……