Tag: military
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FBI seizes 13 websites linked to alleged Chinese intelligence-gathering effort
Federal authorities have seized 13 internet domains allegedly used to target current and former U.S. government employees and military personnel with access to classified and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/11/fake-consulting-websites-target-us-security-clearance-holders-china/
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JDY Botnet Evolves After KV Takedown, Targets Military Networks
JDY botnet scans SOHO/IoT devices globally to map services and targets, especially US military networks. Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs reported the resurgence of the JDY botnet, a covert reconnaissance network tied to Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups including Volt Typhoon. The network was first spotted in late 2023 as a cluster inside KV-botnet. The U.S. government…
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Russian Attackers Weaponize WinRAR Flaw Against Ukrainian Orgs
Two separate campaigns target CVE-2025-8088, fixed last July, to conduct data theft and cyberespionage against military and government targets in Ukraine. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/russian-groups-winrar-flaw-ukrainian-orgs
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Handala Claims Israeli Radar Hack, But Evidence Shows Phone Admin Panel
An Iranian-linked hacker group called Handala claimed to have hit Israeli military targets with massive cyberattacks on Sunday,… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/handala-israeli-radar-hack-evidence-phone-admin-panel/
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Five Eyes warn Chinese spies are using job sites to recruit insiders
The alert warned that Chinese intelligence officers are posing as recruiters and consultants for front companies based outside China in order to target Five Eyes government and military personnel “and anyone with access to classified or privileged information.” First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/five-eyes-warns-chinese-spies-are-using-job-sites-to-recruit-insiders
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Five Eyes Warns Chinese Spies Are Using Fake Job Ads to Target Military Staff
Five Eyes warns that Chinese spies are using fake job ads on LinkedIn, Indeed, and Upwork to target military staff and steal sensitive data. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/five-eyes-chinese-spies-fake-job-ads-military-staff/
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China Using LinkedIn to Recruit Government Insiders
Five Eyes Agencies Document 5-Step Chinese Job Platform Spy Scheme. The Five Eyes intelligence agencies issued a rare joint bulletin warning that Chinese military intelligence is using LinkedIn, Indeed, and Upwork to recruit government and military insiders. The operation targets clearance holders, military personnel, academics and journalists. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/china-using-linkedin-to-recruit-government-insiders-a-31861
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New cyber force would cost up to $11 billion to start, commission says
The military branch would take 12 to 18 months to get up and running and also include roughly 5,000 members of the National Guard and up to 6,000 civilians, according to the commission. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/new-cyber-force-would-cost-11-billion-commission
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Iranian Hackers Deploy MiniFast and MiniJunk V2 via Phishing and SEO Poisoning
The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as Nimbus Manticore (aka Screening Serpens and UNC1549) has been attributed to a fresh campaign using lures impersonating organizations in the aviation and software sectors across the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East following the joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against the country in late February 2026.The activity, besides embracing…
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Google AI engineer claims dismissal for opposing tech sales to Israel
‘Our work on AI was sold to facilitate genocide’: Artificial intelligence engineer claims Google unfairly sacked them for internally criticising the company’s decision to continue supplying technology to the Israeli military, despite credible claims of war crimes committed in Gaza First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366643389/Google-AI-engineer-dismissed-for-opposing-tech-sales-to-Israel
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Judges Clash Over Pentagon’s Anthropic Ban
Appeals Court Weighs Pentagon Authority Over Frontier AI Providers. A majority of judges on a U.S. federal appeals court appeared disposed to allowing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to bar Anthropic from future military work for posing national security risk. Oral argument held Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was Anthropic’s…
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UAC-0184 Uses Bitsadmin and HTA Files to Deliver Gated Malware
UAC-0184 uses a multi”‘stage malware chain that abuses bitsadmin and HTA loaders to reach a heavily obfuscated payload bundle, ultimately hiding behind signed binaries such as VSLauncher.exe and PassMark Endpoint to gain stealthy network access on Ukrainian military networks. CERT”‘UA reporting through 20242025 highlights a focus on accounts belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine,…
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Poland shifts away from Signal following cyberattacks on officials’ accounts
Poland told officials to stop using the popular instant messaging app Signal after cyberattacks targeted government accounts. Poland has instructed government officials to stop using Signal for sensitive communications and move to a state-developed alternative. The decision follows repeated cyberattacks targeting Signal accounts belonging to politicians, military personnel, and public servants. Officials believe the campaigns…
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Go-Ahead for AI Chip Sales to 10 Chinese Firms Raise Alarms
Reports: Trump Administration Approval of Nvidia H200 Sales Poses Frontier AI Risks. Trump administration discussions on AI governance with China are colliding with reports that Washington may permit expanded Nvidia H200 chip sales to Chinese firms, fueling concerns that U.S. technology access could accelerate Beijing’s frontier AI and military-linked ambitions. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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BlackBerry doubles down on secure communications
Having sold its Cylance endpoint security portfolio to Arctic Wolf, the former smartphone pioneer is doubling down on military-grade encryption and post-quantum cryptography to shield critical infrastructure from AI-driven threats First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366643081/BlackBerry-doubles-down-on-secure-communications
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Iran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s traditional naval fleet has been almost completely destroyed by US-Israeli raids. But Iran’s military has put a fleet of small vessels on the water that is crippling every passageway. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/iran-is-using-tiny-mosquito-boats-to-shut-down-the-strait-of-hormuz/
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Pentagon Official Vows to Diversify Frontier AI Suppliers
Pentagon Expands Frontier AI Providers Amid Anthropic Legal Fight. The Pentagon said it will no longer depend on a single artificial intelligence provider as the White House pushes agencies to diversify frontier AI systems amid an escalating legal and policy fight with Anthropic over military use of advanced models. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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A DOD contractor’s API flaw exposed military course data and service member records
Researchers say Schemata’s platform exposed names, emails, base assignments, and course materials before the company patched the issue and contacted government authorities. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/schemata-dod-contractor-api-flaw-military-data-exposure/
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DOJ says ransomware gang tapped into Russian government databases
U.S. prosecutors said a ransomware gang fueled Russian government corruption, and allowed the gang’s leaders to avoid paying taxes and dodge the country’s military draft. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/doj-says-ransomware-gang-tapped-into-russian-government-databases/
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Train like you fight: Why cyber operations teams need no-notice drills
Tags: breach, business, cloud, communications, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, detection, framework, healthcare, injection, login, military, psychology, ransomware, risk, skills, soc, threat, training, updateThe Yerkes-Dodson inverted-U curve: Performance rises with arousal to an optimal point, then falls sharply.Wikimedia Commons, CC-ZeroWhat repeated no-notice drills do is shift a team’s position on that curve. By building familiarity with threat-level arousal, they raise the threshold at which stress becomes performance-impairing. The stimulus is no longer novel. The cascade is shorter. Executive…
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Hackers target governments and MSPs via critical cPanel flaw CVE-2026-41940
Attackers exploit a critical cPanel flaw to target government and MSP networks across Southeast Asia and several countries, including the U.S. and Canada. A threat actor is exploiting critical cPanel vulnerability CVE-2026-41940 to target government and military organizations in Southeast Asia, along with MSPs and hosting providers in countries like the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South…
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Critical cPanel Vulnerability Weaponized to Target Government and MSP Networks
A previously unknown threat actor has been observed targeting government and military entities in Southeast Asia, alongside a smaller cluster of managed service providers (MSPs) and hosting providers in the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South Africa, and the U.S., by exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerability in cPanel.The activity, detected by Ctrl-Alt-Intel on May 2, 2026, involves…
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cPanel Vulnerability Exploited to Compromise Government and Military Servers
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in cPanel and Web Host Manager, officially tracked as CVE-2026-41940, is currently being exploited by unidentified threat actors. Security researchers at Ctrl-Alt-Intel recently uncovered an alarming campaign leveraging this vulnerability to compromise government and military organizations across Southeast Asia. The attackers managed to weaponize publicly available exploit code just days…
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Chinese engineer stole US military and NASA software for years
He created Gmail accounts, impersonated real US researchers, and convinced NASA, the military, and universities to hand over sensitive code. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/chinese-engineer-stole-us-military-and-nasa-software-for-years/
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The curious case of Sean Plankey’s derailed CISA nomination
Questions over who wanted Plankey blocked: On March 3, Ana Visneski, a former head of global disaster response at Amazon Web Services and former chief of digital media for the US Coast Guard, posted on Bluesky that she was “hearing from multiple sources” that Plankey “has been fired and escorted out of Coast Guard HQ…
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Tropic Trooper Pivots to AdaptixC2 and Custom Beacon Listener
IntroductionOn March 12, 2026, Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered a malicious ZIP archive containing military-themed document lures targeting Chinese-speaking individuals. Our analysis of this sample uncovered a campaign leveraging a multi-stage attack chain where a trojanized SumatraPDF reader deploys an AdaptixC2 Beacon agent, ultimately leading to the download and abuse of Visual Studio (VS) Code tunnels for…
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Iran Alleges US Networking Gear Was Deliberately Disabled
Reports from Iranian state media claim that U.S.-manufactured networking gear ceased functioning at critical moments during military strikes. The allegations, which cannot be independently verified, claim there were simultaneous failures across routers and switches produced by Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, and MikroTik during attacks on Iranian infrastructure. According to accounts published by the Iranian Fars..…
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Iran Alleges US Networking Gear Was Deliberately Disabled
Reports from Iranian state media claim that U.S.-manufactured networking gear ceased functioning at critical moments during military strikes. The allegations, which cannot be independently verified, claim there were simultaneous failures across routers and switches produced by Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, and MikroTik during attacks on Iranian infrastructure. According to accounts published by the Iranian Fars..…