… Russian Hackers Are Going After Signal Accounts, Dutch Officials Warn Two of the Netherlands’ intelligence agencies, the General Intelligence and Security Service and the Defence Intelligence and Security Service, issued a joint cybersecurity notice warning the public that Russian state hackers hav… …
… Finally, we detailed Russia’s effort to create a local competitor to Starlink satellite internet service—with all the privacy and security concerns that entails. And there’s more. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
… On Reddit channels related to cybersecurity and iOS, some self-identified iPhone owners discussing DarkSword argued that Apple seemed to be taking advantage of the DarkSword hacking campaigns to push them onto its latest OS version, which some have found to be slow or overly animated. “Apple is try… …
… But Hutchins says HexagonalRodent’s decision to focus on individual victims in its hacking campaign meant many didn’t have those security tools installed. “They found a niche where you actually can get away with completely AI-generated malware,” says Hutchins. …
… Cisco Source Code Stolen in Software Supply Chain Breach Spree Cybersecurity news outlet Bleeping Computer reported this week that Cisco had been the latest victim of a software supply chain hacking spree, which has now resulted in the theft of portions of the company’s source code and that of some… …
“We announce to the world that, in retaliation for the brutal attack on the Minab school and in response to ongoing cyber assaults against the infrastructure of the Axis of Resistance, our major cyber operation has been executed with complete success,” read a statement posted to Handala’s website, … …
Researchers at Google and cybersecurity firms iVerify and Lookout on Wednesday jointly revealed the discovery of a sophisticated iPhone hacking technique known as DarkSword that they've seen in use on infected websites, capable of instantly and silently hacking iOS devices that visit those sites. …
… The AI race has finally entered the cybersecurity lap. After Anthropic revealed its new model, Mythos, as a unique risk to the security status quo, OpenAI announced that it, too, has a new cybersecurity strategy, and a new model to go with it—GPT-5.4-Cyber. …
… A letter from US lawmakers this week questioned director of national security Tulsi Gabbard over whether US surveillance authorities allow the National Security Agency to target people who use a VPN. …
… Done not carefully, this could be a meaningfully accelerant for attackers.” Project Glasswing partners, including some of Anthropic's competitors, struck a collaborative tone in statements as part of the launch. “Google is pleased to see this cross-industry cybersecurity initiative coming together,… …