Threat hunters have discovered a network of more than 1,000 compromised small office and home office (SOHO) devices that have been used to facilitate a prolonged cyber espionage infrastructure campaign for China-nexus hacking groups. The Operational Relay Box (ORB) network has been codenamed LapDogs by SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team. “The LapDogs network has a high concentration […]
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Hackers can spy on tens of thousands of connected tractors in the latest IoT threat, and brick them too, thanks to poor security in an aftermarket steering system. Go to Source Author: Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer
Putting a vulnerability debt figure together involves work, but having vulnerability debt figures lets you measure real-world values against your overall security posture. Go to Source Author: Matt Middleton-Leal
A China-linked threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign directed against the Tibetan community. The spear-phishing attacks leveraged topics related to Tibet, such as the 9th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet (WPCT), China’s education policy in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), and a recently published book by […]
Cyber operations have become critical to national security, but the United States has fallen behind in one significant area — exploit production — while China has built up a significant lead. Go to Source Author: Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
Security operations centers (SOCs) are under pressure from both sides: threats are growing more complex and frequent, while security budgets are no longer keeping pace. Today’s security leaders are expected to reduce risk and deliver results without relying on larger teams or increased spending. At the same time, SOC inefficiencies are draining resources. Studies show […]
A new campaign has been observed leveraging fake websites advertising popular software such as WPS Office, Sogou, and DeepSeek to deliver Sainbox RAT and the open-source Hidden rootkit. The activity has been attributed with medium confidence to a Chinese hacking group called Silver Fox (aka Void Arachne), citing similarities in tradecraft with previous campaigns attributed […]
Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise is warning of a “notable surge” in scanning activity targeting Progress MOVEit Transfer systems starting May 27, 2025—suggesting that attackers may be preparing for another mass exploitation campaign or probing for unpatched systems.MOVEit Transfer is a popular managed file transfer solution used by businesses and government agencies to share sensitive data […]
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new campaign dubbed OneClik that leverages Microsoft’s ClickOnce software deployment technology and bespoke Golang backdoors to compromise organizations within the energy, oil, and gas sectors. “The campaign exhibits characteristics aligned with Chinese-affiliated threat actors, though attribution remains cautious,” Trellix researchers Nico Paulo Go to Source Author:
As tensions in the Middle East rise, hacktivist groups are coming out of the woodwork with their own agendas, leading to notable shifts in the hacktivist threat landscape. Go to Source Author: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading