Government Hackers
Hackers Posing as The United Nations Hacked Uyghur Muslims
A Chinese-speaking hacking group targeted Uyghurs with fake UN documents laced with malware, and a website purporting to represent a human rights organization.
One of The Biggest Cybersecurity Companies In The World Just Got Hacked
In a blog post, FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia said the company was targeted by "a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities."
NSO Employee Abused Phone Hacking Tech to Target a Love Interest
The previously unreported news is a serious abuse of NSO's products, which are typically used by governments and authoritarian regimes.
U.S. Cities Are Under Attack From Ransomware — and It’s Going to Get Much Worse
“The thing that is keeping us up at night right now is thinking about how a ransomware actor, or any type of hacker, could use this exploit once they are able to weaponize it and then spread like a worm”
How Hackers Bypass Gmail 2FA at Scale
A new Amnesty International report goes into some of the technical details around how hackers can automatically phish two-factor authentication tokens sent to phones.
Hacker Publicly Posts Data Stolen From Government-Linked Cyberespionage Group
Last week, Motherboard obtained data from the so-called ZooPark hacking group, which some suspect is connected to Iran. Now the hacker responsible has seemingly dumped the information after receiving a $1,000 payment.
Ex-NSA Hackers Worry China And Russia Will Try to Arrest Them
The US government has been indicting foreign government hackers, and American government hackers are worried China and Russia might start doing the same to them.