Symantec reports that APT28 (also tracked as Swallowtail, Fancy Bear and Forest Blizzard), a group linked to Russia's GRU, compromised two defense firms and a law enforcement agency in NATO countries in recent months. The victims were a naval shipbuilder, a manufacturer of military aircraft engines and the agency. At the shipbuilder, oper…
The Citizen Lab disclosed AdFection, the first technical demonstration of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered through targeted online advertising. The Israeli firm Discover-Tech presents itself as a legitimate ad company but acts as a facilitator for several mercenary spyware partners, including Candiru. Its ads covertly direct million…
Researchers from the SHARE Foundation and The Citizen Lab report spyware on devices belonging to Vladan Ðokić, rector of the University of Belgrade and a prominent supporter of Serbia's student-led anti-corruption protests, and Rade Bajić, a lawyer with the Public Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime. Citizen Lab confirmed with high co…
A cybersecurity incident at defense contractor BAE Systems has stopped the production and delivery of bankruptcy notices for every US federal bankruptcy court. BAE operates the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) systems and websites on behalf of the federal judiciary. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts confirmed the incident on Oc…