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“Forest Blizzard primarily focuses on strategic intelligence targets and differs from other GRU-affiliated and sponsored groups, which Microsoft has tied to destructive attacks, such as Seashell Blizzard (IRIDIUM) and Cadet Blizzard (DEV-0586),” the company said. Microsoft Thre...
Suspected government-backed hackers from Iran have used an array of techniques, from password theft to uploading a fake app to a prominent app marketplace, to try gathering intelligence from targets over the past year, Google said in a bulletin published Thursday. The espionage group APT35, also...
A former hacker for the National Security Agency has demonstrated an effective approach for malware creators to attack macOS, by repurposing code developed by state-sponsored hackers. As with other software development projects,creating malwaretypically requires a lot of effort to create software th...
Because We’re the good guys, and They’re the bad guys. Anything We do is by definition good, and anything They do is by definition bad, especially when we do the exact same things. Now, I’m sure AQ would say the same thing, except reversed and in Arabic. But who are you going...
SideWinder, a state-sponsored group, uses a network of phishing domains to target government and financial sectors in Pakistan and China.
Every nation-state is now using it, every hacker collective, every state-sponsored group. They all now have that tool and will throw it at anyone with information or money. Which nation poses the most significant risk? SpiderLabs: Hands down, China is the most significant r...
Abraham Maslowis frequently referenced for his well-known work on thehierarchy of needs. I will reference his definition of thepeak experiences — ‘envisioned moments of extraordinary experience’ during which “a person feels more whole, alive, self-sufficient and yet a part of the world,...
Security vulnerabilities in WordPress should be sent directly to the WordPress Security team through the project’s officialHackerOne page. #HTML Hacks That Built the Modern Web For as long as we’ve had HTML, we’ve had developers coming up with hacks and workarounds to achieve their desired...