The digital landscape has reached a point where no one—not even the head of the FBI, is immune to a well-timed exploit. New reporting from Cyber Security News reveals that FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal Gmail account was breached by the Iran-linked “Handala” hacker group. The hackers didn’t just take the data; they made it
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Security teams spend a lot of time warning users about suspicious links and malicious attachments. A newer technique is exploiting something far more routine. The instinct to quickly fix a problem. A recently reported campaign is using a tactic known as ClickFix to trick users into executing malicious commands under the pretense of resolving a
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Artificial intelligence has already changed how organizations detect and respond to cyber threats. Now it is beginning to reshape how those threats are created. A recently reported campaign shows that attackers are using AI-assisted malware development to support ransomware operations. Security researchers observed a threat group deploying a malware family called Slopoly during post-intrusion activity
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Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups are often associated with zero-day exploits and custom-built malware frameworks. However, the latest campaign attributed to APT28 demonstrates that modern nation-state operations do not always require technical complexity to be effective. According to reporting from The Hacker News, the Russia-linked threat actor conducted a campaign dubbed Operation MacroMaze, targeting specific
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