Intelligence

US spy chief directs legal review of UK’s Apple backdoor demand (David DiMolfetta, NextGov)

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said this week that she asked her attorneys to craft a legal opinion regarding a January United Kingdom...

Targeted by Ransomware, Middle East Banks Shore Up Security (Robert Lemos, Dark Reading)

Banks and financial services firms across the Middle East weathered simulated attacks at the fourth annual Cyber Wargaming exercise in the United Arab Emirates...

Chinese APT Uses VPN Bug to Exploit Worldwide OT Orgs (Nate Nelson, Dark Reading)

Chinese cybercriminals have penetrated sensitive manufacturing companies worldwide through a virtual private network (VPN) bug. In an exclusive interview with Dark Reading at CPX...

Philippine army confirms attack on its networks (Daryna Antoniuk, The Record)

The Philippine Army has disclosed a cyberattack following reports that a local hacking group claimed to have breached its systems and accessed highly confidential...

FBI urges crypto community to avoid laundering funds from Bybit hack (Joe Warminsky, The Record)

The FBI is encouraging the private sector to help contain the $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from the Bybit exchange last week by North...

Belgium probes suspected Chinese hack of state security service (Daryna Antoniuk, The Record)

Belgium has launched a judicial investigation into an alleged Chinese cyberattack that compromised the email system of its state security service (VSSE), the federal...

Gabbard: UK demand to Apple for backdoor access is ‘grave concern’ to US (Suzanne Smalley, The Record)

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has told U.S. lawmakers she ordered a legal review of the U.K. government’s secret directive to Apple for...

Cellebrite cuts off Serbia over abuse of phone-cracking software against civil society (Suzanne Smalley, The Record)

The Israeli company Cellebrite announced Tuesday that it will no longer allow Serbia to use its software, which is deployed by law enforcement worldwide...

‘Cyber incident’ shuts down Cleveland Municipal Court for third straight day (James Reddick, The Record)

Cleveland Municipal Court is closed for the third straight day this week due to a cybersecurity incident. The court has posted the same statement...

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