Intelligence

Vietnamese-speaking hackers appear to be running global data theft operation through Telegram (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

Hackers linked to Vietnamese-speaking cybercriminal groups have stolen sensitive data from thousands of victims across the world as part of an ongoing cybercrime campaign...

Taiwan’s TSMC fires engineers over suspected theft of semiconductor secrets (Alexander Martin – The Record)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest and most advanced chipmaker, announced on Tuesday it had fired two employees whom it suspected of...

Dutch Caribbean islands respond to cyberattacks on courts, tax departments (Jonathan Greig – The Record)

Multiple countries in the Caribbean are recovering from cyberattacks affecting crucial government services. The countries are part of what is known colloquially as the Dutch...

Forget the Space Force! Trump needs to create a Cyber Force, says think tank (The Register)

The US Space Force won't be the only new military branch Donald Trump has created if forthcoming recommendations from a group of retired military...

New research shows Iran’s expansive cyber offensive during ‘12-Day War’ with Israel (Davide DiMolfetta – NextGov)

Within hours of June’s 12-day war between Iran and Israel erupting, Iranian state-backed hackers and proxy groups launched phishing campaigns, defaced websites and claimed...

Islamic State Central Africa Province Intensifies Sectarian Targeting Campaign (Soufan Center)

The Islamic State Central African Province (ISCAP) has escalated its campaign of targeted sectarian violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least...

A Trojan Horse Approach? Chinese Infrastructure Investment in Europe (Soufan Center)

Chinese infrastructure investments throughout Europe have the potential to pose a strategic risk to the West, not just the countries where the People’s Republic...

Russian hackers target local internet to spy on embassies in Moscow, Microsoft says (David DiMolfetta – NextGov)

A major Russian cyberespionage unit is attempting to spy on foreign embassies in Moscow by targeting local internet and telecom infrastructure used by diplomatic...

Moscow Opens Door to Widespread Digital Surveillance (Hlib Parfonov – The Jamestown Foundation)

New laws upping the penalties for Russians who access “extremist” content through unauthorized means reflect Moscow’s growing paranoia with an increasingly frustrated population. Russian officials...

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