Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Identity and Cloud Stacks Targeted as Adversaries Seek New Ways In, Experts WarnCyberattacks targeting European organizations continue to shape and be shaped by geopolitical events, whether they involve nation-state hackers, financially motivated cybercriminals or opportunistic hacktivists, says a new report from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. An investigation into Stark Industries reveals it is being used as a global proxy network that conceals the true source of cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns against enemies of Russia.