Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Ukraine’s SSU and the FBI Just Confirmed Russian Intelligence Has Been Systematically Hacking Messenger Accounts for Years. The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), working jointly with the FBI, has formally exposed a sustained Russian intelligence campaign targeting the messaging accounts of government officials, military personnel, politicians, and activists across Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. […]

The Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Turla has been attributed to a previously undocumented .NET backdoor called STOCKSTAY that has been deployed against government and military organizations in Ukraine, and entities that have an interest in Italian foreign policy

JDY botnet scans SOHO/IoT devices globally to map services and targets, especially US military networks. Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs reported the resurgence of the JDY botnet, a covert reconnaissance network tied to Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups including Volt Typhoon. The network was first spotted in late 2023 as a cluster inside KV-botnet. The U.S. government […]

GREYVIBE, a Russia-linked group active since 2025, targets Ukraine with AI-assisted malware and five attack chains. Researchers say it’s part spy op, part crime gang. Security firm WithSecure has been tracking a previously unknown Russian-linked APT group called GREYVIBE since at least August 2025. The group targets Ukraine and Ukrainian-related organizations across military, government, civilian, […]

Healthcare Hit Shows Symbols Matter as Iran Shifts Focus to Economic DamageCybersecurity experts say that the Handala "hacktivist" group that claimed credit for attacks against two American firms on Wednesday is run by the Iranian government. The shift to destructive cyberattacks parallels Iran's attempt to inflict greater economic damage on the United States and allies.

A previously undocumented threat actor has been attributed to attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations with malware known as CANFAIL

Meanwhile, IP-stealing 'distillation attacks' on the rise A Chinese government hacking group that has been sanctioned for targeting America's critical infrastructure used Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, to auto-analyze vulnerabilities and plan cyberattacks against US organizations, the company says.…

A previously undocumented cyber espionage group operating from Asia broke into the networks of at least 70 government and critical infrastructure organizations across 37 countries over the past year, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42

More Than 100,000 Affected by Hack Detected on Dec. 30The New Zealand government is probing a year-end ransomware hack of private healthcare service provider Manage My Health that impacted thousands of patients. Digital extortion group Kazu has claimed responsibility and threatened to leak the data on Jan. 15 unless it receives a $60,000 ransom.

A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty last week to leaking phone records for high-ranking U.S. government officials searched online for non-extradition countries and for an answer to the question "can hacking be treason?" prosecutors in the case said Wednesday. The government disclosed the details in a court motion to keep the defendant in custody until he is discharged from the military.

Europe Targets Officers of Unit 29155 of the Russian Main Intelligence DirectorateThe European Union sanctioned on Monday three officers of a Russian military intelligence unit for their role in cyberattacks targeting Estonia in 2020. The sanctions are tied to the unit's 2020 hack of the Estonian government departments and the exfiltration of sensitive documents.

Amazon has seized domains used by the Russian APT29 hacking group in targeted attacks against government and military organizations to steal Windows credentials and data using malicious Remote Desktop Protocol connection files. [...]

The Iranian state-sponsored hacking group APT34, aka OilRig, has recently escalated its activities with new campaigns targeting government and critical infrastructure entities in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf region. [...]

Espionage Group Using Linux-based Espionage Tools to Nab Defense SecretsA politically motivated hacking group aligned with Pakistani interests is matching the Indian military's shift away from the Windows operating system with a heavy focus on malware encoded for Linux. BlackBerry observed the cyberespionage group targeting government agencies and the defense industry.

The US government is warning that pro-Russian hacktivists are seeking out and hacking into unsecured operational technology (OT) systems used to disrupt critical infrastructure operations. [...]

The U.S. government on Wednesday said the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Volt Typhoon had been embedded into some critical infrastructure networks in the country for at least five years

The Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), a healthcare organization funded by the government of Ontario, has announced that it is among the victims of Clop ransomware's MOVEit hacking spree. [...]

A suspected Chinese-nexus hacking group exploited a recently disclosed zero-day flaw in Barracuda Networks Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances to breach government, military, defense and aerospace, high-tech industry, and telecom sectors as part of a global espionage campaign

The Dark Pink APT hacking group continues to be very active in 2023, observed targeting government, military, and education organizations in Indonesia, Brunei, and Vietnam. [...]

A Chinese state-sponsored hacking outfit has resurfaced with a new campaign targeting government, healthcare, technology, and manufacturing entities based in Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Fiji after more than six months of no activity