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UPGRADE and DigiSeals Programs at ARPA-H Remain Fully FundedA U.S. federal grant effort to develop autonomous medical device patching platforms for hospitals evaded the budget-cutting knife of the Trump administration. Program boosters hope to automate cyber defenses so that hospitals of any size can more quickly patch vulnerabilities.
Also: NodeCordRAT Malware, North Korean QR-Phishing CampaignThis week, U.K. crypto exchanges linked to Iranian sanctions evasion, NodeCordRAT malware spread via npm, an FBI alert on North Korean QR-code phishing, illicit crypto hit $154 billion in 2025 and U.S. President Donald Trump said he won't pardon Sam Bankman-Fried.
Chinese-Linked Malware Campaign Targets Critical Environments With Weak MonitoringU.S. and Canadian cyber authorities say Chinese state-backed actors used a backdoor dubbed BRICKSTORM to maintain long-term access into critical infrastructure, exploiting VMware environments to exfiltrate credentials and evade detection through encrypted covert channels.
Justice Department Secures Guilty Pleas, $15M in Civil ForfeitureFederal prosecutors charged U.S. citizens and foreign nationals for aiding North Korean IT workers in infiltrating U.S. firms, laundering crypto and funneling illicit revenue back to Pyongyang’s weapons program in what the DOJ has described as a major sanctions-evasion scheme.
Researchers Uncover Covert Chinese Access to US Service Provider InfrastructureMandiant said it has tracked a Chinese-linked espionage campaign using BRICKSTORM malware to quietly embed within U.S. infrastructure and service providers for over a year, exploiting appliance-level blind spots to maintain persistence, evade detection and potentially develop zero-day exploits.
Inskit Researchers Uncover Clusters in Hungary, Saudi ArabiaSecurity researchers uncovered a previously unseen malware cluster associated with Israeli spyware maker Candiru. The company may have rebranded itself to evade sanctions to continue its operations. It continues to operate despite its inclusion in 2021 onto an exports blacklist by the United States.
Also: A $40M Block Penalty, US SEC Guidance on Crypto LawsThis week, a KiloEx exploit, Block fined $40M, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission guidance on crypto laws, Senate Democrats slammed NCET disbandment, $4.3M scam disrupted, guilty plea in $3.3M tax evasion and a South Korea ban on crypto apps.
Also: Angel Drainer Resurfaces; Russia's Sanctions Evasion PloyThis week, Indodax was hacked, Angel Drainer resurfaced, Russia developed Infra crypto, GS Partners settled with U.S. states, Caroline Ellison to be sentenced Sept. 24, FCA prosecuted first unregistered crypto case, Nigeria set new crypto regulations, and India may approve offshore crypto firms.