China-linked hackers target US, Canada research using legacy REDCap exploits

Google is warning of a cyber espionage campaign linked to a China-nexus threat actor, UNC6508, that kept close tabs on valuable US and Canadian research environments for over a year.

The campaign abused REDCap, a widely adopted platform for collecting and managing research data. Attackers, now disrupted, intercepted REDCap’s upgrade process to inject persistence malware.

According to Google’s…

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Lyrie.ai Joins First Batch of Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program

Dubai-founded OTT Cybersecurity LLC also unveils the Agent Trust Protocol (ATP), the first open cryptographic standard for AI agent identity, scope, and action verification — slated for IETF submission.

OTT Cybersecurity LLC, the company behind Lyrie.ai, today announced two milestones that together position the company as foundational infrastructure for the agentic AI era: acceptance into…

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Lyrie.ai Joins First Batch of Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program

Dubai-founded OTT Cybersecurity LLC also unveils the Agent Trust Protocol (ATP), the first open cryptographic standard for AI agent identity, scope, and action verification — slated for IETF submission.

OTT Cybersecurity LLC, the company behind Lyrie.ai, today announced two milestones that together position the company as foundational infrastructure for the agentic AI era: acceptance into…

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Lyrie.ai Joins First Batch of Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program

Dubai-founded OTT Cybersecurity LLC also unveils the Agent Trust Protocol (ATP), the first open cryptographic standard for AI agent identity, scope, and action verification — slated for IETF submission.

OTT Cybersecurity LLC, the company behind Lyrie.ai, today announced two milestones that together position the company as foundational infrastructure for the agentic AI era: acceptance into…

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The thin gray line: Handala, CyberAv3ngers and Iran’s proxy ops

On April 7, six US government agencies issued a critical advisory warning domestic private sector organizations of potential infrastructural cyberattacks conducted by Iranian-affiliated Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors. The advisory stops short of attributing these threats to a single group but makes reference to 2023 attacks on US water and wastewater facilities linked to the known…

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Iran‑linked PLC attacks cause real‑world disruption at critical US infra sites

As the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday, six US federal agencies have warned that Iran-affiliated threat actors have compromised internet-exposed programmable logic controllers at critical infrastructure facilities in the US.

The attacks, which the agencies linked to escalating hostilities between Iran and the US and Israel, targeted Rockwell Automation and Allen-Bradley PLCs at…

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Forest Blizzard leverages router compromises to launch AiTM attacks, target Outlook sessions

Russian threat actor Forest Blizzard has been exploiting unsecured home and small-office internet equipment, such as routers, to redirect traffic through attacker-controlled DNS servers.

The group has leveraged this DNS hijacking activity to support post-compromise adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attacks on Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections, targeting Microsoft Outlook on the web…

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North Korean hackers abuse LNKs and GitHub repos in ongoing campaign

DPRK-linked threat actors are preferring stealth over sophistication in targeting South Korean organizations, as researchers report the use of weaponized Windows shortcut (.LNK) files and GitHub-based command-and-control (C2) channels in a new campaign.

According to new Fortinet findings, a series of attacks that began in 2024 were found using a multi-stage scripting process and GitHub C2 to…

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AI use is changing how much companies pay for cyber insurance

In July 2025, McDonald’s had an unexpected problem on the menu, one involving McHire, its AI-powered platform used to recruit and screen job applicants. The system, developed by Paradox.ai, featured a rookie-level security flaw: the backend for restaurant operators accepted “123456” as both username and password, and lacked multi-factor authentication. As a result, the personal data of around 64…

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Sendmarc Releases DMARCbis Fireside Chat Featuring Co-Editor Todd Herr

In a recent DMARCbis fireside chat, email authentication leaders discussed upcoming DMARC changes and how teams can plan for 2026.

Sendmarc has released a new fireside chat featuring Todd Herr, Principal Solutions Architect at GreenArrow Email and co-editor of DMARCbis, on the upcoming update to DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance).

Led by Dan Levinson of…

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KI und Komplexität als Brandbeschleuniger für Cyberkriminelle

Cyberangriffe werden immer schneller, wodurch sich die Zeitspanne zwischen der ersten Kompromittierung und den negativen Folgen verkürzt.

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Der Einzug von KI hat den benötigten Zeitaufwand für Cyberattacken massiv verkürzt, so dass menschliche Verteidiger nicht mehr mithalten können. So lautet das vielleicht wenig überraschende Ergebnis des 2026 Global Incident…

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Sonderkommission ermittelt zu Cyberangriff auf Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Die Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden waren Ziel einer Cyberattacke.

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Nach dem Cyberangriff auf die Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden in diesem Januar hat das Landeskriminalamt Sachsen (LKA) eine Sonderkommission gegründet. Diese führe auch die Ermittlungen unter Sachleitung der Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Dresden, wie die Ermittlungsbehörde mitteilte.…

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Cyberangriff auf EU-Kommission

Cyberkriminellen ist es gelungen, in ein System der EU-Kommission einzudringen.

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Die Europäische Kommission wurde Ziel einer Cyberattacke. Wie aus einer kürzlich veröffentlichten Mitteilung hervorgeht, erfolgte der Angriff Ende Januar und zielte auf ein System zur Verwaltung mobiler Endgeräte ab (Mobile Device Management – MDM) .

Demnach sind die Täter möglicherweise…

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Behörden warnen vor Hackerangriffen auf Politik und Militär

Cyberkriminelle haben es auf Signal-Konten von deutschen Politikern, Soldaten, Diplomaten und Journalisten abgesehen.

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Mit gefälschten Chatnachrichten vor allem im Messengerdienst Signal nehmen Hacker zurzeit hochrangige deutsche Politiker, Soldaten, Diplomaten und auch Journalisten ins Visier – davor warnen die Bundesämter für Verfassungsschutz und für Sicherheit in…

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Kurz vor Olympia: Italien wehrt russische Hacker-Angriffe ab

width="2488" height="1399" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2488px) 100vw, 2488px">Russische Hacker haben kurz vor den Olympischen Winterspielen einige Standorte in Italien angegriffen. Die Angriffe wurden abgewehrt.

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Wenige Tage vor Beginn der Olympischen Winterspiele in Mailand und Cortina d’Ampezzo hat Italien mehrere russische Hackerattacken abgewehrt. Die Cyberangriffe…

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