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Cybersecurity

US says Russian state hackers lurked in defense contractor networks for months

February 16, 2022

Via: ArsTechnica

Hackers backed by the Russian government have breached the networks of multiple US defense contractors in a sustained campaign that has revealed sensitive information about US weapons-development communications infrastructure, the federal government said on Wednesday. The campaign began no later […]


Cybersecurity

North Korea’s Lazarus brings state-sponsored hacking approach to ransomware

July 29, 2020

Via: ArsTechnica

Lazarus—the North Korean state hacking group behind the WannaCry worm, the theft of $81 million from a Bangladesh bank, and the attacks on Sony Pictures—is looking to expand into the ransomware craze, according to researchers from Kaspersky Lab. Like many […]