Security
fast16 exposed: Cyber sabotage malware first teased in NSA leaks could be older than Stuxnet
"This forces a re‑evaluation of the timeline for serious nation-state covert cyber sabotage operations".
Cyberwar
Security
Nation-state actors now behind majority of serious UK incidents, NCSC security chief warns
" Intelligence and military agencies are displaying an eye-watering level of sophistication in their cyber operations."
Critical Infrastructure
Ex-Lord Mayor “alarmed” over government's response to Atlantic undersea cable risks
"Was this the first meeting that senior ministers have had with senior industry figures?"
AI
AI slop is the "ideal cover" for covert agent communications, researchers say
Bots can hide secret information that's invisible to most humans within LLM-generated "synthetic multimedia content".
Cyberwar
Russian cyber-spies target UK and European officials via messaging apps
High-risk figures warned to exercise extreme caution when using WhatsApp, Signal and other third-party applications.
Security
China’s Red Menshen “sleeper cell” spies caught hiding deep inside global telecoms networks
Rapid7 uncovers "ongoing" espionage campaign involving long-term persistence within highly sensitive communications environments.
Government
US ban on Chinese routers leaves “millions” of insecure devices in American homes
Blocking sales of foreign-made routers will fail to secure vast numbers of older devices described as threat actors’ “attack vector of choice”.
Cyberwar
Beyond Zero Trust: Strategies for securing the multi-domain digital battlespace
"AI investments within national defence departments risk coming to nothing if command-and-control systems aren’t backed by agile data flow."
Enterprise
Cyberwar fears escalate as nation-state threat actors intensify private sector attacks
Leaders report growing concerns that attacks from adversary nations could "cripple critical infrastructure".
AI
From zero days to zero hours: How AI is accelerating attacks to "machine speed"
CrowdStrike data shows that exploits are being weaponised within days as AI drives down the cost of vulnerability discovery.
AI
Anthropic hit by "industrial-scale distillation attacks" from Chinese AI labs
It's feared that stolen models are being put to work in offensive cyber operations or authoritarian surveillance campaigns.
Security
Private sector threat actors are trying to clone rivals' AI models, Google warns
Nation-state adversaries are also deploying AI to automate phishing, accelerate attack lifecycles and conduct reconnaissance.