T-CyberEspionage

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Aug
Hands Off the Wheel: China's Shift to Autonomous AI-Run Cyberattacks- 298

Hands Off the Wheel: China's Shift to Autonomous AI-Run Cyberattacks- 298

August 12, 2026 For most of the last decade, the phrase "AI-assisted hacking" meant a human operator
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27
Aug
The Long Wire: How Beijing Builds Access That Outlasts Its Cover Stories- 297

The Long Wire: How Beijing Builds Access That Outlasts Its Cover Stories- 297

August 12, 2026 Four episodes surfaced within days of each other in August 2026, and none of them, on its
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27
Aug
Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 296

Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 296

August 5, 2026 A fake job offer, a hijacked hotel Wi-Fi login, a criminal marketplace listing, and an advertising
6 min read
03
Aug
The weak link in modern warfare: Russia's FSB quietly walking through the world's routers- 293

The weak link in modern warfare: Russia's FSB quietly walking through the world's routers- 293

July 16, 2026 The US and a coalition of allied governments have issued a joint warning that a cluster of
3 min read
03
Aug
A blank marketing email as a spy's front door: how suspected Chinese operators are quietly reading university mailboxes- 285

A blank marketing email as a spy's front door: how suspected Chinese operators are quietly reading university mailboxes- 285

July 9, 2026 A suspected Chinese espionage group has spent months breaking into the email accounts of physics and engineering
2 min read
03
Aug
A parking-lot camera as a weapon of war: how Russia turned Europe's own infrastructure into a targeting network- 291

A parking-lot camera as a weapon of war: how Russia turned Europe's own infrastructure into a targeting network- 291

July 23, 2026 Dutch intelligence has confirmed something that sounds almost mundane until its consequences are traced through: an ordinary
3 min read
03
Aug
One police force, two foreign intelligence services: how China and India ended up spying on the same Pakistani database- 290

One police force, two foreign intelligence services: how China and India ended up spying on the same Pakistani database- 290

July 11, 2026 Cybersecurity researchers have documented something unusual even by the standards of state-linked cyberespionage: hacking groups tied
3 min read
03
Aug
Four years in, Russia's propaganda machine turns back toward its old targets- 287

Four years in, Russia's propaganda machine turns back toward its old targets- 287

July 3, 2026 Four years into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia's influence-operations apparatus is shifting its center
2 min read
03
Aug
Russia's silent reach into the world's mailboxes- 284

Russia's silent reach into the world's mailboxes- 284

July 23, 2026 A newly documented Russian-linked cyberespionage campaign has spent the past year quietly draining the contents of
2 min read
03
Aug
Tax season as an attack surface: how a suspected Chinese hacking cluster is running parallel RAT campaigns across India, Japan, and China- 283

Tax season as an attack surface: how a suspected Chinese hacking cluster is running parallel RAT campaigns across India, Japan, and China- 283

July 7, 2026 A suspected China-nexus threat cluster has spent the current Indian tax filing season running a precisely-
3 min read