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Sep
One Regime, Four Fronts: Inside North Korea's Parallel Cyber Enterprise- 302

One Regime, Four Fronts: Inside North Korea's Parallel Cyber Enterprise- 302

August 8, 2026 It would be easier to track North Korea's state-linked cyber activity if it all
7 min read
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
5 min read
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
27
Aug
The Maintenance Excuse: Zbtlink, the National Intelligence Law, and the Case Against Trusting Chinese Router Firmware- 295

The Maintenance Excuse: Zbtlink, the National Intelligence Law, and the Case Against Trusting Chinese Router Firmware- 295

August 8, 2026 On August 6, Chinese router maker Zbtlink told a reporter that a hidden remote-command implant researchers
2 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
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
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
Iran's quiet war inside Israel's networks- 281

Iran's quiet war inside Israel's networks- 281

July 10, 2026 While Israeli and American forces struck Iranian targets from the air, a quieter campaign was already running
3 min read
20
Jul
Beneath the Radar: A Reawakened Espionage Toolkit Targets Southeast Asian Governments- 256

Beneath the Radar: A Reawakened Espionage Toolkit Targets Southeast Asian Governments- 256

July 18, 2026 For over a year, an intrusion set moving through government and diplomatic networks across Southeast Asia left
1 min read
19
Jul
North Korea just made its malware payload host itself on the blockchain- 252

North Korea just made its malware payload host itself on the blockchain- 252

July 5, 2026 North Korean threat actors behind the long-running Contagious Interview campaign have distributed more than 100 malicious
3 min read