TA-STATE

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Sep
Three Russian Clusters, One Playbook: How Moscow's Spies Turned Login Screens Into Listening Posts- 340

Three Russian Clusters, One Playbook: How Moscow's Spies Turned Login Screens Into Listening Posts- 340

August 22, 2026 Google's Threat Intelligence Group has spent the past year quietly tracking three separate Russia-linked
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15
Sep
SilkParasite and the Discipline Problem: What Happens When Chinese Espionage Actors Use AI to Get Better, Not Just Faster- 335

SilkParasite and the Discipline Problem: What Happens When Chinese Espionage Actors Use AI to Get Better, Not Just Faster- 335

September 1, 2026 There are two very different ways a state-linked hacking operation can put artificial intelligence to work,
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10
Sep

SilkParasite and the Discipline Problem: What Happens When Chinese Espionage Actors Use AI to Get Better, Not Just Faster- 335

September 1, 2026 There are two very different ways a state-linked hacking operation can put artificial intelligence to work,
2 min read
10
Sep
Washington Dismantles a Chinese Hacking-as-a-Service Network — Then Walks Back Its Own Words- 333

Washington Dismantles a Chinese Hacking-as-a-Service Network — Then Walks Back Its Own Words- 333

September 1, 2026 When the Justice Department announced last week that it had seized the infrastructure behind a Chinese state-
4 min read
07
Sep
Signal Adds a Silent Witness: A New Feature Closes a Key-Swap Loophole- 326

Signal Adds a Silent Witness: A New Feature Closes a Key-Swap Loophole- 326

August 14, 2026 Signal has rolled out Automatic Key Verification, a new feature designed to answer a question the app&
3 min read
07
Sep
From Leaked Code to RaaS Empire: Inside the Gunra Ransomware Warning- 325

From Leaked Code to RaaS Empire: Inside the Gunra Ransomware Warning- 325

August 13, 2026 US federal agencies and South Korea's National Police Agency issued a joint advisory this month
3 min read
07
Sep
Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 316

Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 316

August 6, 2026 A fake job offer, a hijacked hotel Wi-Fi login, a criminal marketplace listing, and an advertising
7 min read
07
Sep
You Don't Have to Hack In, You Just Have to Log In: Phishing's New Engineering Problem- 315

You Don't Have to Hack In, You Just Have to Log In: Phishing's New Engineering Problem- 315

August 6, 2026 For twenty years, phishing's basic engineering problem was getting a password. Multifactor authentication and email-
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07
Sep
Eight Months Later: The Attack Inside Poland's Attack, and What Came Next- 311

Eight Months Later: The Attack Inside Poland's Attack, and What Came Next- 311

August 12, 2026 For eight months, the operators of a small combined heat-and-power plant supplying roughly 50,000
6 min read
04
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
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