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Google's GTIG report confirms AI has crossed from cybercrime convenience to zero-day creation- 223

Google's GTIG report confirms AI has crossed from cybercrime convenience to zero-day creation- 223

May 14, 2026 Google's Threat Intelligence Group has documented the first case it can trace of a functioning
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Jul
CISA's CI Fortify quietly concedes that eviction alone has failed- 222

CISA's CI Fortify quietly concedes that eviction alone has failed- 222

May 6, 2026 The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has a new answer to a question it has spent three
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Jul
Poland's water utilities become the latest target in Russia's shadow campaign- 218

Poland's water utilities become the latest target in Russia's shadow campaign- 218

May 7, 2026 Poland's domestic intelligence service has confirmed what regional cybersecurity researchers had already begun tracking: hackers
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Jul
Iran's ransomware proxies and the collapse of the line between crime and state power- 217

Iran's ransomware proxies and the collapse of the line between crime and state power- 217

May 17, 2026 Since 2020, a pattern has hardened into doctrine: when Iran wants to pressure an adversary's
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Jul
Beijing's Deniable Army: A Breach in Rome and a Warrant in Washington- 216

Beijing's Deniable Army: A Breach in Rome and a Warrant in Washington- 216

May 10, 2026 Two stories surfaced within days of each other in the spring of 2026, on opposite sides of
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Jul
Belarus's Oldest Digital Weapon Returns to Kyiv- 215

Belarus's Oldest Digital Weapon Returns to Kyiv- 215

June 28, 2026 Nearly a decade into its operational life, the Belarus-aligned threat group known as Ghostwriter has not
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Jul
MuddyWater's Double Game: Iran's Cyber Unit Trades Precision for Reach- 213

MuddyWater's Double Game: Iran's Cyber Unit Trades Precision for Reach- 213

June 28, 2026 An intrusion that looks like a ransomware shakedown and a breach wave spanning nine countries on four
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05
Jul
The Bilateral Cyber War: APT28's Persistent Reach and Ukraine's Offensive Doctrine- 212

The Bilateral Cyber War: APT28's Persistent Reach and Ukraine's Offensive Doctrine- 212

June 22, 2026 Western coverage of the Russia-Ukraine cyber conflict follows a predictable asymmetry: Russian attacks are documented, Ukrainian
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Jul
From Disruption to Destruction: Russia's Escalating War on European Infrastructure- 211

From Disruption to Destruction: Russia's Escalating War on European Infrastructure- 211

June 23, 2026 For years, Russia's cyber proxies made noise without making damage — waves of denial-of-service
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Jul
North Korea's Two-Tier Crypto War: Precision Heists and Industrial Harvesting- 209

North Korea's Two-Tier Crypto War: Precision Heists and Industrial Harvesting- 209

June 18, 2026 North Korea does not hack cryptocurrency platforms for profit in the way criminal groups do — opportunistically, in
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