NYTIMES (Timothy D. Haugh) - I Ran the N.S.A. This Is How to Defeat China’s Hacker Army.
Beijing has hacked America, but we have all the tools we need to fight back.
AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - U.S. accuses China of "industrial-scale" campaigns to steal AI secrets
The Trump administration on Thursday accused China-backed actors of running "deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns" to distill and copy American frontier AI models . Why it matters: The accusation pushes the U.S.-China AI rivalry into more confrontational territory — and could complicate President Trump's upcoming visit to Beijing. Driving the news: Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, sent a memo Thursday to federal agency heads accusing mostly China-based actors of using proxy accounts to evade detection and jailbreak models to "expose proprietary information" and "extract capabilities from American AI models." - Distillation attacks involve querying proprietary models, like…
THENATIONALPULSE (Samuel Martin) - FBI Declares ‘Major Incident’ Following Cyberattack by Chinese Hackers.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has classified a recent cyber intrusion, believed to be carried out by Chinese hackers, as a “major incident” under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA). The post FBI Declares ‘Major Incident’ Following Cyberattack by Chinese Hackers. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) declared a suspected Chinese hack a major incident under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA). WHO WAS INVOLVED: Chinese hackers, U.S. officials, and FBI personnel. WHEN & WHERE: The breach was reported to Congress in March. IMPACT: FISMA-designated “major incidents” are rare, meaning the breach poses significant risks to U.S. national security . IN FULL The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI ) has classified a recent cyber intrusion, believed to be carried out by Chinese hackers, as a “major incident” under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA). FISMA guidelines classify a “major incident” as an intrusion that…Open
DAILYCALLER (Derek VanBuskirk) - Randy Fine Claims Iranian Hackers Targeted Him With Fake Newsmax Interview Phishing Scheme
'I was clearly targeted'
AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - North Korean hackers implicated in major supply chain attack
Suspected North Korean hackers are believed to be behind an ongoing compromise of the widely used open-source package Axios, which is downloaded millions of times per week, researchers at Google said Tuesday. Why it matters: Hackers briefly turned a widely trusted developer tool into a vehicle for credential-stealing malware that could give attackers ongoing access to infected systems. - Axios, a widely used JavaScript library for making HTTP requests, is not affiliated with Axios Media. Driving the news: Researchers at Google linked the activity to a North Korean group tracked as UNC1069 , which has previously targeted cryptocurrency and decentralized finance companies. - Earlier this week, a maintainer account for the Axios npm…
AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - Cyber warfare starts to get personal in war between U.S., Israel and Iran
Iranian hackers are now taking their psychological warfare tactics directly to government officials and employees at major companies. Why it matters: Even unproven threats from Iranian hackers can create fear, uncertainty and doubt — draining attention and forcing targets to divert time and resources from their own operations. Driving the news: In the last week, Iran-linked hackers paired two data leaks with intimidation tactics aimed at individuals. - Handala Hack Team — a pro-Iran hacktivist group linked to Iran's intelligence services — leaked a trove of emails on Friday purportedly from FBI Director Kash Patel's personal Gmail. - The group also released data earlier last week allegedly tied to U.S.- and Israel-based Lockheed…
JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - FBI warns Russian hackers are targeting messaging apps like Signal
"The campaign targets individuals of high intelligence value, including current and former U.S. government officials, military personnel, political figures, and journalists," Patel says.
AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - Spyware once used by governments is now spreading to cybercriminals
Cybercriminal groups are now using spyware tools once utilized mainly by spies and law enforcement to hack into iPhones, new research shows. Why it matters: Anyone with an iPhone can now be the target of invasive malware that siphons off personal text messages, photos, notes and calendar data. Driving the news: In the last month, researchers at Google, iVerify and Lookout uncovered two campaigns exploiting iPhone vulnerabilities. - Earlier this month, Google researchers said they identified a sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit, called Coruna , originally built for an unnamed government customer that later ended up in the hands of a Chinese cybercriminal group. TechCrunch later reported that defense contractor L3Harris created the…
NEWSNATIONNOW (AJ Vicens) - Powerful malware targeting iPhones discovered
The software exploit could penetrate hundreds of millions of Apple iPhones. It was planted on dozens of websites in Ukraine in recent weeks, researchers said.
AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - Exclusive: Suspected Chinese hackers impersonate U.S. briefings in phishing lure
A suspected China-based hacking group spun up a phishing campaign around Christmas that mimicked U.S. policy briefings in an attempt to hack diplomats, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Dream Security shared first with Axios. Why it matters: The campaign successfully infected "a lot of people," Dream CEO Shalev Hulio said in an interview. "We just don't know who and how big [of a] scale," he added. Zoom in: Researchers at Israel-based Dream uncovered a phishing campaign designed to ensnare officials tied to diplomacy, elections and international coordination around the world. - Between late December and mid-January, China-based hackers sent emails with files that pretended to be official U.S. diplomatic summaries or…