Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Norwegian Government Confirms Vulnerability to Salt Typhoon Cyber Operations Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • February 9, 2026 A mobile communication tower on the island near Henningsver, Norway. (Image: Valdis Skudre/Shutterstock) The Norwegian government has revealed that it fell victim to the cyber espionage…
Coupang Faces Pressure to Remedy Security Vulnerabilities Following Data Breach Investigation In a recent development highlighting the critical state of cybersecurity, South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang has been mandated to address significant security weaknesses as authorities dive into a data breach investigation. The breach has raised alarms concerning the potential…
NSO Group’s Spyware Targets iPhones with New Zero-Click Exploits Recent findings from Citizen Lab reveal that NSO Group, an Israeli spyware manufacturer, executed at least three new “zero-click” exploits against iPhones in 2022. These advanced techniques were employed to bypass Apple’s robust security measures and deploy the notorious Pegasus spyware.…
The landscape of cybersecurity threats has reached unprecedented dimensions and is projected to escalate significantly in 2018. The original architects of the notorious Mirai DDoS botnet have been apprehended, yet variants of this infamous IoT malware continue to proliferate, largely due to the public availability of its source code on…
New Strategies Proposed for Global Nuclear Monitoring Amid Treaty Expirations For decades, nuclear powers around the globe have functioned within a complex web of treaties designed to progressively reduce the stockpile of nuclear weapons. However, with these agreements increasingly falling by the wayside, a credible alternative for monitoring these arsenals…
AOL Faces Major Data Breach; Users Advised to Update Security Measures AOL Inc. has recently reported a significant data breach affecting a substantial number of its email accounts, prompting immediate action from the company and a stern warning to its user base. In an official statement released this Monday, AOL…
Endpoint Security Shadow Aeza International Redirects Traffic to Malicious Adtech Greg Sirico • February 9, 2026 Image: Skrypnykov Dmytro/Shutterstock In a concerning cybersecurity development, a financially motivated threat actor has compromised numerous domain name system (DNS) resolvers, linking them to the infrastructure of Aeza International—a Russian bulletproof hosting service sanctioned…
Norway Alleges Espionage Activity by Salt Typhoon In a recent development in the realm of cybersecurity, Norway has publicly accused a group known as Salt Typhoon of conducting espionage attacks. This assertion highlights ongoing concerns regarding nation-state actors engaging in cyber operations with the intent to gather sensitive information from…
In a recent security announcement, Fortra, the parent company of Cobalt Strike, disclosed a serious zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability within its GoAnywhere MFT tool. This vulnerability is reportedly being actively exploited by ransomware groups to access sensitive data. The vulnerability, designated as CVE-2023-0669 with a CVSS score of…