Employees at major U.S. defense contractors including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, L3Harris, Leidos and Honeywell have been infected with infostealer malware. U.S. military and government agencies were also affected.
www.infostealers.com/article/info...

Threat actors from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are interacting with Google's LLM model, Gemini, to support their cyberattacks and coordinated information operations.
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...

Taiwan's National Security Bureau stated that the number of cyberattacks on Taiwan in 2024 has doubled compared to 2023. Most of these attacks are attributed to the PRC cyber force.
www.nsb.gov.tw/en/#/%E5%85%...

Movement data from VW, Seat, Audi, and Skoda electric cars, along with owners' contact information, were left unprotected in Amazon cloud storage. The 800,000 affected vehicle owners include politicians, police, and intelligence service employees.
www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web...

South Korea has sanctioned 14 North Koreans for their involvement in an overseas IT worker scheme. They are connected to the 313th General Bureau, a subsidiary of the DPRK's Munitions Industry Department (MID).
down.mofa.go.kr/www/brd/m_40...

In 2024, crypto funds worth $2.2 billion were stolen worldwide. Of this amount, 61%, or $1.34 billion, was stolen by North Korean hackers—more than ever before.
www.chainalysis.com/blog/crypto-...

Fourteen North Korean nationals have been indicted for conspiring to secure remote IT work in the U.S. using stolen identities. Operating through front companies in China and Russia, they generated $88 million over six years for the North Korean regime.
www.justice.gov/opa/media/13...

Number of global influence operation networks disrupted by Meta from 2017 to 2024, by source:
Russia - 39
Iran - 31
China - 11
transparency.meta.com/metasecurity...

The Chinese offensive cyber ecosystem consists of three primary state actors: the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the Ministry of State Security (MSS), and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).
blog.sekoia.io/a-three-beat...

Google has uncovered a network of private public relations (PR) firms operating inauthentic news sites and newswire services. This network amplifies narratives aligned with China's political interests.
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...

China has shifted away from using military institutions to conduct cyberattacks and toward relying on private sector contractors affiliated with the Ministry of State Security, said Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike's Senior Vice President, during Senate hearings.
www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

Armenia became the fourth-largest exporter of battlefield-ready semiconductors to Russia following Putin’s invasion.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-28/us-pressures-russia-war-smugglers-after-army-s-run-on-microchips#xj4y7vzkg

Putin has prohibited registration on Russian websites using foreign emails. Of course, all Russian email services, which can be used for registration, are fully controlled by Russian security agencies.
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6136001

The Kremlin is creating the production of its own photolithography machines which are used to produce chips. It will not be able to compete with the Dutch ASML, but it will definitely be able to buy a few new luxury yachts with the allocated funds.
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6135519