-Belarus deploys spyware on journalists' phones
-Suspect arrested for installing malware on ferry boat
-France arrests Interior Ministry hacker
-new Cisco and SonicWall zero-days
-DPRK stole $2b this year
-Former Israeli PM hacked
-FTC orders Nomad Bridge to return user funds
-TikTok reported for tracking users across the web
-US still Tor's biggest sponsor
-Russia also explores social media ban for kids
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A Washington Times report claims that the alleged NSA hack of China's National Time Service Center might be an attempted US ploy to disrupt Chinese missile launches in the event of a military conflict
Looks like the Aisuru botnet group created another botnet named Kimwolf that they are now using for DDoS attacks
-1.83m infected systems
-most are Android devices
-uses EtherHiding and Tor
https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/kimwolf-botnet-en/
The US government has remained the Tor Project's largest sponsor despite the organization's efforts to diversify its funding.
The project raised $7.3 million last year, of which, $2.5 million came from the US government.
The ForumTroll cyber-espionage group has targeted political experts and scholars working at major Russian universities and research institutions
This is the group that deployed Memento Labs' (HackingTeam) Dante spyware earlier this year via Chrome zero-days
SafeBreach has uncovered new operations from an Iranian hacking group tracked as Prince of Persia and Infy, which it was believed to have ceased activity back in 2022