Mandiant Shines Spotlight on APT45 Behind North Korea’s Digital Military Machine

A fresh Mandiant report documents North Korea’s APT45 as a distinct hacking team conducting cyberespionage and ransomware operations.
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KnowBe4 Hires Fake North Korean IT Worker, Catches New Employee Planting Malware 

KnowBe4 chief executive Stu Sjouwerman: “We sent them their Mac workstation, and the moment it was received, it immediately started to load malware.”
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Judge Dismisses Major SEC Charges Against SolarWinds and CISO 

Judge dismissed SEC lawsuit charging SolarWinds and CISO Timothy Brown with hiding security problems before and after the SUNBURST supply chain compromise.
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Chinese Hacking Group APT41 Infiltrates Global Shipping and Tech Sectors, Mandiant Warns

Chinese government-backed hacking team caught breaking into organizations in shipping, logistics and automotive sectors in Europe and Asia.
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Microsoft Banning Android Phones for Staff in China

Starting in September, Microsoft will mandate the the use of Apple’s iPhones to authenticate identities when logging into work machines. 
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Kaspersky Flags Cyberespionage APT ‘CloudSorcerer’ Targeting Russian Government

Kaspersky said the CloudSorcerer APT has been abusing public cloud services to exfiltrate data from Russian government entities.
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Microsoft Alerts More Customers to Email Theft in Expanding Midnight Blizzard Hack

Shockwaves from the Russian government’s hack of Microsoft’s corporate infrastructure continue to spread as the victim pool widens.
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US Announces Charges, Reward for Russian National Behind Wiper Attacks on Ukraine

The US Justice Department has announced charges against Amin Stigal for conducting wiper cyberattacks on Ukraine in 2022.
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