U.S. Trade Group Hacked by Chinese Hackers ahead of Trump-Xi Trade Summit

Researchers have uncovered a Chinese cyber-espionage against the United States ahead of the trade summit on Thursday between US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping.

According to a new report published today by Fidelis Cybersecurity… Continue reading U.S. Trade Group Hacked by Chinese Hackers ahead of Trump-Xi Trade Summit

On the StrongPity Waterhole Attacks Targeting Italian and Belgian Encryption Users

What is most interesting about the StrongPity APT’s more recent activity however, is their focus on users of encryption tools, peaking this past summer. In particular, the focus was on Italian and Belgian users, but the StrongPity watering holes affected systems in far more locations than those two. Continue reading On the StrongPity Waterhole Attacks Targeting Italian and Belgian Encryption Users

Intentional security holes

Sinkholes and watering holes are two words not automatically associated with computer security, yet they are in use to describe two tactics that are used in this field. Categories: Cybercrime
Social engineeringTags: Pieter Arntzsinkholesinkholesthe mo… Continue reading Intentional security holes