All FBI devices leveraging the agency's AT&T public safety service were noted by a document and officials close to the matter to have been impacted by the incident, which was previously reported to have compromised nearly 109 million customers' call detail records from 2022.

Included in the exposed firewall data are IP addresses, passwords, and configuration files, said Belsen Group in its post on the hacking forum.

Both campaigns involved the distribution of malicious emails purporting to be invoices, purchase orders, or quotation requests with attachments, which when opened triggers a PowerShell script fetching the trojanized image and executing a .NET-based loader to launch the payloads.

Malicious emails under the guise of a U.S. government official sought to lure individuals part of the government and diplomacy sectors into joining a WhatsApp group on non-governmental initiatives for Ukraine NGOs through a shortened link that redirected to a webpage seeking a QR code scan.

Aside from subjecting government IT contractors to minimum cybersecurity standards, Biden's EO also broadens sanctions against foreign cyber adversaries, mandates new cryptographic standards for federal agencies, orders the development of artificial intelligence-based tools for determining government network flaws, and requires government Internet of Things vendors' Cyber Trust Mark compliance by Jan. 2027.

The flaw, which was linked to an unpatched issue in the Chrome browser integrated into Facebook’s ad infrastructure, could grant malicious actors control over the server.

The Pall Mall Process, which was launched in 2023 by the British and French governments to address the proliferation of commercial cyber intrusion capabilities, has drawn criticism for its limited impact.

Barcelona is becoming a magnet for spyware and cybersecurity firms, attracting companies with its favorable living conditions, tax benefits, and accessibility to the global market.

The ACE3 controller, which is an integral component to the management of charging and data transfer tasks in Apple devices, was compromised using reverse-engineering techniques to exploit weaknesses in its firmware and communication protocols.

A new attack method dubbed transaction simulation spoofing has emerged as a significant threat to cryptocurrency users with its ability to let malicious actors exploit a key security feature in modern Web3 wallets.