Cyber Espionage Campaign Hits Russian Aerospace Sector Using EAGLET Backdoor
Russian aerospace and defense industries have become the target of a cyber espionage campaign that delivers a backdoor called EAGLET to facilitate data exfiltration. The activity, dubbed Operation CargoTalon, has been assigned to a threat cluster tracked as UNG0901 (short for Unknown Group 901). “The campaign is aimed at targeting employees of Voronezh Aircraft Production […]
Why Security Nudges Took Off
Nudges can be powerful — but they are not immune to overuse or misapplication.
Patchwork Targets Turkish Defense Firms with Spear-Phishing Using Malicious LNK Files
The threat actor known as Patchwork has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign targeting Turkish defense contractors with the goal of gathering strategic intelligence. “The campaign employs a five-stage execution chain delivered via malicious LNK files disguised as conference invitations sent to targets interested in learning more about unmanned vehicle systems,” Arctic Wolf Labs […]
U.S. Sanctions Firm Behind N. Korean IT Scheme; Arizona Woman Jailed for Running Laptop Farm
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a North Korean front company and three associated individuals for their involvement in the fraudulent remote information technology (IT) worker scheme designed to generate illicit revenues for Pyongyang. The sanctions target Korea Sobaeksu Trading Company (aka Sobaeksu United Corporation), and Kim Se […]
North Korea’s IT Worker Rampage Continues Amid DoJ Action
Arrests and indictments keep coming, but the North Korean fake IT worker scheme is only snowballing, and businesses can’t afford to assume their applicant-screening processes are up to the task of weeding the imposters out.
Chromium: CVE-2025-8010 Type Confusion in V8
This CVE was assigned by Chrome. Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) ingests Chromium, which addresses this vulnerability. Please see [Google Chrome Releases](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/202[SS9.1]5) for more information.
Chromium: CVE-2025-8011 Type Confusion in V8
This CVE was assigned by Chrome. Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) ingests Chromium, which addresses this vulnerability. Please see [Google Chrome Releases](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/202[SS9.1]5) for more information.
AI-Generated Linux Miner ‘Koske’ Beats Human Malware
AI malware is becoming less of a gimmick, with features that meet or exceed what traditional human-developed malware typically can do.
‘Fire Ant’ Cyber Spies Compromise Siloed VMware Systems
Suspected China-nexus threat actors targeted virtual environments and used several tools and techniques to bypass security barriers and reach isolated portions of victims’ networks.
Cyber Career Opportunities: Weighing Certifications vs. Degrees
Longtime CISO Melina Scotto joins Dark Reading to discuss career advice gleaned from her 30 years in the cyber industry.
