Espionage phishbait in South and Southwest Asia. A utility recovers from a cyber incident. GAO tells the US Congress cyber strategy is wanting. Investigations, Moscow and Missouri style.

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When zero-days escape the lab.

A suspected U.S. exploit kit shows up in global iOS attacks. Facebook goes down briefly worldwide. A critical help-desk flaw enables remote code execution. Juniper PTX routers face a major bug. LastPass warns of phishing. Telegram becomes a cybercrime marketplace. Healthcare grou ...  Show more

When the map lies at sea.

GPS jamming hits the Strait of Hormuz. An Iran linked threat actor uses AI to target Iraqi government officials. Hacktivists leak thousands of DHS contract records. A Hawaii cancer center suffers a data breach. Google patches over a hundred Android vulnerabilities. A new report t ...  Show more

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