The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday released details of a backdoor named BRICKSTORM that has been put to use by state-sponsored threat actors from… Continue reading
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Hacker news
Five U.S. Citizens Plead Guilty to Helping North Korean IT Workers Infiltrate 136 Companies
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday announced that five individuals have pleaded guilty to assisting North Korea’s illicit revenue generation schemes by enabling information technology (IT)… Continue reading
Nov 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions against eight individuals and two entities within North Korea’s global financial network for laundering… Continue reading
Hacker news
Mysterious ‘SmudgedSerpent’ Hackers Target U.S. Policy Experts Amid Iran–Israel Tensions
Nov 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Cyber Espionage A never-before-seen threat activity cluster codenamed UNK_SmudgedSerpent has been attributed as behind a set of cyber attacks targeting academics and foreign… Continue reading
Nov 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Cybercrime Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have accused a trio of allegedly hacking the networks of five U.S. companies with BlackCat (aka ALPHV)… Continue reading
Gaming News
Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka announces first-ever U.S. tour and “immersive live performance experience”
Akira Yamaoka, long-time composer and sound design director for Silent Hill and a number of other games like The Medium and Lollipop Chainsaw, is embarking on his first… Continue reading
A new study has found that women make up more than half of U.S. gamers and that 22% of American gamers are over the age of 65. For… Continue reading
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U.S. Silent Hill f fans slam pitiful Steelbook allocations as missing pre-order gifts pop up on pricey eBay auctions
Silent Hill f fans who missed out on Steelbook pre-orders despite ordering early are slamming U.S. retailer GameStop and speaking out against opportunist scalpers. Players were tempted to… Continue reading
Companies in the legal services, software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers, Business Process Outsourcers (BPOs), and technology sectors in the U.S. have been targeted by a suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group… Continue reading
Hacker news
U.S. Secret Service Seizes 300 SIM Servers, 100K Cards Threatening U.S. Officials Near UN
Sep 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananNational Security / Threat Intelligence The U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday said it took down a network of electronic devices located across the New York… Continue reading
