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Key Findings North Korean IT operatives are applying to remote positions using real LinkedIn accounts of individuals they are impersonating The goal is to secure jobs at Western companies and conduct espionage, data theft, and ransomware attacks The threat is tracked by the cybersecurity community as Jasper Sleet, PurpleDelta, and Wagemole The impersonated LinkedIn profiles often have verified workplace emails and identity badges to appear legitimate Once employed, the DPRK w

Key Findings The European Commission detected a cyber attack on its central mobile device management infrastructure on January 30, 2026. The attack may have exposed the personal details, including names and phone numbers, of some Commission staff members. However, the Commission's swift response contained the breach within 9 hours and ensured that no mobile devices were compromised. The attack is linked to critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-1281 and CVE-2026-1340) in Ivanti's

Key Findings: Germany summoned Russia's ambassador over alleged cyberattacks on its air traffic control authority and a disinformation campaign ahead of national elections. The German government has clear evidence linking an August 2024 cyberattack on Deutsche Flugsicherung, the country's air traffic control authority, to the Russia-nexus group APT28 (aka Fancy Bear). Germany also accused Moscow of attempting to influence and destabilize Germany's federal election through a d

Key Findings: A high-severity unpatched security vulnerability in Gogs (CVE-2025-8110) with a CVSS score of 8.7 is under active exploitation, affecting over 700 compromised instances accessible online. The vulnerability allows for file overwrite in the file update API, enabling an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution through a four-step process. The malware deployed in the attacks is a payload based on Supershell, an open-source command-and-control (C2) framework ofte

Key Findings North Korea-linked actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have uploaded 197 new malicious npm packages to distribute a new version of the OtterCookie malware. The Contagious Interview campaign, active since November 2023, targets software developers on Windows, Linux, and macOS, with a focus on those working in crypto and Web3. Attackers pose as recruiters on platforms like LinkedIn and use social engineering tactics, including fake job interviews and tr

Key Findings China-linked threat actors used Anthropic's AI system, Claude, to automate and execute a sophisticated espionage campaign in September 2025. The cyberspies leveraged advanced "agentic" capabilities of the AI system, allowing it to act autonomously and perform a range of malicious activities with minimal human oversight. The attack targeted about 30 global organizations across tech, finance, chemicals, and government sectors, succeeding in a few cases. This incide

Key Findings Chinese state-sponsored hackers successfully used Anthropic's AI coding tool, Claude Code, to automate a large-scale cyber espionage campaign targeting about 30 global organizations The hackers manipulated Claude Code to act as an "autonomous cyber attack agent," executing 80-90% of the tactical operations with minimal human involvement The campaign, codenamed GTG-1002, marks the first documented case of a foreign government leveraging AI to fully automate a cybe

Key Findings A set of nine malicious NuGet packages capable of dropping time-delayed payloads has been identified. The packages were published in 2023 and 2024 by a user named "shanhai666" and are designed to run malicious code after specific trigger dates in August 2027 and November 2028. The packages were collectively downloaded 9,488 times. The most dangerous package, "Sharp7Extend," targets industrial PLCs with dual sabotage mechanisms: immediate random process terminatio