Security Wire
A curated security and critical-infrastructure wire, filtered through an Irish and EU lens. It pulls a basket of security-news sources and surfaces the slice touching sovereignty-relevant infrastructure — energy, health, telecom and subsea cable, water, government, finance and transport — dropping the global firehose.
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Global Government
U.S. Sanctions Iran-Linked Hackers Behind Critical Infrastructure Breaches
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced fresh sanctions on Iranian cyber actors as part of what it called an "unprecedented, whole-of-government, economic campaign" against the nation and its enablers. "We are launching an economic onslaught against Iran's financial connections around the globe. Our objective is to sever every economic lifeline…
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Global Government
Massive DDoS attack disrupts Norway’s government digital services
A large distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack has disrupted Norway's shared government digital infrastructure since Monday, affecting services used by the public sector. [...]
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Global Government
UK government seeks powers to secretly block risky tech suppliers
The British government is seeking new powers to ban certain technology vendors from supplying companies working in the country’s critical sectors — potentially doing so in secret.
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Global Government
South Korean startup platform breach exposes key management failures
A breach at South Korea's government-backed startup platform exposed encrypted personal data after an encryption key was included in an API. Penta Security explains why encryption keys must be securely managed and kept separate from the data they protect. [...]
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Global Government
Operation QUICSILVER Targets Myanmar Government and IT with QUICAgent Backdoor
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a cyber espionage campaign targeting Myanmar that uses graduation ceremony invitation lures to deliver a Go backdoor called QUICAgent. The campaign, codenamed Operation QUICSILVER, has been found to target government and information technology sectors, per Seqrite Labs. The activity is assessed to be the work of a…
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Global Government
CISA orders urgent patching of actively exploited Zimbra flaw
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered U.S. government agencies to patch an actively exploited vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) within three days. [...]
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Global Government
Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches National Security Advisory Firm
The newly-formed Nakasone Group will counsel government leaders, corporations, prominent families, and other private clients confronting cybersecurity, geopolitical, and personal security risks. The post Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches National Security Advisory Firm appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Global Government
Contractors’ CMMC Confidence Rises as Ability to Prove It Falls Behind
Two industry surveys released this week by Kiteworks and CyberSheath paint a consistent picture of the defense industrial base. The post Contractors’ CMMC Confidence Rises as Ability to Prove It Falls Behind appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Global Government
Suspected Russian Hackers Abuse Google OAuth and WhatsApp Linking to Hijack Accounts
Three distinct suspected Russian cyber espionage threat clusters have been observed leveraging legitimate authentication flows to single out individuals working in academia, aerospace and defense, governments, and think tanks across Europe, as well as academia and think tanks within the U.S. These clusters include UNC6293, UNC7005, and UNC5976. "These…
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Global Government
China’s ‘SilkParasite’ espionage operation targeting Central Asia with AI-assisted malware
Suspected military-grade hackers based in China used artificial intelligence to develop malware in a campaign to penetrate Central Asian governments.
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Global Government
AI-Generated Exploit Scripts Target Siemens S7 PLCs in U.S. Critical Infrastructure
The U.S. government on Wednesday warned of an "active threat" targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the country using artificial intelligence (AI)-generated exploit scripts. The activity is targeting Siemens S7 SeriesProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to conduct reconnaissance and capability development using AI-generated scripts disguised…
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Global Government
SilkParasite Espionage Campaign Targets Central Asian Governments with Five New RATs
A previously unreported cyber espionage operation dubbed SilkParasite has been observed targeting government bodies in Central Asia. The intrusion set makes use of seven remote access tool (RAT) families, five of which have never been previously documented: DriveSilkRAT, CookiETagRAT, NomadRAT, GoginRAT, and NodeEdgeRAT. SilkParasite, first discovered in…
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Global Government
US charges Iranians for sprawling hacking campaign on government agencies, universities
The Justice Department accused 17 alleged hackers with ties to the Iranian government of breaching email accounts at U.S. government agencies and stealing intellectual property from dozens of universities.
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Global Government
Berlin cuts two state ministries off government network after security breach
The affected ministries — one responsible for urban development, construction and housing, and the other for mobility, transport, climate protection and the environment — have been isolated from government networks since Friday as a precaution.
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Global Government
Webinar Today: Rethinking Cyber Defense for AI-Speed Attacks
Join the live webinar as we explore if detection-first security operations can keep pace with AI, or if it’s time to rethink prevention as the strongest default. The post Webinar Today: Rethinking Cyber Defense for AI-Speed Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Global Government
Ukraine says cyberattack hit Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries amid drone strikes
Ukraine’s military intelligence claimed it disrupted the operations of Russia’s largest online marketplace, Wildberries, in a cyberattack intended to amplify the impact of drone strikes on the company’s infrastructure.
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Global Government
French tax authority data breach affects 678,000 individuals
The French Ministry of the Economy and Finance has disclosed a data breach after an attacker accessed the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) systems and stole data belonging to 678,000 individuals. [...]
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Global Government
In Other News: Rapid7 Layoffs, Hacking a Boeing 737, Refrigeration System Vulnerabilities
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: government AI platform deal sparks outrage, North Korean IT worker breaches federal agency, DEF CON attendee blamed for Delta flight disruption. The post In Other News: Rapid7 Layoffs, Hacking a Boeing 737, Refrigeration System Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Global Government
China-Linked Jewelbug Uses XG-Web for Government Espionage and Crypto Fraud
The China-linked threat actor known as Jewelbug has been observed carrying out cyber espionage operations targeting governments and militaries, while simultaneously engaging in cryptocurrency fraud. "Both missions are administered from a single control panel, XG-Web, a browser-centric remote-access and information-stealing framework that turns a victim's…
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Global Government
Hackers breach govt webmail while running parallel crypto fraud
The Jewelbug hacker group has been carrying out espionage operations targeting governments and militaries while also engaging in cryptocurrency fraud. [...]
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Global Government
North Korean Remote Workers Are Infiltrating Government and Businesses: How to Expose Them Before Hiring
Companies are used to thinking about attackers as outsiders trying to break in. North Korean IT workers flip that model. They apply for jobs, pass interviews, receive legitimate credentials, and can end up inside the same systems companies spend millions trying to protect. That risk is no longer theoretical. The FBI is now investigating a North Korean…
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Global Government
Lazarus Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Gain SYSTEM Access and Deploy Backdoor
The North Korean threat actor known as Lazarus Group has been attributed to the zero-day exploitation of a newly patched security flaw impacting Microsoft Windows to deliver a never-before-seen backdoor targeting defense and aerospace companies across France, Germany, Brazil, and India. The activity, per Check Point Research, is part of Operation Dream Job…
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Global Government
Lazarus hackers exploited Windows zero-day to target defense firms
North Korean hackers have been exploiting a Windows zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-68820) to target defense-sector companies as part of the Operation Dream Job campaign. [...]
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Global Government
Cisco ASA and FTD Flaw Exploited in the Wild Can Trigger Remote DoS
Cisco has warned that a new vulnerability impacting Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20349 (CVSS score: 8.6), is a case of insufficient error checking when processing HTTP requests that could allow an…
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Global Government
Cisco warns of ASA and FTD VPN flaw exploited to crash devices
Cisco is warning that a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in Secure Firewall ASA and Threat Defense (FTD) software is being actively exploited in attacks to remotely crash affected devices. [...]
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Global Government
Local governments in four states dealing with cyberattacks that have shut down services
Municipalities in California, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Texas are all recovering from disruptive cyberattacks that have affected government operations.
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Global Government
CISA Adds Three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog
CISA has added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-20349 Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Heap Inspection Vulnerability CVE-2026-68820 Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Use-After-Free…
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Global Government
US and South Korea warn of Gunra ransomware targeting govt agencies
U.S. federal agencies and South Korea's National Policy Agency warned government and critical infrastructure organizations worldwide to secure their systems against Gunra ransomware attacks. [...]
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Global Government
FBI, South Korea warn of Gunra ransomware gang targeting critical infrastructure
The Gunra ransomware gang is breaching critical infrastructure organizations through vulnerabilities in popular brands of firewalls, the FBI and South Korea’s government warned.
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Global Government
Russian military hackers pose as recruiters to target Ukrainian IT workers
Ukraine’s computer emergency response team, CERT-UA, said Saturday that the campaign has been running since at least May and is linked to Sandworm, the notorious hacking unit associated with Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency.
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Global Government
#StopRansomware: Gunra Ransomware
Advisory at a Glance Title #StopRansomware: Gunra Ransomware Original Publication August 10, 2026 Executive Summary Gunra is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) used by affiliates to target government, critical infrastructure, and other organizations. The Gunra ransomware variant first appeared in 2025 and expanded to RaaS operations in 2026. The actors…
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Global Government
Critical Flaws Discovered in Belgian eID Software Used by 2 Million People
The vulnerabilities affected software used by eight of Belgium’s ten largest banks and over 60 government agencies. The post Critical Flaws Discovered in Belgian eID Software Used by 2 Million People appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Global Government
Military device manufacturer discloses cyber incident to SEC
IEH Corporation — which produces specialized products used in military satellites, missiles and fighter jets — said it discovered a cyberattack on Tuesday and immediately tried to contain it.
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Global Government
Swiss government SharePoint breach compromised 200 accounts
Switzerland's federal IT office says hackers exploited vulnerabilities to breach its Microsoft SharePoint servers and compromised approximately 200 accounts. [...]
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Global Government
New Interrupt Injection Attack Can Bypass Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs
An unprivileged Linux program can time a hardware interrupt to land in the gap between a processor sanitizing its branch predictor and the kernel using it, re-poisoning the predictor after the defense has run. MIT CSAIL researchers Daniël Trujillo and Mengjia Yan named the technique INTERRUPT INJECTION. On an AMD Zen 2 machine running Linux 6.14 with every…
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Global Government
How AI-powered phishing killed blocklists for good
AI is helping attackers create disposable phishing infrastructure and rapidly evolving toolkits that blocklists cannot track fast enough. Push Security explains why browser-level, technique-based detection offers a more durable defense than relying on domains, signatures, and other known-bad indicators. [...]
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Global Government
Anthropic AI agent faked identities, phished real developers in UK government hacking test
An artificial intelligence agent built by Anthropic independently planted malicious code in a real software project and sent phishing emails to developers during a U.K. government security evaluation, according to Britain’s AI Security Institute.
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Global Government
Britain’s next war won’t be an away game: Q&A with former head of Defence Intelligence
As Chief of Defence Intelligence, General Sir Jim Hockenhull decided to declassify and publish what London knew of Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine, down to a map of the routes its forces would take.
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Global Government
Hackers steal 31,000 records identifying people behind Liechtenstein companies, foundations
A cyberattack compromised tens of thousands of records related to companies, foundations and trusts in Liechtenstein, prompting the government to to form a “crisis unit” to address the breach.
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Global Government
PNLD Breach Exposes U.K. Police and Government Contact Details on Dark Web
The Police National Legal Database (PNLD) has confirmed that police, government and customer contact information was compromised and published on the dark web. The data included names, organisations and work email addresses belonging to police officers, police staff, criminal justice professionals, government partners and customers. The incident, identified…
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Global Government
‘DangleGeddon’: AI Could Weaponize Forgotten DNS Records at Global Scale
Researchers warn that AI could turn dangling DNS takeovers into a nation-state weapon capable of disrupting governments, banks and global supply chains. The post ‘DangleGeddon’: AI Could Weaponize Forgotten DNS Records at Global Scale appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Global Government
FTC sues Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing patient information with third-party platforms
Popular telehealth provider Hims & Hers "shared consumers’ sensitive health information with third-party advertising platforms such as Meta and Snap despite promising to protect patient privacy," the federal government alleges.
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Global Government
CISA shares advice on isolating vital systems during cyberattacks
The U.S. and Australian governments have released new guidance urging critical infrastructure organizations to prepare to isolate vital operational technology systems in the event of a cyberattack or other major disruptions. [...]
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Global Government
Outdated VPNs should be purged from federal agencies, senator says
Intelligence Committee member Ron Wyden wants CISA, OMB and NIST to lead a federal effort to rout out obsolete VPNs from the U.S. government.
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Global Government
Hackers used autonomous AI agent to spy on Thailand's finance ministry
Hackers used an autonomous artificial intelligence agent to carry out a cyber-espionage campaign against Thailand's Ministry of Finance, researchers discovered.
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Global Government
TELESHIM Abuses Telegram for C2 in Attacks Against Middle East Governments
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged fresh malicious cyber activity by a threat actor with ties to East Asia targeting government entities in the Middle East. The intrusions have resulted in the deployment of previously unreported malware families dubbed TELESHIM, MIXEDKEY, and BINDCLOAK, according to Zscaler ThreatLabz. The cybersecurity firm said it…
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Global Government
Hermes AI agent used to automate attack on Thai Finance Ministry
A threat actor used the open-source Hermes AI agent in unattended "YOLO" mode to automate post-exploitation activity during an alleged breach of Thailand's Ministry of Finance. [...]
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Global Government
Andy Burnham signals continuity on UK cyber policy, reappoints minister despite scrapping ministry
The new British prime minister is retaining Liz Lloyd in a cyber policy role, making her one of the few Keir Starmer allies remaining in government.
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Global Government
Hacker Runs Hermes AI Agent Unattended for Post-Exploitation at Thai Finance Ministry
Someone installed a popular AI assistant on a rented server, switched off the setting that makes it ask permission before running risky commands, and pointed it at Thailand's Ministry of Finance, which runs the country's treasury and tax collection. The agent then worked through the ministry's network on its own, checking hosts for ways to gain root access…
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Global Government
Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite
Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite Executive summary A group of Russian state-supported cyber actors has been targeting and compromising various Western government and commercial organizations using the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) software since at least July 2025. The Russian…
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Global Government
Extension of CISA 2015 info-sharing protections passes as part of House’s defense bill
A 10-year renewal of the cybersecurity information-sharing law known as CISA 2015 passed as part of the House's fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill.
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Global Government
South Korea discloses data breach impacting diplomats worldwide
South Korea disclosed that hackers breached the National Diplomatic Academy's online education system for ten months and stole personal information belonging to current and former employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), including overseas diplomats. [...]
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Global Government
French Parliament greenlights social media ban for under-15s
Both houses of the French Parliament voted to block social media access for children under 15, making France the first European country to enact a ban amid a broadening global crackdown.
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Global Government
CISA orders urgent action on actively exploited Langflow RCE flaw
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday ordered U.S. government agencies to prioritize patching an actively exploited vulnerability in the Langflow visual framework for building AI agents. [...]
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Global Government
Trump Orders Defense Contractors to Map Software, Suppliers Across Critical Supply Chains
New executive order calls for end-to-end visibility into defense supply chains, including software dependencies, foreign ownership and cyber-related supplier risks. The post Trump Orders Defense Contractors to Map Software, Suppliers Across Critical Supply Chains appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Global Government
Google Launches Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber AI to Find and Fix Software Vulnerabilities
Google's DeepMind on Tuesday announced the release of Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a specialized artificial intelligence (AI) model built atop 3.5 Flash that's designed to discover, validate, and patch vulnerabilities quickly and efficiently. According to the tech giant, the model will be exclusively available to governments and trusted partners via CodeMender…
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Global Government
Exposed Server Reveals AI-Assisted Phishing Toolkit Behind WebDAV Malware Campaign
A malware operator left its delivery server wide open, and Rapid7 pulled down the whole toolkit: 1,048 files spanning lure templates, filename-spoofing tests, execution experiments, droppers, builder notes, and two campaign chains. One was already live against Windows users in Mexico, delivering an infostealer through a fake government ID-lookup site over…
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Global Government
Hackers were inside South Korea's diplomat training system for 9 months
Unidentified hackers compromised an online education system used by South Korea's diplomatic academy, stealing personal information belonging to former and current employees of the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Global Government
Hackers abuse ViPNet software to target Russian govt agencies
ViPNet software update mechanism exploited by threat actors to target Russian government agencies; no Irish or EU infrastructure impact reported.
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Global Government
In Other News: Iran Tracks US Military Phones, CrashStealer macOS Malware, CVD Blueprint
German naval defence firm TKMS targeted by ransomware; Lidl reports data breach affecting European retail operations.
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