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Fri 9 Oct1
CN
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The FBI and DOJ seized domains and disrupted scanning and spear-phishing tools used by Flax Typhoon, a China-linked…
Thu 1 Oct1
JP
Times Mobility says a data breach exposed data linked to 6.6 million accounts, including 1.6 million identity records with driver's license images and documents too.
Fri 25 Sept2
KP
Bitget confirms a $351.6 million theft, suspends withdrawals and says North Korea's Lazarus Group may be involved as investigators examine the breach in detail.
AU
An OpenAI agent bypassed controls on Australia's Medicare statistics portal, accessed non-public data and was not reported to officials for nearly 3 months.
Mon 21 Sept1
CN
FamousSparrow is targeting Latin American governments with SparroWocky, a new C++ backdoor that exfiltrates files, takes screenshots and evades security tools.
Mon 14 Sept1
APAC
DarkSword, JSCeal, Axios, Bitter APT, and APT28 campaigns reveal evolving tactics targeting iPhones, Southeast Asia, software supply chains, diplomatic organizations, and European governments.
Tue 8 Sept1
AU
Mathspace says hackers exploited a Metabase flaw and downloaded account data belonging to 1.08 million students, parents and staff in Australia and New Zealand.
Wed 2 Sept1
CN
Intel 471 says Chinese-speaking operators used fake streaming apps and Facebook ads to infect Android users with the PanDa RAT (remote access trojan).
Tue 1 Sept1
CN
Sygnia details Fire Ant attacks on Cisco routers, TACACS servers and Linux hosts used to steal credentials, collect traffic data and conceal malicious activity.
Fri 28 Aug2
CN
The FBI and DOJ disrupted a global botnet used by QTFY to compromise IoT devices and conceal attacks against US government agencies and critical infrastructure.
AU
Australian authorities have charged two alleged TeamPCP members after software supply chain attacks exposed over 500,000 credentials and at least 300GB of data.
Sat 15 Aug1
TW
Dream Group says AI agents mapped 21 Taiwanese government systems, cracked 85 accounts and stole over 2,500 personnel records in a four-day attack in July 2026.