November 30, 2025
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FBI warns of fresh North Korean hacking tactic

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a joint advisory warning of a new tactic being used by North Korean intelligence-gathering cyber group Kimsuky. The warning is squarely aimed at think tanks, academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and members of the media in Western countries. Despite North Korea’s previous reliance on revenue from international crime to finance its weapons and military programs, the FBI reports that Kimsuky’s role is intelligence gathering.

Kimsuky exploits an improperly configured Domain Name System (DNS) to mimic legitimate email senders and hack targeted individuals. Without properly configured DNS Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) policies, malicious hackers can send spoofed emails as if they came from a legitimate domain’s email exchange.

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CISA Warns of “Volt Typhoon” Group Targeting Critical Infrastructure – March 21st

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning about the Chinese-linked “Volt Typhoon” group, which is targeting critical infrastructure.

The CISA warning, issued in collaboration with the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), confirmed the recent critical infrastructure attacks initiated by “Volt Typhoon” and the group’s tactics and motives.

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27,000 Private Data Stolen from Stanford Ransomware Attack – March 12th

Stanford University announced that the personal information of 27,000 individuals was stolen as a result of a September 2023 ransomware attack.

The University also disclosed that only one system was breached, namely the “Department of Public Safety” network. The data included biometric data, dates of birth, social security numbers, government IDs, passport numbers, and driver’s license numbers.

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Microsoft’s GitHub: A Growing Platform for Delivering Malicious Payloads – January 12th

A Recorded Future report discloses that Microsoft-owned GitHub is a growing and lucrative platform for threat actors to effectively deliver malicious payloads by blending the payloads with legitimate traffic.

The open-source data repository platform’s legitimacy is now being leveraged cleverly by threat actors who are “living-off-trusted-sites”. However, the limitations in the site’s file size and storage stopped large-scale payloads used for data exfiltration from being delivered.

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