Cyberattacks and Hacks
Security Roundup
Iranian Hackers Tried to Give Hacked Trump Campaign Emails to Dems
Plus: The FBI dismantles the largest-ever China-backed botnet, the DOJ charges two men with a $243 million crypto theft, Apple’s MacOS Sequoia breaks cybersecurity tools, and more.
Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, and Dhruv Mehrotra
Knock-On Effects
First Israel’s Exploding Pagers Maimed and Killed. Now Comes the Paranoia
Andy Greenberg
achievement unlocked
YubiKeys Are a Security Gold Standard—but They Can Be Cloned
Dan Goodin, Ars Technica
Bad to Worse
Russia’s Most Notorious Special Forces Unit Now Has Its Own Cyber Warfare Team
Andy Greenberg
Espionage
Notorious Iranian Hackers Have Been Targeting the Space Industry With a New Backdoor
Lily Hay Newman
Sneak Attack
Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App
Lily Hay Newman
Bipartisan Phish
A Single Iranian Hacker Group Targeted Both Presidential Campaigns, Google Says
Andy Greenberg