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AJ Vicens

AJ covers nation-state threats and cybercrime. He was previously a reporter at Mother Jones. Get in touch via Signal/WhatsApp: (810-206-9411).

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The Apple Inc logo is displayed outside a retail store at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California on March 20, 2023. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Apple issues third mobile OS update after zero-click spyware campaign

Geopolitics

A North Korean flag flutters in the propaganda village of Gijungdong as seen from South Korea’s Taesungdong freedom village, in the Demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas in Paju on September 30, 2019. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

Latest North Korean hack targeting cryptocurrency shows troubling evolution, experts say

Geopolitics

An OnlyFans sign in Las Vegas. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for OnlyFans)

Pro-Russian hacktivists increase focus on Western targets. The latest is OnlyFans.

Threats

NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 29: A Microsoft corporate logo hangs on the side of their office building on Eighth Avenue on April 29, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Microsoft set to expand access to detailed logs in the wake of Chinese hacking operation

Geopolitics

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Cloudflare reports ‘alarming surge’ in DDoS sophistication, escalation in recent months

Threats

Cyber Attacks Concept Illustration. Online Financial Security. — (welcomia/Getty Images)

Financial cybercrime syndicate deploys reworked backdoor malware

Cybercrime

The Microsoft logo is illuminated on a wall during a Microsoft launch event on May 2, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Chinese hacking operation puts Microsoft in the crosshairs over security failures

Threats

People walk past a screen showing a Chinese national flag at a shopping mall in Beijing on May 26, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)

Hackers based in China nab email data from US government agencies

Geopolitics

Twitter’s logo is pictured on screen reflected by mirrors in Mulhouse, eastern France on May 30, 2023. (Photo by Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images)

Pro-Chinese Twitter accounts seek to expand Beijing’s influence in Latin America

Geopolitics