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Directed Energy Device Tested in Norway Sparks CIA, Pentagon Havana Syndrome Inquiry

The 2024 test involved pulsed-energy exposure, causing immediate effects like dizziness and cognitive issues.

Feb 14 • Defcon Level

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Poland's Energy Sector Faced Coordinated Cyberattacks Targeting Renewable Facilities and Deploying Wiper Malware

The attacks targeted operational technology and industrial control systems at over 30 wind and solar farms, a combined heat and power plant serving…

Feb 10 • Defcon Level and Donald Standeford

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December 2025

PRC State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Deploy BRICKSTORM Malware Targeting Public Sector and Information Technology Systems

Affected organizations are primarily in government services and information technology sectors. BRICKSTORM’s self-monitoring function ensures automatic…

Dec 8, 2025 • Defcon Level and Donald Standeford

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November 2025

Cloudflare Global Outage: Internal Threat-Traffic Configuration Failure

The outage impacted a broad range of dependent platforms globally, including social media networks, artificial intelligence (AI) services, streaming…

Nov 18, 2025 • Defcon Level and Donald Standeford

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September 2025

U.S. Secret Service Dismantles Imminent Telecommunications Threat in the New York Tri-State Area

The operation represented an imminent threat to the agency's protective operations

Sep 23, 2025 • Defcon Level and Donald Standeford

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August 2025

China's Great Firewall Temporarily Enforces HTTPS Traffic Block

Evaluations based on available data point to an internal cause, such as a setup error or a test of network controls, rather than outside interference.

Aug 27, 2025 • Defcon Level

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April 2025

Cyber Analysis: U.S. Maritime Cybersecurity Threats From Foreign Adversarial Technologies

The recently released advisories address vulnerabilities in port equipment, networks, and navigation systems, emphasizing the risks posed by…

Apr 9, 2025 • Defcon Level and Donald Standeford

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March 2025

GPS Interference Disrupts Navigation Near Bandar Jask, Iran

Corroborated reports from vessel masters indicate that the disruptions, which lasted several hours, impacted electronic navigation systems, including…

Mar 10, 2025 • Defcon Level

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FBI/CISA Issue Urgent Warnings on Cyber Threats Targeting Corporations and Vulnerable Populations

CISA/FBI: "Urgent Alert: Criminals posing as "BianLian Group" are sending extortion letters to corporate execs, threatening to leak sensitive info…

Mar 6, 2025 • Defcon Level

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January 2025

Satellite Transition Impacts Some AFN Customers in the Pacific

Customers in Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania will have to re-point their satellite dish to a new satellite and update their decoder…

Jan 23, 2025 • Defcon Level

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December 2024

Joint US, Israeli "Cyberdome IX" Exercise In United States Concludes

The cyber-defense exercise was conducted jointly by the U.S. Cyber Command, together with the Israel Defense Forces' J6 and Cyber Defense Directorate…

Dec 24, 2024 • Defcon Level

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November 2024

Chinese-Backed Salt Typhoon Botnet Attacks Critical US Infrastructure, Volt Typhoon Adapts, Resurfaces Globally

Volt Typhoon, which embedded itself into end-of-life routers and critical infrastructure for at least five years has resurfaced globally and adapted…

Nov 16, 2024 • Defcon Level and Donald Standeford

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