Police arrests 95 suspects in international CSAM crackdown action
Police in 17 countries arrested 95 suspects in an INTERPOL crackdown on online CSAM distribution.
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15 articles · newest firstRussian Influence Operation Widely Targeting Latin America
OpenAI says Russian operation Dark Clark used spoofed emails and AI to target schools in Peru and Ecuador.
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OpenAI uncovers Russian and Iranian influence ops that planted fake stories in real news outlets
OpenAI banned ChatGPT accounts used by Russian and Iranian operators to plant fake stories in real outlets.
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This Digital Radio Gets Messages to the World’s Remotest Locations
Rhizomatica's open-source HERMES shortwave system sends files and SOS messages for remote communities.
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China's Salt Typhoon backdoors Latin American orgs with new snooping malware
China-linked Salt Typhoon deployed new modular backdoor SparroWocky against Latin American government agencies since August 2025.
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FamousSparrow Swaps SparrowDoor For New SparroWocky Backdoor
China-aligned FamousSparrow deployed its new SparroWocky backdoor against Latin American governments since August 2025, initially accessing networks via exploited Exchange servers.
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FamousSparrow Exploits Public-Facing Exchange Servers to Deploy SparroWocky Backdoor
ESET attributes a new SparroWocky backdoor to espionage group FamousSparrow, deployed via exploited internet-facing Exchange servers across Latin American governments.
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FamousSparrow Deploys New SparroWocky Backdoor Against Latin American Governments
China-aligned APT FamousSparrow deployed a new modular backdoor, SparroWocky, against government entities across eight Latin American countries since August 2025, ESET reports.
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China-Aligned FamousSparrow Deploys SparroWocky Backdoor Across Latin America
China-aligned espionage group FamousSparrow replaced SparrowDoor with a new modular backdoor, SparroWocky, targeting government entities across eight Latin American countries since August 2025.
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Chinese hackers use SparroWocky malware in govt espionage attacks
ESET reports China-linked FamousSparrow deployed a new modular backdoor, SparroWocky, in year-long espionage attacks on Latin American government organizations.
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Beware the SparroWock: The backdoor that bites, the commands that catch
ESET attributes a new modular C++ backdoor, SparroWocky, to China-aligned group FamousSparrow, deployed against government entities across Latin America since August 2025.
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Hackers Use Claude and GPT-Powered Tools to Help Breach Government and Financial Networks
Unit 42 links two Latin America campaigns where operators used Claude and GPT-4.1 during intrusions against government and financial targets.
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Hackers Use LLMs to Generate Exploit Scripts and Automate Post-Exploitation Across Latin America
Unit 42 says Latin American attackers used LLMs to automate post-exploitation in campaigns hitting Mexican government, water utilities, and Brazilian financial firms.
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Attackers Expose Ongoing AI Tool Use Targeting Organizations in Latin America
Unit 42 documents two AI-assisted intrusion campaigns against Latin American government, utility, and financial organizations using LLM-orchestrated tooling.
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GoCaracal Malware Uses Ethereum Smart Contract to Fetch Replacement C2 Address
Arctic Wolf links new Go-based GoCaracal malware with Ethereum smart-contract C2 fallback to Dark Caracal, targeting a Venezuelan communications organization.
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by mentions- CVE-2021-26855100%9.1Unauthenticated SSRF/RCE in Microsoft Exchange Server (ProxyLogon)
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- SparroWockymalware · 7
- FamousSparrowthreat actor · 7
- ESETvendor · 7
- SparrowDoormalware · 5
- Claudeai model · 3
- Earth Estriesthreat actor · 3
- ESETorganization · 3
- CL-CRI-1131threat actor · 3
- CL-CRI-1163threat actor · 3
- NextChatproduct · 3
- Trend Microvendor · 3
- Palo Alto Networksvendor · 3
- GPT-4.1ai model · 3
- Salt Typhoonthreat actor · 3
- Mbed TLSproduct · 2
- SockTzproduct · 2
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