Kurz: Eigentlich sollten anlasslose Scans privater Nachrichten längst Geschichte sein. Doch die EU-Institutionen treiben die nächste Verlängerung der Maßnahme voran.
Kryptobörse verschenkt versehentlich 44 Milliarden Dollar (2026-02-07 16:59 UTC)
Kurz: Folgenschwere Panne bei einer Werbeaktion der südkoreanischen Kryptowährungsbörse Bithumb: Durch einen Fehler erhielten 695 Nutzer je mindestens 2000 Bitcoin.
Angriff per Signal: BfV und BSI warnen Politiker, Militärs und Diplomaten (2026-02-06 13:27 UTC)
Kurz: Ein vergangene Woche bekannt gewordener Angriff auf Nutzer des Messengers Signal zielt auf Bundestagsabgeordnete und andere wichtige Personen ab.
State actor targets 155 countries in ‘Shadow Campaigns’ espionage op (2026-02-07 15:09 UTC)
Kurz: A new state-aligned cyberespionage threat group tracked as TGR-STA-1030/UNC6619, has conducted a global-scale operation dubbed the “Shadow Campaigns,” where it targeted government infrastructure in 155 countries. […]
Kurz: A major U.S. payment gateway and solutions provider says a ransomware attack has knocked key systems offline, triggering a widespread outage affecting multiple services. The incident began on Friday and quickly escalated into a nationwide d…
Germany warns of Signal account hijacking targeting senior figures (2026-02-06 20:00 UTC)
Kurz: Germany’s domestic intelligence agency is warning of suspected state-sponsored threat actors targeting high-ranking individuals in phishing attacks via messaging apps like Signal. […]
German Agencies Warn of Signal Phishing Targeting Politicians, Military, Journalists (2026-02-07 11:15 UTC)
Kurz: Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (aka Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz or BfV) and Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) have issued a joint advisory warning of a malicious cyber campaign undertaken by …
Kurz: Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a gateway-monitoring and adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) framework dubbed DKnife that’s operated by China-nexus threat actors since at least 2019. The framework comprises seven Linux-based i…
CISA Orders Removal of Unsupported Edge Devices to Reduce Federal Network Risk (2026-02-06 13:43 UTC)
Kurz: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to strengthen asset lifecycle management for edge network devices and remove those that no longer receive securit…