Nigerian sentenced to 8 years for long-running tax business hacking and fraud scheme

2026-10-20T20:51:35Z•97fdeb71c0d82e26995881ad168d62a3192c997da3d6405f29030d7eb259d86a
CVE-2024-12356CVE-2024-12357AI securityAPI credential compromiseAPT28Armory CastleBeyondTrustChinese espionageConnectWiseGRUMicrosoft 365Pegasus spywareRussian espionageUNC5221critical infrastructurecybercrimeelection securitygovernment cybersecuritysupply-chain attacktax fraudzero-day

What happened

CyberScoop RSS items report a range of cybersecurity developments, including Russian GRU/APT28 espionage targeting NATO and defense-related organizations, a supply-chain compromise affecting ConnectWise customers through a stolen API secret and connected Microsoft 365 applications, exploitation of a BeyondTrust zero-day by Chinese espionage group Armory Castle/UNC5221, Pegasus spyware targeting Serbian critics, and a cybersecurity incident disrupting the U.S. bankruptcy court system. Additional items cover cybercrime sentencing, federal AI security guidance, encryption adoption, and government

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