North Korean hackers targeted ethnic Koreans in China with Android ‘BirdCall’ malware

Multiple cybersecurity and policy developments: ESET attributes an Android backdoor campaign called “BirdCall” to North Korean APT37, which distributed a backdoor bundled with card games from Sqgame to target ethnic Koreans in China. The U.S. FTC barred data broker Kochava from selling precise geolocation data tied to sensitive locations (houses of worship, clinics). Deniss Zolotarjovs, an affiliate of Conti/Akira ransomware, received an 8-year sentence for money laundering and wire fraud. Australia launched a Cyber Incident Review Board for no‑fault post‑incident reviews, and German officials