A hacking group reportedly linked to Russian government has been discovered using a new phishing method that bypasses two-factor authentication by taking advantage of Google’s “app-specific password” feature. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group reported that from April to early June, an operation pretended to be US State Department officials in emails, …

Russian cybersecurity experts discovered the first local data theft attacks using a modified version of legitimate near field communication (NFC) software, indicating a potential test for a larger operation. This report details SuperCard, a malicious version of NFCGate, made for sharing NFC data between two nearby devices. Cybercriminals have exploited …