Trend Micro researchers reported discovering a botnet linked to a Russian state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) group has spread to Asus routers, in addition to WatchGuard devices.

The Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act would give the secretary of Veterans Affairs two months to contract with a federally funded research and development center for an independent cyber audit.

The advisory never mentions Russia – or any other country or hacking group – by name, but the language is notable because previous cybersecurity advisories put out in the wake of the Russian military build up and invasion have been careful to emphasize that there were no “specific or credible threats” driving their warnings.

The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency detailed how Russian state-sponsored actors gained access to a non-governmental organization’s network as a warning to others.

In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the senators request a briefing regarding what DHS is doing to protect agencies, businesses and core services like electricity and internet that Americans rely on.

The malware, known as Daxin, would upend many assumptions about how China operates its espionage operations. Traditionally an actor not overly concerned with stealth, Daxin stayed under the radar for a decade or more.

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has observed activity from nation-state threat actors over the last two weeks as the Russian invasion of Ukraine causes a refugee crisis on the European continent.

A hacking group tied to the Chinese Ministry of State Security leveraged a number of zero-day vulnerabilities, such as Log4j and a previously undiscovered flaw in USAHerds, a commercial-off-the-shelf application used for tracing animal diseases, to gain initial access.

The fundamental resilience of the global internet is strong, but manipulation of the domain name system (DNS) and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), denial of service attacks, supply chain exploitation and insiders can still threaten major disruptions, according to the Government Accountability Office.

The Conti ransomware group announced on Friday its support of the Russian government in its invasion of Ukraine as cybersecurity officials in the United States took to Twitter to warn organizations to brace for potential retaliation.