Star Blizzard, a Russian threat actor likely connected to the FSB Centre 18, uses spear-phishing attacks targeting organizations and individuals in the UK and US since 2019, expanding to defense and energy sectors. The UK has taken action against the group. Mitigation strategies include multi-factor authentication and updating devices. Such state-sponsored cyber activities reveal Russia’s ongoing efforts to influence and undermine democratic processes.
Attackers are exploiting FortiSandbox vulnerabilities
Attackers have been spotted exploiting three vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-39813, CVE-2026-39808, CVE-2026-25089) in FortiSandbox, a platform that other Fortinet security products depend on for threat verdicts to
