Zero‐Day Exploits in State-Sponsored Cyber Operations

April 29, 2025, 12:20 pm

Recent reports highlight a surge in zero‐day hack usage by government-linked cyber actors. According to tech titans and security research, while overall threat detections dropped, targeted attacks have shifted to more covert exploits, raising alarms over national security vulnerabilities and the shadowy world of state-sponsored cyber warfare.

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therecord.media / Google: 75 zero-days seen in 2024 as nations, spyware vendors continue exploitation

Google’s Threat Intelligence team published its annual zero-day report on Tuesday, finding that 75 vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild in 2024, down from 98 in the prior year.

theverge.com / France accuses Russia of a decade’s worth of high-profile cyberattacks

In an unprecedented display of diplomatic aggression, French authorities publicly accused Russia of sponsoring several high-profile cyber attacks on French entities for over a decade to gather intelligence and destabilize the country. The incidents include everything from a faked Islamic State...

techspot.com / FBI warns China is using AI to sharpen cyberattacks on US infrastructure

In an interview with The Register, FBI Deputy Assistant Director Cynthia Kaiser explained how Chinese state-backed cyber groups use artificial intelligence at every stage of their attack operations. While she acknowledged that these efforts don't always lead to success, AI enhances the speed and...

bleepingcomputer.com / France ties Russian APT28 hackers to 12 cyberattacks on French orgs

Today, the French foreign ministry blamed the APT28 hacking group linked to Russia's military intelligence service (GRU) for targeting or breaching a dozen French entities over the last four years. [...]

arstechnica.com / Google: Governments are using zero-day hacks more than ever

Google says zero-day threats are trending upward even as total detections fell in 2024.

androidheadlines.com / Most of the zero-day exploits in 2024 were used by government-sponsored hackers

The post Most of the zero-day exploits in 2024 were used by government-sponsored hackers appeared first on Android Headlines.

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