AJ Vicens

AJ covers nation-state threats and cybercrime. He was previously a reporter at Mother Jones. Get in touch via Signal/WhatsApp: (810-206-9411).

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The facade of the headquarters of the African Union is pictured on March 13, 2019, in Addis Ababa. Technology supplied by Chinese firms to the structure is believed to have enabled espionage by Beijing of the multinational body. (LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)

New threat intel effort to study ‘undermonitered’ regions

Geopolitics

The exterior of Ceasars Palace Hotel & Casino is viewed on March 2, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

Groups linked to Las Vegas cyber attacks are prolific criminal hacking gangs

Cybercrime

Iranian flag waving with cityscape on background in Tehran, Iran. (Sir Francis Canker Photography/Getty Images)

Microsoft: Iranian espionage campaign targeted satellite and defense sectors

Threats

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

US, UK take action against members of the Russian-linked Trickbot hacker syndicate

Cybercrime

The Chinese national flag flies outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on July 26, 2023. (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

China turns to AI in hopes of creating viral online propaganda, Microsoft researchers say

AI

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Researchers identify high-grade phishing kits attacking nearly 60,000 Microsoft 365 accounts

Cybercrime

A portrait of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being detained on the grounds she did not comply with the headscarf rules, near the Iranian consulate on Oct. 31, 2022, in İstanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Omer Kuscu/ dia images via Getty Images)

Hackers push anti-Iranian government messages to millions via breached app

Geopolitics

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing on the 2024 budgets for the FBI and DEA, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 10, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

FBI, DOJ disrupt massive Qakbot botnet connected to millions of dollars in ransomware losses

Cybercrime

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 10: A police officer stands guard before the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) — BEIJING, CHINA – MARCH 10: A police officer stands guard before the closing session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Meta: Pro-Chinese influence operation was the largest in history

Geopolitics