Former CISA Director Jen Easterly writes about a new international intelligence sharing co-op: > Historically, China, Russia, Iran & North Korea have cooperated to some extent > on military and intelligence matters, but differences in language, culture, > politics & technological sophistication have hindered deeper collaboration, > including in cyber. Shifting geopolitical dynamics, however, could drive these > states toward a more formalized intell-sharing partnership. Such a “Four Eyes” > alliance would be motivated by common adversaries and strategic interests, > including an enhanced capacity to resist economic sanctions and support proxy > conflicts...

It looks like a very sophisticated attack against the Dubai-based exchange Bybit: > Bybit officials disclosed the theft of more than 400,000 ethereum and staked > ethereum coins just hours after it occurred. The notification said the digital > loot had been stored in a “Multisig Cold Wallet” when, somehow, it was > transferred to one of the exchange’s hot wallets. From there, the > cryptocurrency was transferred out of Bybit altogether and into wallets > controlled by the unknown attackers. > > […] > > …a subsequent investigation by Safe found no signs of unauthorized access to > its infrastructure, no compromises of other Safe wallets, and no obvious > vulnerabilities in the Safe codebase. As investigators continued to dig in, > they finally settled on the true cause. Bybit ultimately said that the > fraudulent transaction was “manipulated by a sophisticated attack that altered > the smart contract logic and masked the signing interface, enabling the > attacker to gain control of the ETH Cold Wallet.”...