Hawaii Cybersecurity Journal

"MuddyWater launches RustyWater RAT via spear-phishing across Middle East sectors." Views expressed in this cybersecurity, cyber crime update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 11 January 2026, 1431 UTC. Content and Source:  "The Hacker News." URL-- https://thehackernews.com/ Please check URL or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://www.hawaiicybersecurityjournal.net). MuddyWater Launches RustyWater RAT via Spear-Phishing Across Middle East Sectors  Jan 10, 2026 Cyber Espionage / Malware The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom entities in the Middle East with a Rust-based implant codenamed RustyWater . "The campaign uses icon spoofing and malicious Word documents to deliver Rust based implants capable of asynchronous C2, anti-analysis, registry persistence, and modular post-comp...

"Air Force seeks to blend electronic warfare (EW) and cyber warfare to counter uncrewed aircraft." Views expressed in this cybersecurity, cyber crime update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 10 January 2026, 2149 UTC. Content and Source:  "Cyber War News Monitoring." URL-- https://cyberwar.einnews.com/news/cyber-war-news?n=2&code=FA9GNesSTpp2rjO1&utm_source=NewsletterNews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Cyber+War+News&utm_content=navig Please check URL or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://www.hawaiicybersecurityjournal.net). Cyber War News Monitoring Get by    Email    •     RSS Published on  Jan 9, 2026 Air Force seeks to blend electronic warfare (EW) and cyber warfare to counter uncrewed aircraft ROME, N.Y. – U.S. Air Force researchers are asking industry to blend electronic warfare (EW) and cyber warfare to counter enemy small ...