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US Intelligence Discovers Long-Running Chinese Cyber Campaign
Tyler Cross Published on: February 8, 2024 A new report by the US and allied intelligence agencies shed light...
China’s Cyberattackers Maneuver to Disrupt US Critical Infrastructure
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a report detailing how the China-backed Volt Typhoon advanced persistent threat (APT) is consistently...
China Infiltrates US Critical Infrastructure in Ramp-up to Conflict
The People's Republic of China is accelerating the development of its military capabilities — including cyber operations — because it believes it will need...
Cybersecurity Gaps Plague US State Department, GAO Report Warns
The US Department of State must fully implement its cybersecurity risk program and take additional steps to better protect its IT network and systems,...
Japan’s National Cybersecurity Agency Hacked
Kamso Oguejiofor-Abugu Published on: September 7, 2023 A breach of Japan’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy...
US Officials Warn About A Potential Wave Of Cyberattacks
Tyler Cross Published on: August 17, 2023 The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency released a stark warning about...
UK Foreign Office Hid a Major Cybersecurity Breach by Russian and Chinese Hackers
Kamso Oguejiofor-Abugu Published on: August 17, 2023 In a significant blow to the UK’s national security, hackers from...
‘Volt Typhoon’ Breaks Fresh Ground for China-Backed Cyber Campaigns
News this week that a likely China-backed threat actor is targeting critical infrastructure organizations in Guam has once again raised the specter of America's...
TikTok Banned on Govt. Devices; Will Private Sector Follow Suit?
Texas this week become the fifth US state to ban the TikTok app on government-owned devices over concerns about the social media app harvesting...
Microsoft: Popular IoT SDKs Leave Critical Infrastructure Wide Open to Cyberattack
Microsoft this week identified a gaping attack vector for disabling industrial control systems (ICS), which is unfortunately pervasive throughout critical infrastructure networks: the Boa Web server.The computing giant has...
Symantec: Super-Stealthy ‘Daxin’ Backdoor Linked to Chinese Threat Actor
Threat hunters at Symantec are calling global attention to a new, highly sophisticated piece of malware being used by a Chinese threat actor to burrow into -- and hijack data from -- government and critical infrastructure targets.
Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan’s Financial Trading Sector with Supply Chain Attack
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group operating with objectives aligned with the Chinese government has been linked to an organized supply chain attack on Taiwan's financial sector.
The attacks are said to have first commenced at the end of November 2021, with the intrusions attributed to a threat actor tracked as APT10, also known as Stone Panda, the MenuPass group, and Bronze Riverside,