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Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2024
Finnish police linked APT31 to the 2021 parliament attack

The Finnish Police attributed the attack against the parliament that occurred in March 2021 to the China-linked group APT31. The Finnish Police attributed the March 2021 attack on the parliament to the China-linked group APT31. The Finnish authorities investigated multiple offenses, including aggravated espionage, aggravated unlawful access to an information system, and aggravated violation of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2024
UK, New Zealand against China-linked cyber operations

UK, Australia and New Zealand are accusing China-linked threat actors of cyber operations against UK institutions and parliamentarians. GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre believes that China-linked cyberespionage group APT31 was responsible for cyber attacks against UK parliamentarians’ emails in 2021. The UK intelligence believes that China-linked threat actors also compromised the UK Electoral Commission’s systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2024
US Treasury Dep announced sanctions against members of China-linked APT31

The US Treasury Department announced sanctions on two APT31 Chinese hackers linked to attacks against organizations in the US critical infrastructure sector. The US government announced sanctions against a pair of Chinese hackers (Zhao Guangzong and Ni Gaobin), alleged members of the China-linked APT31 group, who are responsible for “malicious cyber operations targeting U.S. entities that operate […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2024
New GTPDOOR backdoor is designed to target telecom carrier networks

Researcher HaxRob discovered a previously undetected Linux backdoor named GTPDOOR, designed to target telecom carrier networks. Security researcher HaxRob discovered a previously undetected Linux backdoor dubbed GTPDOOR, which is specifically crafted to carry out stealth cyber operations within mobile carrier networks. The researcher believes that the threat actors behind GTPDOOR focuses on systems proximate to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2024
Hacking firm I-Soon data leak revealed Chinese gov hacking capabilities

Recently the leak of a collection of files apparently stolen from the Chinese government hacking contractor, I-Soon, exposed Chinese hacking capabilities. Recently someone has leaked on GitHub [1,2] a collection of files apparently stolen from the Chinese hacking firm, I-Soon. An analyst based in Taiwan, known as Azaka, discovered the data leak and shared their […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2024
New Mustang Panda campaign targets Asia with a backdoor dubbed DOPLUGS

China-linked APT group Mustang Panda targeted various Asian countries with a variant of the PlugX (aka Korplug) backdoor dubbed DOPLUGS. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a cyberespionage campaign, carried out by China-linked APT group Mustang Panda, targeting Asian countries, including Taiwan, Vietnam, and Malaysia. Mustang Panda has been active since at least 2012, it targeted American and European entities such […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2024
China-linked APT Volt Typhoon remained undetected for years in US infrastructure

China-linked APT Volt Typhoon infiltrated a critical infrastructure network in the US and remained undetected for at least five years. US CISA, the NSA, the FBI, along with partner Five Eyes agencies, published a joint advisory to warn that China-linked APT Volt Typhoon infiltrated a critical infrastructure network in the US and remained undetected for […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2024
China-linked APT deployed malware in a network of the Dutch Ministry of Defence

China-linked APT group breached the Dutch Ministry of Defence last year and installed malware on compromised systems. Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) and the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) published a joint report warning that a China-linked APT group breached the Dutch Ministry of Defence last year. The effects of the attack were limited because […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2024
China-linked APT UNC3886 exploits VMware zero-day since 2021

China-linked group UNC3886 has been exploiting vCenter Server zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-34048 since at least late 2021. Mandiant researchers reported that China-linked APT group UNC3886 has been exploiting vCenter Server zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-34048 since at least late 2021. vCenter Server is a critical component in VMware virtualization and cloud computing software suite. It serves as a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2023
China-linked APT Volt Typhoon linked to KV-Botnet

Researchers linked a sophisticated botnet, tracked as KV-Botnet, to the operation of the China-linked threat actor Volt Typhoon. The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies linked a small office/home office (SOHO) router botnet, tracked as KV-Botnet to the operations of China-linked threat actor Volt Typhoon. The botnet is comprised of two complementary activity clusters, […]