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Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2020
A new Insomnia iOS exploit used to spy on China’s Uyghur minority

Security researchers from Volexity discovered a new Insomnia iOS exploit that was being used to spy on China’s Uyghur minority. The Uyghur group is a Turkic minority ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. “The Uyghurs are recognized by the Chinese government only as a regional […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2020
China-linked Winnti APT targets South Korean Gaming firm

China-linked Winnti cyberespionage group targets South Korean video gaming company Gravity, QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) firm reported. Security experts from QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) firm reported that China-linked Winnti cyberespionage group targets South Korean video gaming company Gravity. The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2020
Hackers exploited IE and Firefox flaws in attacks on entities in China, Japan

An APT group is exploiting the flaws patched earlier this year in Firefox and Internet Explorer in attacks aimed at China and Japan. An APT group is exploiting two vulnerabilities patched earlier this year in Firefox and Internet Explorer in attacks aimed at China and Japan. The first issue, tracked as CVE-2019-17026, affects the Firefox […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2020
Is APT27 Abusing COVID-19 To Attack People ?!

Security researcher Marco Ramilli analyzed a new Coronavirus (COVID-19)-themed attack gathering evidence of the alleged involvement of an APT group. Scenario We are living hard time, many countries all around the world are hit by COVID-19 which happened to be a very dangerous disease. Unfortunately many deaths, thousands of infected people, few breathing equipment, stock […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2020
Trump signed a bill to help small telecoms replace Huawei equipment

This week US President Donald Trump signed a bill that assigns $1 billion to small telecom providers for replacing equipment made by China’s Huawei and ZTE. US President Donald Trump continues its battle against the Chinese telco giants Huawei and ZTE, this week he has signed a bill that assigns $1 billion to small telecom providers for […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2020
Most of the attacks on Telecom Sector in 2019 were carried out by China-linked hackers

China-linked cyber espionage groups increasingly targeted organizations in the telecommunications industry in 2019. According to the CrowdStrike 2020 Global Threat Report, the telecommunications and government sectors were the most targeted by the threat actors. Experts monitored operations carried out by nation-state actors and financially-motivated attackers. Most of the attacks against organizations in the telecom sector […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2020
CIA Hacking unit APT-C-39 hit China since 2008

Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 revealed that the US CIA has hacked Chinese organizations in various sectors for the last 11 years. Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 is accusing that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of having hacked Chinese organizations for the last 11 years. According to the firm, the US cyber spies are targeting various industry sectors […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2020
US officials charge two Chinese men for laundering cryptocurrency for North Korea

The Department of Justice has charged the two Chinese nationals for laundering cryptocurrency for North Korea-linked APT groups. The US Treasury Department and the Department of Justice have imposed sanctions and charged two Chinese nationals, Tian Yinyin ( 田寅寅) and Li Jiadong (李家东), for helping North Korea-linked hackers in laundering cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency have been […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2020
$1B to help telecom carriers to “rip and replace” Huawei and ZTE equipment

US Congress passed legislation offering $1 billion to help telecom carriers “rip and replace” equipment from Chinese giants Huawei and ZTE. On Thursday, US lawmakers have passed legislation that plans to give $1 billion to telecom carriers to “rip and replace” equipment from Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE. The measure approved by the Senate […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2020
US officials claim Huawei Equipment has secret backdoor for spying

Huawei can secretly tap into communications through the networking equipment, states a U.S. official, while White House urge allies to ban the Chinese giant. This week The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. officials say Huawei can covertly access telecom networks where its equipment is installed. “U.S. officials say Huawei Technologies Co. can covertly access […]