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Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2025
China-linked Salt Typhoon APT compromised more US telecoms than previously known

China-linked Salt Typhoon group that breached multiple US telecoms compromised more firms than previously known, WSJ says. The China-linked cyberespionage group Salt Typhoon targeted more US telecoms than previously known, as The Wall Street Journal reported. According to WSJ, wich cited people familiar with the matter, the Chinese cyberspies also compromised Charter Communications and Windstream. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2025
US Treasury Department sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm linked to Flax Typhoon APT

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm Integrity Tech for its involvement in attacks attributed to the Flax Typhoon group. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity firm, Integrity Tech, for links to cyberattacks by China’s state-backed Flax Typhoon APT group (also called Ethereal Panda or RedJuliett). The China-linked APT group used Integrity Tech’s infrastructure to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2024
China-linked actors hacked US Treasury Department

China-linked threat actors breached the U.S. Treasury Department by hacking a remote support platform used by the agency. China-linked threat actors breached the U.S. Treasury Department via a compromised remote support platform. The Treasury Department discovered the security breach on December 8th from its vendor BeyondTrust, according to a letter to lawmakers. BeyondTrust provides Privileged […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2024
Operation Digital Eye: China-linked relies on Visual Studio Code Remote Tunnels to spy on Europen entities

An alleged China-linked APT group targeted large business-to-business IT service providers in Southern Europe as part of Operation Digital Eye campaign. Between late June and mid-July 2024, a China-linked threat actor targeted major IT service providers in Southern Europe in a campaign codenamed ‘Operation Digital Eye.’ Cyberspies aimed to establish footholds and compromise downstream entities […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2024
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks in a joint advisory. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. issued a joint advisory to warn of People’s Republic of China (PRC)-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks. “The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2024
China-linked threat actors compromised multiple telecos and spied on a limited number of U.S. government officials

China-linked threat actors breached U.S. broadband providers and gained access to private communications of a limited number of U.S. government officials. The FBI and CISA continues to investigate a large-scale cyber-espionage campaign by China-linked threat actors targeting U.S. telecoms, compromising networks to steal call records and access private communications, mainly of government and political figures. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2024
U.S. agency cautions employees to limit phone use due to Salt Typhoon hack of telco providers

US CFPB warns employees to avoid work-related mobile calls and texts following China-linked Salt Typhoon hack over security concerns. The US government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) advises employees to avoid using cellphones for work after China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon hackers breached major telecom providers. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a U.S. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2024
Canada ordered ByteDance to shut down TikTok operations in the country over security concerns

Canada ordered ByteDance to shut down TikTok operations over security concerns but did not issue a full ban on the platform. The Canadian government ordered ByteDance to wind up TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. over security concerns following a national security review under the Investment Canada Act Canada’s decision to require ByteDance to dissolve the operations of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2024
Sophos details five years of China-linked threat actors’ activity targeting network devices worldwide

Sophos used custom implants to monitor China-linked thret actors targeting firewall zero-days in a years-long battle. Sophos revealed a years-long “cat-and-mouse” battle with China-linked threat actors, using custom implants to track the attackers’ activities. Since 2018, Sophos has faced increasingly aggressive campaigns, including the India-based Sophos subsidiary Cyberoam, where attackers exploited a wall-mounted display for […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2024
Chinese cyber spies targeted phones used by Trump and Vance

China-linked threat actors targeted the phone communications of Donald Trump and vice presidential nominee JD Vance. China-linked hackers reportedly targeted phones used by former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance as part of a cyber espionage campaign aimed at gathering intelligence on American leaders, the New York Times reported. US intelligence is investigating the claims […]