China-linked group Houken hit French govt, telecom, media, finance and transport sectors using Ivanti CSA zero-days, says France’s ANSSI. France’s cyber agency ANSSI revealed that a Chinese hacking group used Ivanti CSA zero-days to target government, telecom, media, finance, and transport sectors. The campaign, active since September 2024, is linked to the Houken intrusion set, […]
Over 1,000 SOHO devices were hacked in a China-linked spying campaign called LapDogs, forming a covert network to support cyber espionage. Security researchers at SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign, dubbed LapDogs, involving over 1,000 hacked SOHO (small office/home office) devices. These compromised devices formed a hidden network, called an Operational Relay […]
Canada and FBI warn of China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targeting Canadian telecom firms in ongoing cyber espionage operations. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the FBI warn that China-linked APT cyber espionage group Salt Typhoon, is targeting Canadian telecom firms in espionage attacks. The Salt Typhoon hacking campaign, active for 1–2 years, has targeted […]
Over 4 billion user records were found exposed online in a massive breach, possibly linked to the surveillance of Chinese citizens. Cybersecurity researcher Bob Dyachenko and the Cybernews team discovered a massive data leak in China that exposed billions of documents, including financial, WeChat, and Alipay data, likely affecting hundreds of millions. Researchers speculate data […]
A Chinese threat actor, tracked as UAT-6382, exploited a patched Trimble Cityworks flaw to deploy Cobalt Strike and VShell. Cisco Talos researchers attribute the exploitation of the CVE-2025-0994 in Trimble Cityworks to Chinese-speaking threat actor UAT-6382, based on tools and TTPs used in the intrusions. The vulnerability CVE-2025-0994 (CVSS v4 score of 8.6) is a […]
China-linked UnsolicitedBooker used a new backdoor, MarsSnake, to target an international organization in Saudi Arabia. ESET researchers revealed that a China-linked APT, tracked as UnsolicitedBooker, targeted an international organization in Saudi Arabia using a new backdoor called MarsSnake. The experts uncovered the attacks in March 2023 and again in 2024, noting that the group used […]
Chinese “kill switches” found in Chinese-made power inverters in US solar farm equipment that could let Beijing remotely disable power grids in a conflict. Investigators found “kill switches” in Chinese-made power inverters in US solar farm equipment. These hidden cellular radios could let Beijing remotely cripple power grids during a conflict. The Times reported that […]
China-linked APT group Mustang Panda deployed a new custom backdoor, MQsTTang, in recent attacks targeting Europe, Asia, and Australia. China-linked APT group Mustang Panda (aka Camaro Dragon, RedDelta or Bronze President). deployed a new custom backdoor, tracked as MQsTTang, in recent attacks targeting entities in Europe, Asia, and Australia. Mustang Panda has been active since […]
China admitted in a secret meeting with U.S. officials that it conducted Volt Typhoon cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, WSJ reports. China reportedly admitted in a secret meeting with U.S. officials that it carried out cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, linked to the Volt Typhoon campaign. According to the Wall Street Journal, at a December Geneva summit, […]
China-linked APT Weaver Ant infiltrated the network of a telecommunications services provider for over four years. The China-linked threat actor Weaver Ant infiltrated the network of a telecom provider in Asia for over four years. During a forensic investigation, Sygnia researchers observed multiple alerts that revealed a re-enabled threat actor account by a service account […]