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Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2021

macOS Zero-Day exploited in watering hole attacks on users in Hong Kong

Google revealed that threat actors recently exploited a zero-day vulnerability in macOS to deliver malware to users in Hong Kong. Google TAG researchers discovered that threat actors leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in macOS in a watering hole campaign aimed at delivering malware to users in Hong Kong. The attackers exploited a XNU privilege escalation vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2019

China used the Great Cannon DDoS Tool against forum used by Hong Kong protestors

China is accused to have used the “Great Cannon” DDoS tool to launch attacks against LIHKG, a forum used by Hong Kong residents to organize protests. The Great Cannon Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) tool was used again by the Chinese government, this time it was used to target the LIHKG forum used by Hong Kong protesters to […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2019

Twitter bans 936 accounts that attempted to sow political discord in Hong Kong

Twitter announced it has banned 936 accounts managed by China-linked actors that attempted to sow political discord in Hong Kong. Twitter has observed and banned 936 accounts managed by China-linked actors that attempted to stir up riots and sow political discord in Hong Kong. The tweets aimed at discrediting the motivation of the Hong Kong […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2017

Hong Kong brokers blackmailed by hackers with DDoS Attacks

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission revealed some brokerage websites have been hit by DDoS attacks and blackmailed by crooks. The Hong Kong’s SFC (Securities and Futures Commission) confirmed several brokers in the city has suffered DDoS attacks and were blackmailed by hackers. “We are alerted by the Police that some securities brokers have […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2016

Hong Kong Government Hacked by APT3 Group before elections

Two Hong Hong government departments were targeted by Chinese hackers belonging the APT3 group just before the legislative elections. Security experts from FireEye have discovered a new cyber espionage campaign launched by the Chinese APT3 group against Hong Kong Government before upcoming parliamentary elections that are to be held today September 4. The hackers targeted two Hong Kong government departments […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2015

Phishing campaign leveraging on Dropbox targets Hong Kong media

Security experts at FireEye have uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign leveraging Dropbox account linked to “admin@338” as Command and Control platform. Experts at FireEye have discovered an ongoing phishing campaign using a Dropbox account linked to “admin@338” as the delivery platform. The account ” admin@338 ” was also used in the past to deliver malware, but […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2014

China replies to Hong Kong protests with spyware, MITM and censorship

Security experts speculate that the Chinese government is using mobile spyware, MITM attacks and Internet monitoring to control Hong Kong protesters. In the last days I published the news regarding a spyware used to spy on activists in Hong Kong, a Fake Occupy Central app is targeting the smartphones of the activists belonging to the Occupy Central […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2014

A mobile spyware used to track activists in Honk Kong

A Fake Occupy Central app containing a spyware is used by unknown to track activists in Hong Kong. Evidences suggest the involvement of Chinese entities. A Fake Occupy Central app is targeting the smartphones of the activists belonging to the Occupy Central pro-democracy movement with spyware. The malicious app has circulated online claiming to be an instrument […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2014

Largest DDoS attack hit PopVote, Hong Kong Democracy voting site

Largest DDoS attack hit PopVote, Hong Kong Democracy voting website. Experts at CloudFlare observed a three hundred gigabits per second DDoS attack. The largest ever and most severe Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in the history has recently hit the online democracy poll promoting opinion on the upcoming Hong Kong elections. The system under attack is […]

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macOS Zero-Day exploited in watering hole attacks on users in Hong Kong

China used the Great Cannon DDoS Tool against forum used by Hong Kong protestors

Twitter bans 936 accounts that attempted to sow political discord in Hong Kong

Hong Kong brokers blackmailed by hackers with DDoS Attacks

Hong Kong Government Hacked by APT3 Group before elections

Phishing campaign leveraging on Dropbox targets Hong Kong media

China replies to Hong Kong protests with spyware, MITM and censorship

A mobile spyware used to track activists in Honk Kong

Largest DDoS attack hit PopVote, Hong Kong Democracy voting site

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