Tag: china
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CrowdStrike’s Adam Meyers On ‘Up-Leveled’ Hacking By China, Threats To MSPs
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in SecurityNewsThe uncovering of a second China-linked threat group focused on compromising telecommunications firms is a clear warning to all service providers that have access to client IT environments, CrowdStrike’s threat intelligence head tells CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2024/crowdstrike-s-adam-meyers-on-up-leveled-hacking-by-china-threats-to-msps
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China has utterly pwned ‘thousands and thousands’ of devices at US telcos
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in SecurityNewsSenate Intelligence Committee chair says his ‘hair is on fire’ as execs front the White House First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2024/11/25/salt_typhoon_mark_warner_warning/
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North Korea Deploying Fake IT Workers in China, Russia, Other Countries
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in SecurityNewsThe North Korean fake IT workers have infiltrated businesses in China, Russia, and other countries aside from the US. The post North Korea Deploying Fake IT Workers in China, Russia, Other Countries appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/north-korea-deploying-fake-it-workers-in-china-russia-other-countries/
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US National Security Officials Brief Telecom Executives
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in SecurityNewsNational Security Officials Share Intelligence on a Cyberespionage Campaign. The White House on Friday hosted U.S. telecommunications executives to review the country’s cyber resilience posture and share intelligence pertaining to China’s significant cyberespionage campaign targeting the sector, which the FBI continues to probe. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/us-national-security-officials-brief-telecom-executives-a-26897
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China Has Pwned Thousands And Thousands Of Telco Devices
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in SecurityNews
Tags: chinaFirst seen on packetstormsecurity.com Jump to article: packetstormsecurity.com/news/view/36637/China-Has-Pwned-Thousands-And-Thousands-Of-Telco-Devices.html
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Huge Leak of Customer Data Includes Military Personnel Info
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in SecurityNewsEnamelPins, which manufactures and sells medals, pins, and other emblematic accessories, for months left open an Elasticsearch instance that exposed 300,000 customer emails, including 2,500 from military and government personnel. The company, based in California, also has links to China, Cybernews researchers wrote. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/11/huge-leak-of-customer-data-includes-military-personnel-info/
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Salt Typhoon hackers backdoor telcos with new GhostSpider malware
The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Salt Typhoon has been observed utilizing a new “GhostSpider” backdoor in attacks against telecommunication service providers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/salt-typhoon-hackers-backdoor-telcos-with-new-ghostspider-malware/
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Bangkok busts SMS Blaster sending 1 million scam texts from a van
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in SecurityNewsThe Thai police, working together with Thailand’s largest telecommunications service provider, Advanced Info Service (AIS), located and busted the Chinese operators of an SMS blaster device that spammed fraudulent messages across Bangkok. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bangkok-busts-sms-blaster-sending-1-million-scam-texts-from-a-van/
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The Cyberthreats from China are Ongoing: U.S. Officials
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in SecurityNewsU.S. officials are pushing back at the ongoing threats posted by Chinese state-sponsored hackers like Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, which have infiltrated critical infrastructure organizations to steal information and preposition themselves in case of a conflict breaking out between the two countries. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/11/the-cyberthreats-from-china-are-ongoing-u-s-officials/
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Google Deindexes Chinese Propaganda Network
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in SecurityNewsGoogle’s threat intelligence team uncovered four Chinese PR firms operating networks of inauthentic news sites First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-deindexes-chinese/
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ISMG Editors: China-Linked Espionage Targets US Telecoms
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in SecurityNewsAlso: Highlights from ISMG’s Financial Services Summit and Key Insights on AI Adoption. On the 200th episode of the ISMG Editors’ Panel, the team discussed the major China-linked cyberespionage campaign targeting U.S. telecommunications, highlighted key insights from ISMG’s Financial Services Summit in New York and unpacked the top findings from ISMG’s annual Generative AI Survey.…
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North Korea’s Cyber Evolution and China’s Storm-2077 Unveiled by Microsoft Analysts
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in SecurityNews
Tags: attack, china, cyber, cybersecurity, intelligence, korea, microsoft, north-korea, strategy, tactics, threatMicrosoft Threat Intelligence analysts has shared new insights into North Korean and Chinese threat actors. At the recent CYBERWARCON, cybersecurity analyst shared details into the rise of attacks, the evolution of threat actor tactics, and the strategies employed by various state-backed groups. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/microsoft-insights-on-chinese-threat-actor/
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Google blocked 1,000-plus pro-China fake news websites from its search results
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in SecurityNewsBeijing’s propaganda buddies aren’t just using social media First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2024/11/25/google_beijing_propaganda/
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Imagine a land in which Big Tech can’t send you down online rabbit holes or use algorithms to overcharge you
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in SecurityNewsChina is trying to become that land, with a government crackdown on the things that make the internet no fun First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2024/11/25/china_algorithm_transparency/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 499 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
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in SecurityNewsA new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. A cyberattack on gambling giant IGT disrupted portions of its IT systems China-linked APT Gelsemiumuses a new Linux…
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China-linked APT Gelsemium uses a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane
China-linked APT Gelsemium has been observed using a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane in attacks targeting East and Southeast Asia. China-linked APT Gelsemium has deployed a previously unknown Linux backdoor, WolfsBane, in attacks targeting East and Southeast Asia, according to ESET. Victims include entities in Taiwan, the Philippines, and Singapore, as seen in VirusTotal samples from…
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Google Exposes GLASSBRIDGE: A Pro-China Influence Network of Fake News Sites
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in SecurityNewsGovernment agencies and non-governmental organizations in the United States have become the target of a nascent China state threat actor known as Storm-2077.The adversary, believed to be active since at least January 2024, has also conducted cyber attacks against the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), aviation, telecommunications, and financial and legal services across the world, Microsoft…
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US Cyber Force Surges Global Operations Amid Rising Threats
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in SecurityNewsUS Cyber Command Says National Mission Force was Deployed Over 85 Times in 2024. A secretive U.S. military unit has surged its support to partner nations across the globe in 2024 while combatting escalating threats from foreign adversaries like China and North Korea, a top official from Cyber Command told the Cyberwarcon summit on Friday.…
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ISMG Editors: China-Linked Espionage Targets U.S. Telecoms
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in SecurityNewsAlso: Highlights from ISMG’s Financial Services Summit and Key Insights on AI Adoption. On the 200th episode of the ISMG Editors’ Panel, the team discussed the major China-linked cyberespionage campaign targeting U.S. telecommunications, highlighted key insights from ISMG’s Financial Services Summit in New York, and unpacked the top findings from ISMG’s annual Generative AI Survey.…
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Novel WolfsBane backdoor leveraged in Chinese attacks against Linux systems
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/novel-wolfsbane-backdoor-leveraged-in-chinese-attacks-against-linux-systems
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North Korean IT worker scam linked to Chinese front companies
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/north-korean-it-worker-scam-linked-to-chinese-front-companies
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Google takes down fake news sites, wire services run by Chinese influence operation
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/google-fake-news-china-outlets
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China’s DeepSeek Aims to Rival OpenAI’s ‘Reasoning’ Model
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in SecurityNewsDeepSeek-R1 Struggles with Logic Tests and Is Vulnerable to Jailbreaks. Chinese artificial intelligence research company DeepSeek, funded by quantitative trading firms, introduced what it says is one of the first reasoning models to rival OpenAI o1. Reasoning models engage in self-fact checking and perform multi-step reasoning tasks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/chinas-deepseek-aims-to-rival-openais-reasoning-model-a-26883
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China’s Cyber Offensives Built in Lockstep With Private Firms, Academia
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in SecurityNewsThe scale of Beijing’s systematic tapping of private industry and universities to build up its formidable hacking and cyber-warfare capabilities is larger than previously understood. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/private-firms-academia-china-cyber-offense-strategy
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China-Linked TAG-112 Targets Tibetan Media with Cobalt Strike Espionage Campaign
A China-linked nation-state group called TAG-112 compromised Tibetan media and university websites in a new cyber espionage campaign designed to facilitate the delivery of the Cobalt Strike post-exploitation toolkit for follow-on information collection.”The attackers embedded malicious JavaScript in these sites, which spoofed a TLS certificate error to trick visitors into downloading a First seen on…
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China-linked hackers target Linux systems with new spying malware
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/china-hackers-linux-malware-target
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U.S. Agencies Seize Four North Korean IT Worker Scam Websites
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in SecurityNewsU.S. law enforcement agencies seized the websites of four North Korean fake IT worker scams that were uncovered by SentinelOne threat researchers and linked to a larger network of Chinese front companies. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/11/u-s-agencies-seize-four-north-korean-it-worker-scam-websites/
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In Other News: Nvidia Fixes Critical Flaw, Chinese Linux Backdoor, New Details in WhatsApp-NSO Lawsuit
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in SecurityNewsNoteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Nvidia fixes vulnerability with rare ‘critical’ severity, Chinese APT’s first Linux backdoor, new details emerge from the WhatsApp-NSO lawsuit. The post In Other News: Nvidia Fixes Critical Flaw, Chinese Linux Backdoor, New Details in WhatsApp-NSO Lawsuit appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to…
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Wohl aus China: Cyberangriff auf US-Provider schlimmster in der US-Geschichte
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in SecurityNewsVor etwa zwei Wochen ist in den USA ein Cyberangriff auf verschiedene Provider entdeckt worden, es ging um Spionage. Die Angreifer sind weiterhin im System. First seen on heise.de Jump to article: www.heise.de/news/Aus-China-Cyberangriff-auf-US-Provider-schlimmster-in-der-US-Geschichte-10097659.html