China rated Canada’s most aggressive cyber threat • The Register A report by Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) revealed that state-backed actors have collected valuable information from government networks for five years. The biennial National Cyber Threat Assessment described the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) cyber operations against Canada as Read more…
China Accuses U.S. of Fabricating Volt Typhoon to Hide Its Own Hacking Campaigns China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) has doubled down on claims that the threat actor known as the Volt Typhoon is a fabrication of the U.S. and its allies. The agency, in collaboration with the Read more…
CIA seeks informants in North Korea, Iran and China The US Central Intelligence Agency has launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea. The organisation posted messages on its social media accounts in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on Wednesday, instructing users how to contact it Read more…
Google Takes Down Influence Campaigns Tied to China, Indonesia, and Russia Google has revealed that it took down 1,320 YouTube channels and 1,177 Blogger blogs as part of a coordinated influence operation connected to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). “The coordinated inauthentic network uploaded content in Chinese and English Read more…
Researchers Warn of Chinese-Aligned Hackers Targeting South China Sea Countries Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented threat group called Unfading Sea Haze that’s believed to have been active since 2018. The intrusion singled out high-level organizations in South China Sea countries, particularly military and government targets, Bitdefender said in Read more…
Ex-Google Engineer Arrested for Stealing AI Technology Secrets for China The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the indictment of a 38-year-old Chinese national and a California resident of allegedly stealing proprietary information from Google while covertly working for two China-based tech companies. Linwei Ding (aka Leon Ding), a former Read more…
Mustang Panda Hackers Targets Philippines Government Amid South China Sea Tensions Nov 21, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Cyber Espionage The China-linked Mustang Panda actor has been linked to a cyber attack targeting a Philippines government entity amid rising tensions between the two countries over the disputed South China Sea. Palo Alto Read more…
Indian Hack-for-Hire Group Targeted U.S., China, and More for Over 10 Years An Indian hack-for-hire group targeted the U.S., China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Kuwait, and other countries as part of a wide-ranging espionage, surveillance, and disruptive operation for over a decade. The Appin Software Security (aka Appin Security Group), according to Read more…