Tag: sponsored cyber activities
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Slashdot: China Outs US Hackers for Attack, a New Frontier in Spy Games
Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/15/2012216/china-outs-us-hackers-for-attack-a-new-frontier-in-spy-games Source: Slashdot Title: China Outs US Hackers for Attack, a New Frontier in Spy Games Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant escalation in cyber tensions between the US and China, with China publicly naming alleged NSA hackers who targeted the Asian Winter Games. This marks…
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Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-5918 targets critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-5918-targets-critical-infra-in-taiwan/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-5918 targets critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan Feedly Summary: UAT-5918, a threat actor believed to be motivated by establishing long-term access for information theft, uses a combination of web shells and open-sourced tooling to conduct post-compromise activities to establish persistence in victim environments for information theft and…
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The Register: Malware variants that target operational tech systems are very rare – but 2 were found last year
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/new_ics_malware_dragos/ Source: The Register Title: Malware variants that target operational tech systems are very rare – but 2 were found last year Feedly Summary: Fuxnet and FrostyGoop were both used in the Russia-Ukraine war Two new malware variants specifically designed to disrupt critical industrial processes were set loose on operational technology networks last…
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The Register: Mysterious Palo Alto firewall reboots? You’re not alone
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/palo_alto_firewall/ Source: The Register Title: Mysterious Palo Alto firewall reboots? You’re not alone Feedly Summary: Limited-edition hotfix to get wider release before end of month Administrators of Palo Alto Networks’ firewalls have complained the equipment falls over unexpectedly, and while a fix has bee prepared, it’s not yet generally available.… AI Summary and…
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The Register: Russia’s Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/russia_star_blizzard_whatsapp/ Source: The Register Title: Russia’s Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts Feedly Summary: FSB cyberspies venture into a new app for espionage, Microsoft says Star Blizzard, a prolific phishing crew backed by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), conducted a new campaign aiming to compromise WhatsApp accounts and gain access…
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The Register: How Androxgh0st rose from Mozi’s ashes to become ‘most prevalent malware’
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/24/androxgh0st_botnet_mozi/ Source: The Register Title: How Androxgh0st rose from Mozi’s ashes to become ‘most prevalent malware’ Feedly Summary: Botnet’s operators ‘driven by similar interests as that of the Chinese state’ After the Mozi botnet mysteriously disappeared last year, a new and seemingly more powerful botnet, Androxgh0st, rose from its ashes and has quickly…
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Slashdot: Feds Warn SMS Authentication Is Unsafe
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/12/19/2132228/feds-warn-sms-authentication-is-unsafe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Feds Warn SMS Authentication Is Unsafe Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses a serious security breach in U.S. telecommunications by hackers associated with the Chinese government, allowing them to intercept unencrypted communications. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued warnings against using…