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US charges Chinese nationals with cyber-spying on pretty much everyone for Beijing
2024-03-25 22:15

Plus: Alleged front sanctioned, UK blames PRC for Electoral Commission theft, and does America need a Cyber Force? The United States on Monday accused seven Chinese men of breaking into computer...

Beijing-backed cyberspies attacked 70+ orgs across 23 countries
2024-03-19 21:00

Chinese cyberspies have compromised at least 70 organizations, mostly government entities, and targeted more than 116 victims across the globe, according to security researchers. "One of the threat actor's favorite tactics involves using its malicious access to government infrastructure to attack other government entities, abusing the infrastructure to host malicious payloads, proxy attack traffic, and send spear-phishing emails to government-related targets using compromised government email accounts," Joseph Chen and Daniel Lunghi said in research published on Monday.

Giant leak reveals Chinese infosec vendor I-Soon is one of Beijing's cyber-attackers for hire
2024-02-22 06:31

A cache of stolen document posted to GitHub appears to reveal how a Chinese infosec vendor named I-Soon offers rent-a-hacker services for Beijing. Analysis of the docs by infosec vendor SentinelOne characterizes I-Soon as "a company who competes for low-value hacking contracts from many government agencies."

US agencies warn made-in-China drones might help Beijing snoop on the world
2024-01-19 02:45

Two US government agencies, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation, warned on Wednesday that drones made in China could be used to gather information on critical infrastructure. How Wi-Fi spy drones snooped on financial firm FCC suggests licensing 5GHz spectrum to drone operators Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery unit, designs bigger bird to deliver pasta, faster US lawmakers have Chinese LiDAR on their threat-detection radar.

Beijing fosters foreign influencers to spread its propaganda
2023-11-27 03:31

China is offering foreign influencers access to its vast market in return for content that sings its praises and helps to spreads Beijing's desired narratives more widely around the world, according to think tank the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. In a policy brief [PDF] published today titled "Singing from the CCP's songsheet," ASPI analysts Fergus Ryan and Daria Impiombato - along with independent contractor on contemporary Chinese politics and media Matt Knight - analyzed the output of over 120 foreign influencers who operate active accounts on Chinese video-streaming platforms such as Bilibili, Douyin, Xigua, and Toutiao.

Beijing reportedly asked Hikvision to identify fasting students in Muslim-majority province
2023-11-14 05:59

University managment app also tracked library activity, holidays, and much more US-based research group IPVM has accused Chinese video surveillance equipment company Hikvision of engaging with a...

Microsoft, recently busted by Beijing, thinks it's across China's ever-changing cyber-offensive
2023-09-08 06:32

Microsoft, which earlier this week admitted not being able to detect a Chinese attack on its own infrastructure, has published a report [PDF] titled "Digital threats from East Asia increase in breadth and effectiveness." In the report, Redmond's Threat Intelligence group expounds on its fresh insight into evolving online aggressions from both China and North Korea. The report details the work of a group Microsoft has named "Raspberry Typhoon" that "Typically conducts intelligence collection and malware execution" and likes to target ministries that oversee defense, intelligence, economic matters, and trade.

Beijing wants to make the Great Firewall of China even greater
2023-07-17 18:28

Over the weekend Chinese president Xi Jinping gave a directive to officials to build a Beijing-supervised "Security barrier" around its internet. According to state-sponsored media republished by the government, Xi said it was "Essential to uphold the Party's leadership over the internet sector."

Meet TeamT5, the Taiwanese infosec outfit taking on Beijing and defeating its smears
2023-06-05 02:33

In late September 2021, staff at Taiwanese threat intelligence company TeamT5 noticed something very nasty: a fake news report accusing it of conducting phishing attacks against Japan's government and local tech companies. "We can't keep off the internet, even when on holiday. The attackers weren't counting on that," threat intelligence analyst Che-Cheng Chang told The Reg when we dropped in to TeamT5's Taipei offices last week during the Computex conference.

Beijing raids consultancy, State-sponsored media warns more to come
2023-05-09 07:40

Beijing sent a message to foreign businesses this week when it launched an investigation into Shanghai-based Capvision Partners on the grounds of national security, accusing the consultancy firm of failure to prevent espionage. State-sponsored broadcaster China Central Television reported that the raid led to the arrest of a senior researcher from a large state-owned enterprise in China - for providing Capvision's foreign clients with intelligence.