Security News

China-Linked Cyber Threat Group Hacks US Treasury Department
2025-01-02 19:45

Threat actors entered Treasury Department systems through BeyondTrust. The breach may be related to the Salt Typhoon attacks reported throughout the year.

China's cyber intrusions took a sinister turn in 2024
2024-12-31 12:15

From targeted espionage to pre-positioning - not that they are mutually exclusive The Chinese government's intrusions into America's telecommunications and other critical infrastructure networks...

More telcos confirm China Salt Typhoon security breaches as White House weighs in
2024-12-30 23:30

Intrusions allowed Beijing to 'geolocate millions of individuals, record phone calls at will' AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies confirmed that Chinese government-backed snoops accessed...

Trump administration wants to go on cyber offensive against China
2024-12-16 19:30

The US has never attacked Chinese critical infrastructure before, right? President-elect Donald Trump's team wants to go on the offensive against America's cyber adversaries, though it isn't clear...

Researchers Uncover Espionage Tactics of China-Based APT Groups in Southeast Asia
2024-12-11 11:00

A suspected China-based threat actor has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting high-profile organizations in Southeast Asia since at least October 2023. The espionage campaign...

China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House
2024-12-09 19:01

No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets? Chinese cyberspies recorded "very senior" US political figures' calls, according to White House security boss Anne Neuberger.…

U.S. Citizen Sentenced for Spying on Behalf of China's Intelligence Agency
2024-11-29 05:31

A 59-year-old U.S. citizen who immigrated from the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been sentenced to four years in prison for conspiring to act as a spy for the country and sharing sensitive...

China has utterly pwned 'thousands and thousands' of devices at US telcos
2024-11-25 13:15

Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House The Biden administration on Friday hosted telco execs to chat about China's recent attacks on the...

Google blocked 1,000-plus pro-China fake news websites from its search results
2024-11-25 06:29

Beijing's propaganda buddies aren't just using social media Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has blocked a network China-related firms from its search results for operating fake news services...

Google Exposes GLASSBRIDGE: A Pro-China Influence Network of Fake News Sites
2024-11-23 12:10

Government 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...