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Coding similarities suggest a possible link with multiple campaigns over several years. What isn't clear is whether all these campaigns have been waged by the same group, or whether multiple groups have access to the same Mikroceen malware family.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and cybersecurity experts believe Chinese hackers are trying to steal research on developing a vaccine against coronavirus, two newspapers reported Monday. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are planning to release a warning about the Chinese hacking as governments and private firms race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, the Wall Street Journal and New York Times reported.
Naikon, a Chinese APT group that disappeared after its activities were disclosed in 2015, has been rediscovered and may have remained active but unrecognized since the 2015 reports. Researchers have uncovered evidence of a five-year stealth campaign against similar targets in the same geographical area that they believe to be conducted by Naikon.
Security firm Check Point has found evidence that a Chinese government-linked hacking group has been infiltrating and gathering information on governments from around the Asia-Pacific region for more than five years. The group, known as Naikon Advanced Persistent Threat was first discovered in 2015, and after a report went public that named one of its members the group went silent.
Since that wave of panic, United States intelligence agencies have assessed that Chinese operatives helped push the messages across platforms, according to six American officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to publicly discuss intelligence matters. The amplification techniques are alarming to officials because the disinformation showed up as texts on many Americans' cellphones, a tactic that several of the officials said they had not seen before.
A Chinese threat actor tracked as Evil Eye has updated the tools it uses to target Uyghurs, a minority Turkic ethnic group in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China, incident response and threat intelligence firm Volexity reports. Starting January 2020 the threat actor resumed operations, with signs of activity identified "Across multiple previously compromised Uyghur websites."
Hackers working on behalf of the Vietnamese government attempted to break into Chinese organisations heading up the country's coronavirus response, according to infosec outfit FireEye. APT32, a hacking group previously linked to the Vietnamese government, tried to access the personal and professional email addresses of staff at China's Ministry of Emergency Management and the government of Wuhan, where it is believed the pandemic started, according to a report released by FireEye yesterday.
A Chinese hacking group has been found leveraging a new exploit chain in iOS devices to install a spyware implant targeting the Uyghur Muslim minority in China's autonomous region of Xinjiang. Watering Holes Attacks Targeting Uyghur Websites The malware campaign previously exploited as many as 14 vulnerabilities spanning from iOS 10 all the way through iOS 12 over a period of at least two years via a small collection of malicious websites that were used as a watering hole to hack into the devices.
A Chinese hacking group has been found leveraging a new exploit chain in iOS devices to install a spyware implant targeting the Uyghur Muslim minority in China's autonomous region of Xinjiang. Watering Holes Attacks Targeting Uyghur Websites The malware campaign previously exploited as many as 14 vulnerabilities spanning from iOS 10 all the way through iOS 12 over a period of at least two years via a small collection of malicious websites that were used as a watering hole to hack into the devices.
Far from pausing operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, China's notorious Winnti hacking group has been busy launching new attacks on targets, researchers say. QuoIntelligence documents a second campaign targeting an unnamed German chemical company, another sector Winnti has taken a strong interest in after a string of attacks dating back to 2013.