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The relationship between various TDSs and DNS associated with Vigorish Viper and the final landing experience for the user A Chinese organized crime syndicate with links to money laundering and...
The China-linked advanced persistent threat group codenamed APT41 is suspected to be using an "Advanced and upgraded version" of a known malware called StealthVector to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MoonWalk. The new variant of StealthVector - which is also referred to as DUSTPAN - has been codenamed DodgeBox by Zscaler ThreatLabz, which discovered the loader strain in April 2024.
A joint advisory from international cybersecurity agencies and law enforcement warns of the tactics used by the Chinese state-sponsored APT 40 hacking group and their hijacking of SOHO routers to launch cyberespionage attacks. Previously, APT40 was linked to a wave of attacks targeting over 250,000 Microsoft Exchange servers using the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities and campaigns involving exploiting flaws in widely used software, such as WinRAR. APT40 activity overview.
Chinese state-sponsored cyber group APT40 is amazingly fast at adapting public proof-of-concept exploits for vulnerabilities in widely used software, an advisory released by intelligence and cybersecurity agencies from eight countries warns. APT 40 "Appears to prefer exploiting vulnerable, public-facing infrastructure over techniques that require user interaction, such as phishing campaigns," and has been known to exploit vulnerabilities in software such as Log4J, Atlassian Confluence and Microsoft Exchange.
A China-nexus cyber espionage group named Velvet Ant has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Cisco NX-OS Software used in its switches to deliver malware. The vulnerability, tracked as...
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Cyberespionage groups have been using ransomware as a tactic to make attack attribution more challenging, distract defenders, or for a financial reward as a secondary goal to data theft. A joint report from SentinelLabs and Recorded Future analysts presents the case of ChamelGang, a suspected Chinese advanced persistent threat that has been using the CatB ransomware strain in attacks that impact high-profile organizations worldwide.
Threat actors with suspected ties to China and North Korea have been linked to ransomware and data encryption attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure sectors across the world...
A previously undocumented Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed SneakyChef has been linked to an espionage campaign primarily targeting government entities across Asia and EMEA (Europe, Middle...
Cyber espionage groups associated with China have been linked to a long-running campaign that has infiltrated several telecom operators located in a single Asian country at least since 2021. "The...