Security News

Meta Disrupts Influence Ops Targeting Romania, Azerbaijan, and Taiwan with Fake Personas
2025-05-30 04:09

Meta on Thursday revealed that it disrupted three covert influence operations originating from Iran, China, and Romania during the first quarter of 2025. "We detected and removed these campaigns...

MirrorFace Targets Japan and Taiwan with ROAMINGMOUSE and Upgraded ANEL Malware
2025-05-08 10:32

The nation-state threat actor known as MirrorFace has been observed deploying malware dubbed ROAMINGMOUSE as part of a cyber espionage campaign directed against government agencies and public...

UAT-5918 Targets Taiwan's Critical Infrastructure Using Web Shells and Open-Source Tools
2025-03-21 13:54

Threat hunters have uncovered a new threat actor named UAT-5918 that has been attacking critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan since at least 2023. "UAT-5918, a threat actor believed to be...

Taiwan Bans DeepSeek AI Over National Security Concerns, Citing Data Leakage Risks
2025-02-04 09:32

Taiwan has become the latest country to ban government agencies from using Chinese startup DeepSeek's Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform, citing security risks. "Government agencies and...

RedDelta Deploys PlugX Malware to Target Mongolia and Taiwan in Espionage Campaigns
2025-01-10 09:31

Mongolia, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia have been targeted by the China-nexus RedDelta threat actor to deliver a customized version of the PlugX backdoor between July 2023 and December...

Taiwan reportedly claims China-linked ship damaged one of its submarine cables
2025-01-06 03:26

More evidence of Beijing’s liking for grey zone warfare, or a murky claim with odd African entanglements? Taiwanese authorities have asserted that a China-linked ship entered its waters and...

SmokeLoader Malware Resurfaces, Targeting Manufacturing and IT in Taiwan
2024-12-02 14:01

Taiwanese entities in manufacturing, healthcare, and information technology sectors have become the target of a new campaign distributing the SmokeLoader malware. "SmokeLoader is well-known for...

China claims Taiwan, not civilians, behind web vandalism
2024-09-25 01:25

Taipei laughs it off – and so does Beijing, which says political slurs hit sites nobody reads anyway Taiwan has dismissed Chinese allegations that its military sponsored a recent wave of...

TIDRONE Espionage Group Targets Taiwan Drone Makers in Cyber Campaign
2024-09-09 05:30

A previously undocumented threat actor with likely ties to Chinese-speaking groups has predominantly singled out drone manufacturers in Taiwan as part of a cyber attack campaign that commenced in...

Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan and U.S. NGO with MgBot and MACMA Malware
2024-07-23 12:28

Organizations in Taiwan and a U.S. non-governmental organization based in China have been targeted by a Beijing-affiliated state-sponsored hacking group called Daggerfly using an upgraded set of malware tools. Daggerfly, also known by the names Bronze Highland and Evasive Panda, was previously observed using the MgBot modular malware framework in connection with an intelligence-gathering mission aimed at telecom service providers in Africa.