Security News

Wyden blocks Trump's CISA boss nominee, blames cyber agency for 'actively hiding info' about telecom insecurity
2025-04-09 21:13

It worked for in 2018 with Chris Krebs. Will it work again? Uncle Sam's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, has been "actively hiding information" about American...

Chinese Hackers Breach Asian Telecom, Remain Undetected for Over 4 Years
2025-03-25 11:54

A major telecommunications company located in Asia was allegedly breached by Chinese state-sponsored hackers who spent over four years inside its systems, according to a new report from incident...

Data breach at Japanese telecom giant NTT hits 18,000 companies
2025-03-07 13:48

Japanese telecommunication services provider NTT Communications Corporation (NTT) is warning almost 18,000 corporate customers that their information was compromised during a cybersecurity incident. [...]

PHP-CGI RCE Flaw Exploited in Attacks on Japan's Tech, Telecom, and E-Commerce Sectors
2025-03-07 04:42

Threat actors of unknown provenance have been attributed to a malicious campaign predominantly targeting organizations in Japan since January 2025. "The attacker has exploited the vulnerability...

Cisco Confirms Salt Typhoon Exploited CVE-2018-0171 to Target U.S. Telecom Networks
2025-02-21 07:38

Cisco has confirmed that a Chinese threat actor known as Salt Typhoon gained access by likely abusing a known security flaw tracked as CVE-2018-0171, and by obtaining legitimate victim login...

Chinese hackers use custom malware to spy on US telecom networks
2025-02-20 16:11

The Chinese state-sponsored Salt Typhoon hacking group uses a custom utility called JumbledPath to stealthily monitor network traffic and potentially capture sensitive data in cyberattacks on U.S....

Chinese hackers breach more US telecoms via unpatched Cisco routers
2025-02-14 12:56

China's Salt Typhoon hackers are still actively targeting telecoms worldwide and have breached more U.S. telecommunications providers via unpatched Cisco IOS XE network devices. [...]

US sanctions Chinese firm, hacker behind telecom and Treasury hacks
2025-01-17 16:57

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Yin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based hacker for his role in the recent Treasury breach and a company...

FCC orders telecoms to secure their networks after Salt Tyhpoon hacks
2025-01-17 16:05

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered U.S. telecommunications carriers to secure their networks following last year's Salt Typhoon security breaches. [...]

White House links ninth telecom breach to Chinese hackers
2024-12-27 20:02

A White House official has added a ninth U.S. telecommunications company to the list of telecoms breached in a Chinese hacking campaign that impacted dozens of countries. [...]