Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

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Chinese Attackers Among Those Tied to Attempted Exploits of FortiSIEM AppliancesCritical vulnerabilities in edge devices are continuing to be discovered by security researchers and rapidly targeted by attackers. Lately, this includes a critical vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiSIEM appliances, which Chinese and other hackers began targeting just two days post-patch.

CISA Says Agencies Believed They Patched Cisco Flaws But Had NotThe U.S. cyber defense agency issued new patch guidance after discovering multiple federal agencies failed to properly secure Cisco firewalls, leaving federal networks exposed to exploitation by a suspected Chinese threat actor despite a prior emergency directive.

Also, North Korean Hackers Remotely Wipe Android DevicesThis week, the U.K. government probed Chinese electric buses for a kill switch, APT37 abused Google's Find Hub in South Korea, Conduent said its January hack will cost it more, Hyundai disclosed a breach and Patch Tuesday. OWASP added two new categories to its Top 10 web application vulnerabilities.

Chinese Hackers Target European Diplomats with LNK File FlawChinese nation-state hackers are exploiting a Windows vulnerability to hack European diplomatic outposts, say security researchers - but operating system giant Microsoft says the flaw doesn't merit a patch. Hackers used a flaw already compromised by North Korea and Russia.

Concerns Grow Over F5 Hacking Amid Stalled Government ShutdownFederal officials are scrambling to contain nation-state hackers exploiting stolen source code from networking devices and software maker F5 amid staffing pressures created by the ongoing government shutdown. Stolen files reportedly include undisclosed vulnerabilities F5 had been researching.

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Also, O Canada, Oh Brother and More Probable Chinese HackingThis week, ransomware kills, Salt Typhoon hit Canada, Russian backdoors, SAP and Citrix patches, China hackers in the oil and energy sector. Brother printers have an unfixable flaw. Ransomware hit a U.S. dairy cooperative. Hackers in Albania and Oxford. European lawmakers heard cybersecurity advice.

More Evidence Surfaces of Chinese Hackers Targeting Ivanti ProductsA suspected Chinese cyberespionage operation is behind a spate of malware left on VPN appliances made by Ivanti. The threat actor used a critical security vulnerability the Utah company patched in February. "We are aware of a limited number of customers whose appliances have been exploited."

CISA Publishes Anatomy of Advanced Ivanti VPN MalwareHackers using Trojans connected to a malware family deployed by Chinese nation-state hackers are actively exploiting a now-patched vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure appliances. The malware "contains capabilities of a rootkit, dropper, backdoor, bootkit, proxy and tunneler."

Telecoms Still Falling to Chinese Nation-State Hacking Group, Researchers WarnA Chinese cyber espionage group tracked as Salt Typhoon and tied to the mass hacking of telecommunications networks in the U.S. and dozens of other countries has been continuing to seek and hack unpatched equipment, including exploiting two long-patched vulnerabilities in Cisco gear.

Chinese Hackers Hitting Unpatched Products From Microsoft, Sophos, Fortinet, IvantiChinese nation-state hackers who surreptitiously gained "broad and full" access to telecommunications networks in the U.S. and dozens of other countries have regularly exploited known flaws in their networking gear that the victims failed to patch, security experts have warned.

Suspected Chinese Attackers Again Tied to Active Exploitation of VPN AppliancesVPN appliance maker Ivanti has begun releasing updates to patch a zero-day vulnerability being actively exploited by suspected nation-state attackers. Experts are warning users to immediately update their devices, after factory resetting them to flush any malware attackers may have installed.

No Patch Yet Available for Second Zero Day to Be Recently Found in VoIP SoftwareSecurity researchers warn of a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in widely used VoIP telephony software, a discovery that comes as the United States struggles to evict Chinese nation-state hackers from telecom networks. The software is the MiCollab software suite from Canada-based Mitel.

Targeted Versa Software Used by Service Providers to Manage Wide Area NetworksChinese nation-state attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director software, used by major internet and managed service providers to deploy, configure and monitor network infrastructure, security experts warn. Versa updated its software last month to patch the flaw.

Chinese Cyber Espionage Campiagn Is 'Much Larger Than Previously Known'Chinese hackers breached thousands of vulnerable Fortigate network security appliances in a cyber-espionage campaign "much larger than previously known," a Dutch cybersecurity agency warned Tuesday. Even fully patched FortiGate devices may still be infected.

Attackers Exploit Old Flaw, Hijack TP-Link Archer RoutersHalf a dozen different botnets are prowling the internet for TP-Link-brand Wi-Fi routers unpatched since last summer with the goal of commandeering them into joining distributed denial-of-service attacks. Chinese router manufacture TP-Link in June patched a command injection vulnerability.

UNC5174 Exploited F5 BIG-IP and ScreenConnect VulnerabilitiesA likely Chinese hacker-for-hire used high-profile vulnerabilities in a campaign targeting a slew of Southeast Asian and U.S. governmental and research organizations, says threat intel firm Mandiant. Rapid exploitation of newly patched flaws has become a hallmark of Chinese threat actors.