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China covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to China, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
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Off-Brand Android Devices Come Infrected With A TrojanA botnet infected more than 1 million off-brand Android devices manufactured in China, reached consumers with a backdoor already installed. Scammers used the devices for programmatic ad fraud, click fraud and converting the devices into a residential proxy.
Prosecutors Accuse Yin Kecheng of 2024 Department of Treasury HackingU.S. federal authorities Tuesday seized digital infrastructure traced to two Shanghai hackers operating on behalf of the Chinese government as "Silk Typhoon," responsible for a late 2024 incursion into the Department of Treasury.
Microsoft Sees Cyberespionage Group Lifting API Keys and Credentials for CustomersA prolific cyberespionage group tied to Beijing appears to have increased its targeting of widely used IT tools and service providers. Microsoft said the group's tactics now include stealing API keys and credentials from providers to gain access to providers' downstream customers' infrastructure.
iSoon CEO, COO and Sales Director Among 10 Indicted for Cyberespionage, Wire FraudA U.S. federal grand jury in Manhattan indicted the senior leadership of a Chinese private sector hacking contractor iSoon for supporting Beijing cyberespionage operations roughly a year after internal documents from the firm leaked online.