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Supposed Taiwanese State Hackers Unmasked by China's Ministry of State SecurityNothing beats messing with your adversaries' heads than taking a page from their psychological operations playbook. Witness China's Ministry of State Security unmasking four Taiwanese government hackers in a move borrowed from the U.S. government's playbook.
UAT-5918 Breaches Taiwan's Critical Sectors Using N-Day Flaws for CyberespionageHackers with ties to China-based hacking groups including Volt Typhoon are breaching Taiwan's critical infrastructure by exploiting unpatched web and application servers as entry points for a cyberespionage campaign. Cisco Talos threat hunters identified the new threat actor as UAT-5918.
Researchers Examined 7 LLMs to Determine How they Dealt with Flawed CodeLarge language models trained on flawed data tend to replicate those mistakes, researchers found. "In bug-prone tasks, the likelihood of LLMs generating correct code is nearly the same as generating buggy code," found researchers from institutions including the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
MirrorFace Expands Operations, Revives Anel Backdoor for EspionageA threat actor associated with Chinese cyberespionage campaigns against Japan stepped outside its East Asian comfort zone to target a European organization with a refreshed set of hacking tools. A hacking group tracked as MirrorFace and Earth Kasha deployed a backdoor once exclusively used by APT10.
AI Giants Also Like 'Fair Use' Exemptions for Copyrighted MaterialOpenAI and Google laid out visions for regulation in response to the Trump administration's AI Action Plan, which aims to help the United States maintain technological lead over China. Both companies want Biden-era export controls lightened.