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This is the first incident where a threat actor from the country appears to be laying the groundwork for disruptive attacks in the future, researchers say.
The threat actors used sophisticated tactics to evade detection during their malicious activities
A stealthy China-based group managed to establish a persistent foothold into critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S. and Guam without being detected, Microsoft and the "Five Eyes" nations said on Wednesday
Defeating Volt Typhoon will be hard, because the attacks look like legit Windows admin activity China has attacked critical infrastructure organizations in the US using a "living off the land" attack that hides offensive action among everyday Windows admin activity.…
According to Microsoft and researchers, the state-sponsored threat actor could very well be setting up a contingency plan for disruptive attacks on the US in the wake of an armed conflict in the South China Sea.
Microsoft says a Chinese cyberespionage group it tracks as Volt Typhoon has been targeting critical infrastructure organizations across the United States, including Guam, since at least mid-2021. [...]
Illicit North Korean IT workers send the money they made from abroad to fund Kim’s regime, US Treasury Department said
They do your work – usually from Russia and China – then send their wages home to pay for missiles When businesses go shopping for IT services, North Korea-controlled companies probably struggle to make it into many lists.…
China has banned U.S. chip maker Micron from selling its products to Chinese companies working on key infrastructure projects, citing national security risks
US memory-maker forecasts single-digit revenue impact, and ongoing gloom in PC and smartmobe markets US memory-maker Micron has no idea why Chinese authorities have decided its products represent a security risk, or which customers it's not allowed to sell to.…
The Chinese Communist Party has told tech operators in China to stop purchasing Micron products