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'Rare Tools' Employed in 'Operation Diplomatic Specter,' Threat Researchers FindSecurity researchers warn that an active Chinese global cyberespionage campaign continues to target at least nine different governments across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and specializes in gaining and maintaining persistence to email servers to amass intelligence, sometimes daily.

The China-linked threat actor known as Sharp Panda has expanded their targeting to include governmental organizations in Africa and the Caribbean as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign

Governmental entities in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia are the target of a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Diplomatic Specter since at least late 2022

One of China's biggest espionage operations owes its success to longstanding Microsoft Exchange bugs, open source tools, and old malware.

Unfading Sea Haze adept at staying under the radar Bitdefender says it has tracked down and exposed an online gang that has been operating since 2018 nearly without a trace – and likely working for Chinese interests.…

Security researchers are warning that China-linked state-backed hackers are increasingly relying on vast proxy networks of virtual private servers and compromised connected devices for cyberespionage operations. [...]

Volt Typhoon and other Chinese cyber espionage actors are relying on operational relay box (ORB) networks, Mandiant has observed

Beijing's Tough-to-Track Mesh Networks Built Using Hacked Devices, Mandiant WarnsMultiple Chinese cyber espionage groups, including Volt Typhoon, are using operational relay box networks, aka ORBs, built using leased proxy servers and compromised or end-of-life routers, to avoid detection and complicate efforts to track their activities, warns Google Cloud's Mandiant.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented threat group called Unfading Sea Haze that's believed to have been active since 2018

Mandiant warns that defenders must rethink how to thwart Chinese cyber-espionage groups now using professional "infrastructure-as-a-service" operational relay box networks of virtual private servers as well as hijacked smart devices and routers.

Bitdefender Exposes Unfading Sea Haze's Advanced Cyberespionage TacticsA previously undetected, suspected Chinese-state threat actor has been targeting governments in the South China Sea for years with a remote access Trojan that has been a favorite of Chinese hackers since its creation almost two decades ago, say security researchers from Bitdefender.

A previously unknown threat actor dubbed "Unfading Sea Haze" has been targeting military and government entities in the South China Sea region since 2018, remaining undetected all  this time. [...]

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new cryptojacking campaign that employs vulnerable drivers to disable known security solutions (EDRs) and thwart detection in what's called a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attack

The signatories of these new commitments in safe AI developments include Chinese and Emirati organizations

Forced selloff case will likely be appealed again ... see you in (Supreme) court The US Department of Justice and Bytedance spent a rare moment unified on Friday when the duo asked for a fast-tracked court schedule for the Chinese short video apps divest or ban case.…

Two Chinese nationals have been charged with laundering over $73m in a pig butchering scheme

Industry reportedly pressuring digital ministry not to cut the cord Germany may soon remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from its 5G networks, according to media reports.…