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Hackers Using Password Spraying to Steal User Microsoft Account CredentialsMultiple Chinese hacking groups are using a botnet named for a TCP routing port number to conduct password spraying attacks, warned Microsoft Thursday. The Quad7 operators are almost certainly located in China. Botnet activity can be difficult to monitor.
The sophisticated Chinese cyberattacks of today rest on important groundwork laid during the pandemic and before.
Sophos provided details of changing tactics by Chinese APT groups over a five-year period, involving a shift towards stealthy, targeted attacks
Microsoft has revealed that a Chinese threat actor it tracks as Storm-0940 is leveraging a botnet called Quad7 to orchestrate highly evasive password spray attacks
Sophos disclosed today a series of reports dubbed "Pacific Rim" that detail how the cybersecurity company has been sparring with Chinese threat actors for over 5 years as they increasingly targeted networking devices worldwide, including those from Sophos. [...]
Volt Typhoon, APT31, APT41 Targeted Sophos Edge DevicesFirewall maker Sophos disclosed Thursday a half-decade worth of efforts by multiple nation-state Chinese hacking groups to infiltrate its appliances, calling the admission a wake-up call for the cybersecurity industry. Targeting firewall appliances is a known nation state tactic as hackers
Microsoft warns that Chinese threat actors use the Quad7 botnet, compromised of hacked SOHO routers, to steal credentials in password-spray attacks. [...]
Chinese APTs lurked in Canadian government networks for five years — and that's just one among a whole host of threats from Chinese bad actors.
A report by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security described China as the most sophisticated cyber threat to Canada, also identified India as an emerging threat
On the heels of a Chinese APT eavesdropping on phone calls made by Trump and Harris campaign staffers, Beijing says foreign nations have mounted an extensive seafaring espionage effort.
India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time A report by Canada's Communications Security Establishment (CSE) revealed that state-backed actors have collected valuable information from government networks for five years.…
Release the Kraken! China has accused unnamed foreign entities of using devices hidden in the seabed and bobbing on the waves to learn its maritime secrets.…
A professional-grade tool set, appropriately dubbed "CloudScout," is infiltrating cloud apps like Microsoft Outlook and Google Drive, targeting sensitive info for exfiltration.
E-waste From Gen AI Hardware May Equal 2.5M Tons Per Year by 2030The technology powering chatbots could increase electronic trash by a thousand times by the end of the decade, warn researchers. The researchers from the Cambridge University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences suggest mitigation methods that could cut the e-waste by up to 86%.
The nation leads in the number of capture-the-flag tournaments sponsored by government and industry — a strategy from which Western nations could learn.
US Treasury Issues Regulations Restricting Investments in Foreign Semiconductors, AIThe U.S. Department of Treasury published final regulations Monday for investors planting dollars abroad that aims to restrict investments from the United States into sensitive technologies developed by foreign adversaries while continuing to ensure open investments practices remain intact.
'They're taunting us,' investigator says and it looks like it's working The feds are investigating Chinese government-linked cyberspies breaking into the infrastructure of US telecom companies, as reports suggest Salt Typhoon - the same crew believed to be behind those hacks - has also been targeting phones belonging to people affiliated with US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, along with Republican candidate Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance.…
Cyber Safety Review Board to Examine Beijing-Linked Telecom BreachesA key federal cybersecurity panel will investigate Chinese-linked hacks into United States telecom networks and wiretapping infrastructure amid growing concerns of vulnerabilities embedded into the nation's communications infrastructure, an official told Information Security Media Group.