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High-profile entities in India have become the target of malicious campaigns orchestrated by the Pakistan-based Transparent Tribe threat actor and a previously unknown China-nexus cyber espionage group dubbed IcePeony

Chinese APT groups increasingly lean on open source platform SoftEther VPN for network access. Now they're lending their know-how to Iranian counterparts.

Also: Ransomware Hackers Demand BaguettesThis week, Chinese spying, Italian hacking scandal, an FBI warning and Okta fixed a bug. Google mandated MFA, zero days in PTZOptics and a Mexican airport didn't pay ransom. Cybercriminals demanded baguettes, breach lettersin Ohio and Germany will shield white hats. The Italian DPA rebuked a bank.

TikTok Technology Canada, Inc, the subsidiary of Chinese group ByteDance, will have to cease its operations in Canada

The China-aligned threat actor known as MirrorFace has been observed targeting a diplomatic organization in the European Union, marking the first time the hacking crew has targeted an organization in the region

Campaigns like Silver Fox and Void Arachne are deploying the framework, using social media and messaging platforms to lure in victims.

In case today’s news cycle wasn’t shocking enough, here’s a gem from Sophos Fresh from a series of serious reports detailing its five-year battle with Chinese cyberattackers, Sophos has dropped a curious story about users of a popular infostealer-cum-RAT targeting a niche group of victims.…

Burning Issues Include Russian Hacking, China's Hitting Critical InfrastructureFour years since Trump's last term, the cyber picture looks - in many ways - markedly different. How will the incoming administration tackle Russian disinformation and cyber operations against NATO, rampant Chinese cyber espionage, and cybercriminals and ransomware continuing to disrupt businesses?

CyberEspionage 'Salt Typhoon' Operation Infiltrated Telcos' InfrastructureThe impact of a major U.S. national security breach attributed to China reportedly continues to expand, as investigators probe the infiltration of telecommunications infrastructure and eavesdropping on national security and policymaking officials' mobile phone communications.

Alleged intrusion spotted in June Chinese government cyberspies Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singapore Telecommunications over the summer as part of their ongoing attacks against critical infrastructure operators.…

Chinese-speaking adversaries are using a fresh Android banking Trojan to take over devices and initiate fraudulent money transfers from financial institutions across Latin America, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sought assistance from the public in connection with an investigation involving the breach of edge devices and computer networks belonging to companies and government entities

A Which? report outlines serious privacy concerns with smart device products including air fryers

UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published an analysis of a Linux malware named "Pigmy Goat" created to backdoor Sophos XG firewall devices as part of recently disclosed attacks by Chinese threat actors. [...]