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Alleged Nation-State Hacker Being Held in Houston JailU.S. prosecutors allege 34-year-old Chinese national Xu Zewei operated under China’s Ministry of State Security to hack universities and firms during the pandemic, exploiting VPN and Exchange flaws and exfiltrating research data in a Silk Typhoon campaign.
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the FBI confirm that the Chinese state-sponsored 'Salt Typhoon' hacking group is also targeting Canadian telecommunication firms, breaching a telecom provider in February. [...]
National Security Officials Share Intelligence on a Cyberespionage CampaignThe White House on Friday hosted U.S. telecommunications executives to review the country's cyber resilience posture and share intelligence pertaining to China's "significant cyberespionage campaign targeting the sector," which the FBI continues to probe.
US Probe of Chinese Hack Reveals 'Broad and Significant Cyberespionage Campaign'The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an update on their ongoing investigation into a Chinese-linked "broad and significant cyberespionage campaign" that the agencies said targeted private communications of government and political figures.
US Probe of Chinese Hack Reveals 'Broad and Significant Cyber Espionage Campaign'The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an update on their ongoing investigation into a Chinese-linked "broad and significant cyber espionage campaign" that the agencies said targeted private communications of government and political figures.
The FBI and CISA have confirmed that US officials’ private communications have been compromised
CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the "private communications" of a "limited number" of government officials after breaching multiple U.S. broadband providers. [...]
The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Volt Typhoon has begun to rebuild its "KV-Botnet" malware botnet after it was disrupted by law enforcement in January, according to researchers from SecurityScorecard. [...]
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.
The FBI said Friday afternoon it is investigating Chinese nation-state hacking into to commercial telecommunications infrastructure following a news report that Beijing actors targeted data from phones used by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.
Lawmakers Demand Answers, Security Overhaul After Chinese Hack of Telecom NetworksCongress is demanding answers from AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen after reports revealed that Chinese hackers breached U.S. telecom infrastructure, targeting systems linked to court-authorized wiretaps, as the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency investigate the Salt Typhoon group.
CISA, the NSA, the FBI, and several other agencies in the U.S. and worldwide warned critical infrastructure leaders to protect their systems against the Chinese Volt Typhoon hacking group. [...]
FBI and CISA Detail Operation to Prevent Chinese Attacks on Critical InfrastructureThe FBI launched a court-authorized sting operation against a Chinese hacking group known as Volt Typhoon, partnering with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a cohort of U.S. cyber agencies to prevent a major attack on the nation’s critical infrastructure sectors.
Cyberespionage Hacking Group Volt Typhoon Targeting US Critical InfrastructureThe FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice used a court order to disrupt a Chinese hacking operation that compromised thousands of internet-connected devices and targeted sensitive areas of U.S. critical infrastructure, according to media reports.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that Barracuda Networks Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances patched against a recently disclosed critical flaw continue to be at risk of potential compromise from suspected Chinese hacking groups
Also: China's 'got a bigger hacking program than that of every major nation combined' Nearly all of the FBI's technical intelligence on malicious "cyber actors" in the first half of this year was obtained via Section 702 searches, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray.…