The location of the "overwhelming percentage" of Chinese cyberattacks on US corporations and government agencies is believed to have been found, and it’s a People’s Liberation Army base in Shanghai,reportsThe New York Times.According to a60-page studyfrom computer security agency Mandiant, the...
NORFOLK, Va.--At the Naval Network Warfare Command here, US cyber defenders track and investigate hundreds of suspicious events each day. But the predominant threat comes from Chinese hackers, who are constantly waging all-out warfare against DefenseJ Rogin...
The yearslong operation by the state-sponsored cyber actor --called Volt Typhoon by U.S. authorities-- was a way for China to position themselves for an attack on U.S. critical infrastructure using malware, officials said on a call with reporters. MORE: DOJ disrupts Chinese ...
Interestingly, parts of the attack sequence were previously detailed by Mandiant in September 2021, while pointing out the misuse of CLFS to hide second-stage payloads in an attempt to circumvent detection. The cybersecurity firm attributed the malware to an unknown actor, but cautioned that it ...
(CSA) to highlight a recently discovered cluster of activity of interest associated with a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor, also known as Volt Typhoon,” said a statement released by authorities in the US, Australia, Canada...
The Chinese cyberattack group Deep Panda has compromised national security think tanks using sophisticated techniques designed to steal confidential data concerning US foreign policy, according to security researchers at CrowdStrike. TheCrowdStrike team saythat "several" national security-based think tanks ha...
The Chinese government has dismissed US accusations, saying the hacking attacks attributed to Volt Typhoon are the work of cyber criminals. CISA Director Jen Easterly told Congress in January about the malicious cyber activity, warning the US has discovered only the tip of the iceberg when it come...
government are collaborating to aggressively mitigate this threat and are coordinating with our industry partners to strengthen cyber defenses across the commercial communications sector." However, no one knows the true nature of these attacks. This latest breach could just be part of a long history ...
US Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said the panel is "closely monitoring what appears to be a significant cybersecurity breach by Chinese intelligence." "It's clear that the PRC is steadily improving its cyber collection capabilities directed against the...
Richard Bejtlich, the chief security officer at Mandiant, the firm hired by the Times to investigate the cyberattack, said the breach is consistent with what he routinely sees China-based hacking groups do. But, he said it had a personal aspect to it that became apparent: ...