Microsoftsaid in a blog postthat the state-sponsored group of hackers, which it calls Volt Typhoon, has been active since mid-2021. It said organizations affected by the hacking — which seeks persistent access — are in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, mari...
The first state-sponsored hacking group to employ a coronavirus lure was the Hades group, believed to be operating out of Russia, and with a tie to APT28 (Fancy Bear), one of the groups who also hacked the DNC in 2016. According to cyber-security firmQiAnXin, Hades hackers carried...
Amnesty International says ‘state sponsored’ hackers targeted Hong Kong base Amnesty International's Hong Kong office has been hit with a cyberattack that the group says is the work of a state-sponsored team whose tactics are consistent with those supported by the Chinese government. The London-...
it appears to be the work of a state-sponsored entity. Belgacom which handles some of the undersea cables that carry voice and data traffic around the world, so the NSA or Britain's GCHQ could be behind the intrusion. That traffic would be a likely target for an attacker. The attack rep...
State-sponsored hacking has become an all-too-common part of the cyber-security landscape – and not just for governments but for commercial business too. Organisations of all sizes, from small businesses to NGOs, political parties and governments have had to deal with attacks from state-backed...
which nicely explains why the PLA has an intelligence headquarters there. It also explains why you have so many hackers that are traced over to that neighborhood. Note that this doesn’t mean that the hackers are actually in that neighborhood. They could be from anywhere in the Eurasian contin...
Federal officials told reporters Friday that ongoing investigations into the Salt Typhoon cyberespionage campaign have identified a ninth victim company affected by the attack, in which hackers maintained "broad and full" access to vulnerable communications infrastructure across the country. Article Finland...
Both the kinetic war and thecyberwarin Ukraine have dominated both the traditional media and the InfoSec media. Unfortunately, hackers whether financially motivated or state-sponsored have not stopped on account of the war, and for many, it's just business as usual like the rest of us not ...
APT27 and Winnti. APT27 is believed to be a state-sponsored Chinese APT group, focused on cyberespionage and theft of information and data. Following these attacks, the hackers demanded ransom in the excess of $100 million in Bitcoin. However, the sum was never transferred, with Security Joe...
The company said its probe into the breach indicated thehackerswere initially targeting Microsoft to learn what the technology giant knew about their operations. The company said the hackers used a "password spray attack" starting in Nov. 2023 to breach a Microsoft platform. Hackers use this techn...