The APT41 group is one of today's most infamous and most active state-sponsored hacking groups. ATP41's operations were first detailed in their full breadth in aFireEye reportpublished in August 2019, with the report linking the group to some of the biggest supply-chain attacks in recent yea...
The United States Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against three state-sponsored North Korean hacking groups for conducting several destructive cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure. Besides this, the hacking groups have also been accused of stealing possibly hundreds of millions of do...
Chinese accusations against the US, allies The Chinese government has previously accused the United States and its allies of spreading "disinformation" through its accusations against what Washington says are state-sponsored hacking groups. Wray testified along with General Paul Nakasone, commander of US...
From lone hackers to state-sponsored hacking groups, ransomware is becoming a more commonly used tool in cyber crimes and can be carried out from anywhere in the world. A federal grand juryindicted Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, of Iran last year for an...
Microsoft uses the codename Typhoon to refer to Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups.The two other such groups Microsoft has publicly disclosed are Volt Typhoon, which has been tied to attack targeting critical infrastructure for likely prepositioning to disrupt such infrastructure in the event of a...
State-sponsored groups have potentially unlimited resources – not only unknown computer exploits which cannot be guarded against, but also the time and patience to constantly probe companies and government entities for weaknesses. “Because the cybersecurity doom narrative has become so embellished, ...
“detrimental trend” a practice of foreign governments hiring former intelligence officers “to build up their spying capabilities.” Some listed examples included using access to CIA information or contacts for business opportunities as well as “working for state-sponsored intelligence related companies...
is to try anticipate how state-sponsored hacking groups could sabotage key utilities. The exercise provides important defensive insights for some of America’s largest electricity providers, and comes as an increasing number of hacking groups have taken an interest in the industrial control systems tha...
An ICT component, from a semiconductor to an internet module, does not need to be manufactured by a Chinese entity to make it vulnerable to a state-sponsored hacking operation. However, US security agencies are trying to build a layered cybersecurity defense to deny foreign adversaries backdoors...
under the codename of "Operation North Star," McAfee said these attacks have been linked to infrastructure and TTPs (Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures) previously associated with Hidden Cobra -- an umbrella term the US government uses to describe all North Korean state-sponsored hacking group...