Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted trades in the US Treasury market. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) announced it has contained a ransomware attack that disrupted the U.S. ” reported the Financial Times.

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KnowBe4

MAY 26, 2023

As the world continues to evolve, so does the nature of warfare. China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is increasingly focused on "Cognitive Warfare," a term referring to artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled military systems and operational concepts. We're talking social engineering at potential massive scale.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

carmaker with phishing attacks Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost Previously unknown Kapeka backdoor linked to Russian Sandworm APT Cisco warns of a command injection escalation flaw in its IMC.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The outcomes of these elections can shape Europe’s political strategy and its relations with China and Russia, making them susceptible to vote manipulation in the listed states. The United States is recognized as a world leader in artificial intelligence, with an ecosystem for research and development like few others.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 9, 2018

Over 200,000 Cisco networks switches worldwide reportedly were hacked Friday, apparently affecting critical infrastructure of large internet service providers and data centers across the world, especially in Iran, Russia, the United States, China, Europe and India. What remediation steps should be taken?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Boasting decades of cybersecurity expertise, Thales provides the level of trust and security required for customers around the world to move to the cloud, while maintaining the necessary level of control. As one of the global leaders in digital identity and security, Thales was invited to attend and deliver a keynote speech.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2022

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoked the license for the China Unicom Americas over serious national security concerns. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revoked the license for China Unicom Americas over “serious national security concerns.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, China).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Microsoft seized dozens of malicious domains used by the China-linked APT15 group to target organizations worldwide. “The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has disrupted the activities of a China-based hacking group that we call Nickel. ” reads the post published by Microsoft. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Businesses that have spent the past three-plus years adapting to the European Union’s far-reaching data privacy law now have to decide how they will respond to a similar law in China that has been criticized as being more vague in its wording and harsher in its penalties.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Interesting analysis of China’s efforts to identify US spies: By about 2010, two former CIA officials recalled, the Chinese security services had instituted a sophisticated travel intelligence program, developing databases that tracked flights and passenger lists for espionage purposes. The capability was there and was being utilized.”

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

But let’s pause and consider—how often do we truly contemplate safeguarding ourselves from the very forces that fuel our interconnected world? Arns Gazing toward the horizon of 2030, an ambitious vision looms—a vision of achieving a 90% average subscriber penetration and smartphone adoption across Europe, China, CIS, and the USA.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Canberra company recovered vast trove of information from corrupted China files When a group of international media organisations this week revealed details of a Chinese tech company’s vast database profiling millions of people around the globe, it was in no small part due to a small Australian cybersecurity firm established only last year.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 8, 2024

In a warming world, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is heating up. The agency predicts that by 2025, renewable energy will surpass coal to become the world’s top source of electricity. Continued policy support from governments around the world remains the primary driver of this growth.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Nation-state actors from Russia and China are the biggest cyber threats to homeland security. In the digital world, it is not primarily the size and the mass, but above all the innovative strength and creativity when it comes to achieving the greatest possible impact.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2023

Microsoft experts who investigated the suspicious activity discovered that China-linked threat actors have targeted the agency as part of a cyberespionage campaign targeting two dozen organizations. China denied any accusation and blames the US of being the most aggressive government in the cyberspace.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

China-linked threat actors targeted dozens of industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and Europe. Cybereason researchers reported that a China-linked APT group targeted the Russian defense contractor Rubin involved in designing nuclear submarines for the Russian Navy.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If you’re running a website without a managed DNS solution, that means you’re directly responsible for answering every authoritative DNS query from around the world. Performance : DNS queries can come from anywhere around the world. Availability : DNS traffic patterns vary widely and are often unpredictable.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 25, 2021

News from Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology: China Claims Its AI Can Beat Human Pilots in Battle: Chinese state media reported that an AI system had successfully defeated human pilots during simulated dogfights. At the moment, the system appears to be used only for training human pilots.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

We in law enforcement will not let hackers off the hook just because they’re halfway around the world.” “The FBI has about a thousand investigations involving China’s attempted theft of U.S. dubbed the “China Initiative Conference.” ” A copy of the indictment is available here.

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Hanzo Learning Center

JANUARY 27, 2023

On this Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember all of those who were killed in genocides across the world. There have been a number of other genocides across the world since 1945, including in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur, and the Uyghur genocide in China, where people have been targeted and killed based on their ethnicity or religion.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 31, 2023

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 17, 2021

Most Bitcoin mining happens in China. Anyone in the world can perform transactions or become a miner. Over the last three decades, the world has witnessed the power of open networks: blockchains , social media, the very web itself. Two distinct forks would soon emerge, one behind China’s Great Firewall and one outside.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Someone has been hacking telecommunications networks around the world: LightBasin (aka UNC1945) is an activity cluster that has been consistently targeting the telecommunications sector at a global scale since at least 2016, leveraging custom tools and an in-depth knowledge of telecommunications network architectures.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2023

In Mid-June, Mandiant researchers linked the threat actor UNC4841 behind the attacks that exploited the recently patched Barracuda ESG zero-day vulnerability to China. Mandiant assesses with high confidence that UNC4841 is an espionage actor behind this wide-ranging campaign in support of the People’s Republic of China.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

US DoJ indicted four members of the China-linked cyberespionage group known as APT40 for hacking various entities between 2011 and 2018. The list of victims of the APT40 group also includes organizations with operations in Southeast Asia or involved in South China Sea disputes. ” states DoJ. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Key points for businesses to note: New prior assessment impact on corporate activities : perhaps the most onerous new provisions, the following are likely to delay – or even halt – current or planned corporate activities involving China business.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Many nation-state actors have developed capabilities to create exploits from unknown vulnerabilities, China-linked APT groups are particularly proficient in this activity. ” continues the report. “This new regulation might enable elements in the Chinese government to stockpile reported vulnerabilities toward weaponizing them.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

China-linked cyberespionage group TA413 exploits employ a never-before-undetected backdoor called LOWZERO in attacks aimed at Tibetan entities. The post China-linked TA413 group targets Tibetan entities with new backdoor appeared first on Security Affairs. in Microsoft Office in attacks in the wild. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Bitzlato’s largest counterparty in cryptocurrency transactions was Hydra Market , a dark web marketplace that was considered the largest and longest-running darknet market in the world. and German law enforcement seized Hydra Market in April 2022. “The founder and majority owner of Bitzlato Ltd. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2020

NATO Chief calls for a new strategic to mitigate the risks related to the threats to the rising technologies, new forms of terrorism, and the role of China. Having said that, I think we all have to realise that since we agreed the Strategic Concept back in 2010, the world has fundamentally changed.” ” Stoltenberg added.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

Experts linked the UNC4841 threat actor behind the attacks exploiting the recently patched Barracuda ESG zero-day to China. Mandiant researchers linked the threat actor UNC4841 behind the attacks that exploited the recently patched Barracuda ESG zero-day vulnerability to China. ” reads the report published by Mandiant.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2022

A China-linked APT group is actively exploiting the recently disclosed Follina zero-day flaw in Microsoft Office in attacks in the wild. China-linked APT group TA413 has been observed exploiting the recently disclosed Follina zero-day flaw (tracked as CVE-2022-30190 and rated CVSS score 7.8) Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2024

More than 16,000 Ivanti VPN gateways still vulnerable to RCE CVE-2024-21894 Cisco warns of XSS flaw in end-of-life small business routers Magento flaw exploited to deploy persistent backdoor hidden in XML Cyberattack disrupted services at Omni Hotels & Resorts HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Flood technique can be exploited in DoS attacks US cancer center (..)

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OpenText Information Management

APRIL 9, 2024

Earth Day will follow closely after our partner, Jaguar TCS Racing , appears in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship races in Misano, Italy on April 13 and 14. Join us for an OpenText and Jaguar TCS Racing Virtual Garage Tour from Shanghai, China. But on this year’s Earth Day, April 22, we choose to celebrate the number zero.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2020

The China-linked group tracked as APT41 exploited vulnerabilities in Citrix, Cisco, and ManageEngine in a campaign on a global scale. The China-linked cyberespionage group tracked as APT41 exploited vulnerabilities in Citrix, Cisco, and Zoho ManageEngine in a campaign on a global scale. SecurityAffairs – APT41, China).

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The fast-spreading coronavirus (Covid-19) has infected thousands of people in China and in over 20 other countries. This coronavirus outbreak, originating in Wuhan, a large city located in the central region of China, has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization.

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