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AT&T, Verizon reportedly hacked to target US govt wiretapping platform
Multiple U.S. broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, have been breached by a Chinese hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon, the Wall Street Journal reports. The purpose of the attack appears to be for intelligence collection as the hackers might have had access to systems used by the U.S. federal government for court-authorized […]
Why Do Computer Parts All Come From China?
Have you ever wondered why many electronic gadgets, including computers, are labeled “Made in China”? It’s not just a coincidence. There’s a fascinating story behind why China has become the hub for producing computer parts and electronics. In today’s technology-driven world, it’s nearly impossible to overlook the pervasive presence of “Made in China” labels on […]
Chinese botnet infects 260,000 SOHO routers, IP cameras with malware
The FBI and cybersecurity researchers have disrupted a massive Chinese botnet called “Raptor Train” that infected over 260,000 networking devices to target critical infrastructure in the US and in other countries. The botnet has been used to target entities in the military, government, higher education, telecommunications, defense industrial base (DIB), and IT sectors, mainly in […]
Chinese hackers use new data theft malware in govt attacks
New attacks attributed to China-based cyber espionage group Mustang Panda show that the threat actor switched to new strategies and malware called FDMTP and PTSOCKET to download payloads and steal information from breached networks. Researchers found that the hackers are using a variant of the HIUPAN worm to deliver the PUBLOAD malware stager through removable […]
Chinese Volt Typhoon hackers exploited Versa zero-day to breach ISPs, MSPs
The Chinese state-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon is behind attacks that exploited a zero-day flaw in Versa Director to upload a custom webshell to steal credentials and breach corporate networks. Versa Director is a management platform ISPs and MSPs use to manage virtual WAN connections created using SD-WAN services. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-39717 […]
Chinese hacking groups target Russian government, IT firms
A series of targeted cyberattacks that started at the end of July 2024, targeting dozens of systems used in Russian government organizations and IT companies, are linked to Chinese hackers of the APT31 and APT 27 groups. Kaspersky, who discovered the activity, dubbed the campaign “EastWind,” reporting that it employs an updated version of the CloudSorcerer backdoor spotted […]
Hackers breach ISP to poison software updates with malware
A Chinese hacking group tracked as StormBamboo has compromised an undisclosed internet service provider (ISP) to poison automatic software updates with malware. Also tracked as Evasive Panda, Daggerfly, and StormCloud, this cyber-espionage group has been active since at least 2012, targeting organizations across mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Nigeria, and various Southeast and East Asian countries. On […]
Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads’ MTLink fabric tech challenges Nvidia’s NVLink, can now scale to 10,000 GPUs for AI clusters
More GPUs, more performance. One of Nvidia’s advantages in the data center space is that it not only offers leading-edge GPUs for AI and HPC computing but can also effectively scale the number of its processors across a data center using its own hardware and software. How could you defeat Nvidia if your GPUs are […]
Cisco Patches Zero-Day Bug Used by Chinese Velvet Ant Group
A newly patched zero-day vulnerability was exploited by Chinese state-backed hackers to compromise Cisco Nexus switches, researchers have revealed. Cisco released a patch for CVE-2024-20399 on 2 July, 2024. The flaw is found in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS software and could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on a […]