Collaborate Disseminate
The Chinese state-backed espionage group started targeting third-party IT services in late 2024, Microsoft researchers said.
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A flurry of unsealed indictments reveal China’s alleged well-coordinated effort to use a hacker-for-hire ecosystem to conduct espionage while obscuring the government’s direct involvement.
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Ransomware groups last year achieved lateral movement within an average of 48 minutes after gaining initial access to targeted environments, threat intelligence experts said.
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Google’s monthly batch of security fixes addressed 43 vulnerabilities.
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Federal prosecutors accuse Cameron Wagenius of searching how to defect to Russia before he tried to sell stolen data to a foreign intelligence service.
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CrowdStrike observed significant growth in China’s offensive cyber capabilities last year as more groups used sector-specific skills to target critical industries and technologies.
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The amount stolen last week surpasses what the group was able to steal in all of 2024.
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Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence firm said nearly 9 in 10 cyberattacks it responded to last year involved disrupted business operations.
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The ransomware syndicate’s internal chats exposed a wide swath of the group’s inner workings.
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The Chinese nation-state threat group primarily gained access to Cisco devices with legitimate login credentials, according to Cisco Talos.
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