FBI joint operation takes down massive Chinese botnet, Wray says

Flax Typhoon targeted critical infrastructure in the U.S. and abroad and compromised hundreds of thousands of devices, the FBI director said.

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Deterrence in cyberspace is possible — and ‘urgent’ — amid ‘alarming’ hybrid attacks, State cyber ambassador says

In an interview with CyberScoop, Nate Fick also discussed the structure of his office and regions of emphasis.

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VMware Patches Remote Code Execution Flaw Found in Chinese Hacking Contest

VMware warned that an attacker with network access could send a specially crafted packet to execute remote code. CVSS severity score 9.8/10.
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DoJ: Chinese Man Used Spear-Phishing to Obtain Software From NASA, Military

Chinese national Song Wu allegedly sent spear-phishing emails to NASA, Air Force, Navy, Army, and FAA employees.
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