U.S. officials warn of dire Chinese cyber threats in wake of FBI operation to disrupt botnet

Volt Typhoon used privately owned routers infected with malware in attempt to conceal activity, DOJ says.

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US Gov Disrupts SOHO Router Botnet Used by Chinese APT Volt Typhoon

The US government neutralizes a botnet full of end-of-life Cisco and Netgear routers being by a notorious Chinese APT group.
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US Disrupted Chinese Hacking Operation Aimed at Critical Infrastructure: Report 

US government reportedly disabled parts of a botnet-powered cyber campaign conducted by the Chinese threat actor Volt Typhoon.
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China-Linked Volt Typhoon Hackers Possibly Targeting Australian, UK Governments

Chinese APT Volt Typhoon appears engaged in new attacks against government entities in the US, UK, and Australia.
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Chinese APT Volt Typhoon Linked to Unkillable SOHO Router Botnet 

Malware hunters have set eyes on an impossible to kill botnet packed with end-of-life SOHO routers and connects it to a Chinese APT targeting US critical infrastructure.
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Mandiant Intelligence Chief Raises Alarm Over China’s ‘Volt Typhoon’ Hackers in US Critical Infrastructure

Mandiant’s Chief analyst urges critical infrastructure defenders to work on finding and removing traces of Volt Typhoon, a Chinese government-backed hacking team caught in a series of eyebrow-raising attacks against targets in Guam and the United State… Continue reading Mandiant Intelligence Chief Raises Alarm Over China’s ‘Volt Typhoon’ Hackers in US Critical Infrastructure

AWS Using MadPot Decoy System to Disrupt APTs, Botnets

AWS says an internal threat intel decoy system called MadPot has successfully trapped nation state-backed APTs like Volt Typhoon and Sandworm.
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