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F5 Hack: Attack Linked to China, BIG-IP Flaws Patched, Governments Issue Alerts 

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F5 Hack: Attack Linked to China, BIG-IP Flaws Patched, Governments Issue Alerts  2025-10-16 at 12:58 By Eduard Kovacs More information has come to light on the cyberattack disclosed this week by F5, including on attribution and potential risks. The post F5 Hack: Attack Linked to China, BIG-IP Flaws Patched, Governments Issue Alerts  appeared first on […]

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F5 Blames Nation-State Hackers for Theft of Source Code and Vulnerability Data

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F5 Blames Nation-State Hackers for Theft of Source Code and Vulnerability Data 2025-10-15 at 18:18 By Eduard Kovacs F5 has not shared too much information on the threat actor, but the attack profile seems to point to China. The post F5 Blames Nation-State Hackers for Theft of Source Code and Vulnerability Data appeared first on

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Security Firm Exposes Role of Beijing Research Institute in China’s Cyber Operations

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Security Firm Exposes Role of Beijing Research Institute in China’s Cyber Operations 2025-10-07 at 13:34 By Ionut Arghire BIETA and its subsidiary CIII research develop and sell technologies supporting China’s intelligence, counterintelligence, and military operations. The post Security Firm Exposes Role of Beijing Research Institute in China’s Cyber Operations appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Chinese APT ‘Phantom Taurus’ Targeting Organizations With Net-Star Malware

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Chinese APT ‘Phantom Taurus’ Targeting Organizations With Net-Star Malware 2025-10-01 at 16:33 By Ionut Arghire Focused on espionage, the threat actor shares infrastructure with Chinese APTs, but uses different TTPs in attacks. The post Chinese APT ‘Phantom Taurus’ Targeting Organizations With Net-Star Malware appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Cisco Firewall Zero-Days Exploited in China-Linked ArcaneDoor Attacks

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Cisco Firewall Zero-Days Exploited in China-Linked ArcaneDoor Attacks 2025-09-26 at 10:20 By Ionut Arghire Leading to remote code execution and privilege escalation, the flaws were exploited on Cisco ASA 5500-X series devices that lack secure boot. The post Cisco Firewall Zero-Days Exploited in China-Linked ArcaneDoor Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Chinese Cyberspies Hacked US Defense Contractors

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Chinese Cyberspies Hacked US Defense Contractors 2025-09-25 at 16:11 By Ionut Arghire RedNovember has been targeting government, defense and aerospace, and legal services organizations worldwide. The post Chinese Cyberspies Hacked US Defense Contractors appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Chinese Spies Lurked in Networks for 393 Days, Hunted for Zero-Day Intel

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Chinese Spies Lurked in Networks for 393 Days, Hunted for Zero-Day Intel 2025-09-25 at 15:33 By Eduard Kovacs Google’s Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant have shared findings on a recent BrickStorm campaign linked to UNC5221. The post Chinese Spies Lurked in Networks for 393 Days, Hunted for Zero-Day Intel appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Details Emerge on Chinese Hacking Operation Impersonating US Lawmaker

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Details Emerge on Chinese Hacking Operation Impersonating US Lawmaker 2025-09-17 at 15:59 By Ionut Arghire The campaign targeted US government, think tank, and academic entities involved in US-China relations, international trade, and economic policy. The post Details Emerge on Chinese Hacking Operation Impersonating US Lawmaker appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Chinese Spies Impersonated US Lawmaker to Deliver Malware to Trade Groups: Report 

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Chinese Spies Impersonated US Lawmaker to Deliver Malware to Trade Groups: Report  2025-09-08 at 18:35 By Eduard Kovacs China’s APT41 sent out malicious emails on behalf of Rep. John Moolenaar to collect information ahead of US-China trade talks. The post Chinese Spies Impersonated US Lawmaker to Deliver Malware to Trade Groups: Report  appeared first on

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New threat group uses custom tools to hijack search results

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New threat group uses custom tools to hijack search results 2025-09-04 at 12:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec ESET Research has identified a new threat group called GhostRedirector. In June 2025, this group broke into at least 65 Windows servers, mostly in Brazil, Thailand, Vietnam, and the United States. Countries where GhostRedirector victims were detected (Source: ESET)

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China’s Salt Typhoon Hacked Critical Infrastructure Globally for Years

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China’s Salt Typhoon Hacked Critical Infrastructure Globally for Years 2025-08-28 at 17:21 By Ionut Arghire China-linked APT ‘Salt Typhoon’ exploited known router flaws to maintain persistent access across telecom, government, and military networks, giving Beijing’s intelligence services global surveillance reach. The post China’s Salt Typhoon Hacked Critical Infrastructure Globally for Years appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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China-Linked Hackers Hijack Web Traffic to Deliver Backdoor

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China-Linked Hackers Hijack Web Traffic to Deliver Backdoor 2025-08-27 at 19:24 By Ionut Arghire Google researchers say China-linked UNC6384 combined social engineering, signed malware, and adversary-in-the-middle attacks to evade detection. The post China-Linked Hackers Hijack Web Traffic to Deliver Backdoor appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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China-linked Murky Panda targets and moves laterally through cloud services

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China-linked Murky Panda targets and moves laterally through cloud services 2025-08-22 at 17:33 By Zeljka Zorz In its recently released 2025 Threat Hunting Report, Crowdstrike pointed out an interesting trend: a 136% surge in cloud intrusions. A good chunk of this surge is due to “China-nexus adversaries”, Murky Panda (aka Silk Typhoon) among them. Murky

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Chinese Researchers Suggest Lasers and Sabotage to Counter Musk’s Starlink Satellites

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Chinese Researchers Suggest Lasers and Sabotage to Counter Musk’s Starlink Satellites 2025-07-31 at 17:41 By Associated Press Chinese military and cyber researchers are intensifying efforts to counter Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite network, viewing it as a potential tool for U.S. military power across nuclear, space, and cyber domains. The post Chinese Researchers Suggest Lasers and

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Report Links Chinese Companies to Tools Used by State-Sponsored Hackers

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Report Links Chinese Companies to Tools Used by State-Sponsored Hackers 2025-07-31 at 14:59 By Ionut Arghire SentinelLabs connects the dots between prolific Chinese state-sponsored hackers and companies developing intrusion tools. The post Report Links Chinese Companies to Tools Used by State-Sponsored Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Ports are getting smarter and more hackable

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Ports are getting smarter and more hackable 2025-07-23 at 08:31 By Sinisa Markovic A new policy brief from NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) warns that critical port infrastructure, responsible for 80 percent of global trade, is increasingly under attack by threat actors tied to Russia, Iran, and China. These ports are essential

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Microsoft pins on-prem SharePoint attacks on Chinese threat actors

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Microsoft pins on-prem SharePoint attacks on Chinese threat actors 2025-07-22 at 18:54 By Zeljka Zorz As Microsoft continues to update its customer guidance for protecting on-prem SharePoint servers against the latest in-the-wild attacks, more security firms have begun sharing details about the ones they have detected. Most intriguingly, Check Point Research says that they observed

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ToolShell Zero-Day Attacks on SharePoint: First Wave Linked to China, Hit High-Value Targets

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ToolShell Zero-Day Attacks on SharePoint: First Wave Linked to China, Hit High-Value Targets 2025-07-22 at 11:44 By Eduard Kovacs More details emerged on the ToolShell zero-day attacks targeting SharePoint servers, but confusion remains over the vulnerabilities. The post ToolShell Zero-Day Attacks on SharePoint: First Wave Linked to China, Hit High-Value Targets appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Mobile Forensics Tool Used by Chinese Law Enforcement Dissected

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Mobile Forensics Tool Used by Chinese Law Enforcement Dissected 2025-07-17 at 14:46 By Ionut Arghire Deployed on mobile devices confiscated by Chinese law enforcement, Massistant can collect user information, files, and location. The post Mobile Forensics Tool Used by Chinese Law Enforcement Dissected appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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China’s Salt Typhoon Hacked US National Guard

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China’s Salt Typhoon Hacked US National Guard 2025-07-16 at 12:25 By Ionut Arghire Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon targeted a National Guard unit’s network and tapped into communications with other units. The post China’s Salt Typhoon Hacked US National Guard appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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