China's largest bank, ICBC, was hit by ransomware that resulted in disruption of financial services (FS) systems on Thursday Beijing time, according to a notice on its website
Chinese bank says it has contained a hack that affected some fixed income and equities transactions
BlackTech crew looking to steal sensitive data traffic
A recent Chinese-linked hack of U.S. government emails detected in June may have gone unnoticed for much longer were it not for an enterprising government IT analyst.
A State Department cybersecurity expert spearheaded an effort to implant a custom warning mechanism into the agency’s network more than two years ago in anticipation of future hacks, the officials said, shedding new light on how they spotted the breach, top State Department officials told POLITICO.
A report yesterday revealed that China has banned government officials from using iPhones and other foreign technology within government agencies. Now, a report from Bloomberg says that this is only the start of China’s crackdown on iPhone, with a much broader set of restrictions also in the works.
Some foreign companies may be complying—potentially offering China’s spies hints for hacking their customers.
The directive is the latest step in Beijing’s campaign to cut reliance on foreign technology and could hurt Apple’s business in the country.
Chinese sextortion scam accounts flood X (previously Twitter) after the platform introduced a blue-check policy allowing users to buy verified badges.
Rep. Don Bacon tweeted Monday that he had been notified by the FBI that his emails had been hacked.
American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations, including during a Chinese move against Taiwan.
China-based hackers have breached email accounts at two-dozen organizations, including some United States government agencies, in an apparent spying campaign aimed at acquiring sensitive information, according to statements from Microsoft and the White House late Tuesday.
A Chinese hacking group exploited a bug in Microsoft’s cloud email service to spy on two-dozen organizations, including some government agencies, the tech giant said late Tuesday.
In June 2023, Bitdefender Labs published a research paper about espionage operation in East Asia. This operation was ongoing since at least the beginning of 2022, showing a high level of sophistication typically associated with state-sponsored groups. Despite trying various methods, we have been unable to attribute these attacks to a specific threat actor, but the target aligns with the interest of China-based threat actors.
The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China’s military. Yet US agencies still use one of its subsidiary’s chips, raising fears of a backdoor.
Mandiant is investigating a Barracuda ESG appliance zero-day vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
Learn how the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) issued a joint cybersecurity advisory highlighting a cluster of activity it attributes to a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored threat group.
Chinese state-sponsored actor Volt Typhoon is using stealthy techniques to target US critical infrastructure, conduct espionage, and dwell in compromised environments.
Cyberspace Administration says chip maker failed review, in a move that seems aimed at hitting back at U.S. chip ban
The former executive sued ByteDance, which owns TikTok, for wrongful termination and accused the company of lifting content from rivals and “supreme access” by the Chinese Communist Party.
While many apps collect vast troves of user data, sometimes without explicit consent, experts say Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo has taken violations of privacy and data security to the next level.
