China-linked APT40 gang targets wind farms, Australian government

Researchers at security company Proofpoint and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) said on Tuesday they had identified a cyber espionage campaign that delivers the ScanBox exploitation framework through a malicious fake Australian news site. The campaign, active from April to June of this Read More …

Taiwanese military reports DDoS in wake of Pelosi visit

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense confirmed it was hit by a DDoS attack on Wednesday in what has been an eventful week for the island nation, US-Sino relations, and semiconductors. The ministry said the network was attacked around 23:40 with Read More …

Website of Taiwan’s presidential office receives overseas cyber attack

The website of Taiwan’s presidential office received an overseas cyber attack on Tuesday and was at one point malfunctioning, a source briefed on the matter said. The website was shortly brought back online, the source told Reuters. U.S. House of Read More …

Weak data protection helped China attack US Federal Reserve, report says

China’s cyber espionage activities are extensive and sophisticated but when the Middle Kingdom tried to steal sensitive economic data from the US Fed, poor security meant its operatives didn’t have to dip too far into their bags of tricks. Or Read More …

Chinese ride-sharing operator Didi slapped with $1.1B fine for breaching China data security laws

Didi Global has been fined 8 billion yuan ($1.18 billion) for breaching China’s cybersecurity and data security laws. The Chinese ride-sharing operator is accused of 16 illegal practices involving the collection of passenger data. Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said Read More …

Belgium says Chinese hackers attacked its Ministry of Defense

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium says multiple Chinese state-backed threat groups targeted the country’s defense and interior ministries. “Belgium exposes malicious cyber activities that significantly affected our sovereignty, democracy, security and society at large by targeting the FPS Read More …

Hackers pose as journalists to breach news media org’s networks

Researchers following the activities of advanced persistent (APT) threat groups originating from China, North Korea, Iran, and Turkey say that journalists and media organizations have remained a constant target for state-aligned actors. The adversaries are either masquerading or attacking these Read More …