Tag: #cyberespionage
A China-linked hacking group has expanded a long-running cyber-espionage campaign against telecom providers by exploiting known vulnerabilities in edge networking devices. This breach highlights growing risks to telecommunications security and the critical need for stronger defenses in global network infrastructure. The recent incidents involving China-linked Hackers Breach Telecom Networks underscore these threats. Security teams at […]
North Korean hackers have used ChatGPT in a phishing campaign, generating a fake South Korean military ID to deceive victims. The Kimsuky group, linked to Pyongyang, was behind this attack, which shows how generative AI in cybercrime is expanding beyond text generation. The incident underlines a worrying trend: AI cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated, […]
In a deeply concerning case of prolonged cyberespionage, the Chinese state-linked hacking group Weaver Ant (a subgroup of the larger APT41) was discovered to have infiltrated a telecom provider’s internal network for more than four years, from 2019 to mid-2023. The hackers deployed custom malware, including xDealer and LionsBot, targeting both Windows and Linux environments […]