Tag: china
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Trump Revives Debunked Election Hacking Claims
Courts, Audits and Federal Agencies Found No Evidence 2020 Votes Were Altered. U.S. President Donald Trump used a primetime address Thursday night to allege that China carried out a sweeping compromise of American voter data and to revive doubts about the 2020 election, while stopping short of claiming any votes were changed. First seen on…
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Daxin Resurfaces in Taiwan Alongside Stupig Pre-Login SYSTEM Backdoor
An advanced malware previously attributed to a China-linked threat actor has resurfaced after more than four years within a Taiwan manufacturing firm, along with a previously unreported backdoor dubbed Stupig.Daxin (“srt64.sys”), as the kernel-mode rootkit is referred to, was first documented by Broadcom-owned Symantec in March 2022, with evidence indicating its use in targeted attacks…
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Claude Code and DeepSeek Powered Chinese Cyber Espionage Campaign
Chinese actors used Claude Code and DeepSeek to automate attacks that breached government systems and targeted financial firms. Hunt.io researchers stumbled onto an active intrusion campaign in June 2026 while pivoting on known TencShell command-and-control infrastructure. A single HTTP header fingerprint on port 1111 led them to 13 Hong Kong-based servers and, on one of…
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Pakistani Police Systems Hit by Chinese and Indian Espionage
Chinese and Indian spies converged on the same Balochistan police force, SentinelLabs found First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chinese-indian-espionage-pakistani/
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Chinese-Funded Interpol Cybercrime Crackdown Leads to 5,800 Arrests
Operation First Light 2026, coordinated by Interpol and funded by the Chinese government, has led to 5,811 arrests First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/china-interpol-cybercrime-crackdown/
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Hidden Backdoor Found in Tenda Router Firmware
Unauthenticated Flaw Allows Full Router, Network Takeover. A hidden backdoor, disclosed by CERT/CC and found in multiple firmware versions made by Chinese manufacturer Tenda, bypasses authentication and could grant attackers administrative access. Researchers are reporting exploitation and an Nmap script is making vulnerable devices easier to identify. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/hidden-backdoor-found-in-tenda-router-firmware-a-32181
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Hidden Backdoor Found in Tenda Router Firmware
Unauthenticated Flaw Allows Full Router, Network Takeover. A hidden backdoor, disclosed by CERT/CC and found in multiple firmware versions made by Chinese manufacturer Tenda, bypasses authentication and could grant attackers administrative access. Researchers are reporting exploitation and an Nmap script is making vulnerable devices easier to identify. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/hidden-backdoor-found-in-tenda-router-firmware-a-32181
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Hidden Backdoor in Tenda Router Firmware
Unauthenticated Flaw Allows Full Router, Network Takeover. A hidden backdoor, disclosed by CERT/CC and found in multiple firmware versions made by Chinese manufacturer Tenda, bypasses authentication and could grant attackers administrative access. Researchers are reporting exploitation and an Nmap script is making vulnerable devices easier to identify. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/hidden-backdoor-in-tenda-router-firmware-a-32181
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China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Servers at Universities
Proofpoint uncovered a suspected China-aligned campaign targeting vulnerable Roundcube mail servers. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/china-aligned-hackers-exploit-roundcube-servers-at-universities/
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Hackers exploit Roundcube flaw to spy on academic researchers
A China-linked threat cluster has been exploiting vulnerable Roundcube servers at U.S. and Canadian universities to steal credentials and deploy backdoor malware. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-roundcube-flaw-to-spy-on-academic-researchers/
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Taiwan charges two businessmen over alleged role in Chinese espionage campaign
A company based in Taiwan was leasing out accounts on the popular LINE messaging app to Chinese spies, according to prosecutors, who charged two men in the alleged scheme. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/taiwan-charges-businessmen-china-cyber-espionage-campaign
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China-Linked APT Expands Proxy Network With New Malware
Cisco Talos said China-linked APT UAT-7810 is growing its proxy relay network with new malware First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uat-7810-china-apt-orb-proxy/
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UNK_MassTraction Exploits Roundcube Flaws Against US, Canadian Universities
China-linked UNK_MassTraction targets US and Canadian universities through Roundcube flaws, stealing sessions and opening access to research mail servers. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/unk-masstraction-roundcube-us-canada-universities/
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What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out
Tags: chinaBurst water mains. Evacuated hospitals. In a closed-door simulation, insurers played out their response to a mass disruption by China’s Volt Typhoon hackers”, and found a nightmare scenario. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/what-happens-if-china-hacks-the-us-water-supply-war-game-volt-typhoon/
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China-Linked UAT-7810 Expands ORB Network With New LONGLEASH Malware
A Chinese threat actor tracked as UAT-7810 is actively refining its bespoke malware to expand its Operational Relay Box (ORB) network by breaking into internet-facing networking devices.According to findings from Cisco Talos, UAT-7810 is an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor that’s responsible for maintaining and proliferating LapDogs, an ORB network that first came to light…
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China-Aligned UNK_MassTraction Exploits Roundcube Servers to Target Universities
A suspected China-aligned cluster dubbed UNK_MassTraction that is exploiting n-day flaws in Roundcube webmail to compromise physics and engineering departments at U.S. and Canadian universities. The operators use a two-stage browser-to-server infection chain that begins with a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) exploit against CVE-2024-42009 to execute JavaScript in the victim’s browser. Escalate to a credential- and…
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Chinese hackers develop LONGLEASH malware to expand ORB network
Chinese hackers tracked as ‘UAT-7810’ are actively evolving their malware to expand their Operational Relay Box (ORB) network by compromising internet-facing networking devices, primarily unpatched Ruckus routers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-develop-longleash-malware-to-expand-orb-network/
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Suspected Chinese Threat Group Targets Universities via Vulnerable Roundcube Servers
A suspected Chinese threat cluster is exploiting Roundcube vulnerabilities to compromise university networks in the US and Canada and harvest user credentials First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/china-aligned-cluster-roundcube/
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Suspected Chinese Threat Group Targets Universities via Vulnerable Roundcube Servers
A suspected Chinese threat cluster is exploiting Roundcube vulnerabilities to compromise university networks in the US and Canada and harvest user credentials First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/china-aligned-cluster-roundcube/
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Chinese Cyberespionage Exploits University Roundcube Servers
Campaign Combines XSS and Deserialization to Steal Credentials and Deploy Malware. Proofpoint identified a likely China-aligned espionage group exploiting chained Roundcube vulnerabilities to steal credentials and deploy persistent malware against U.S. and Canadian university departments conducting sensitive physics, engineering and national security research. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/chinese-cyberespionage-exploits-university-roundcube-servers-a-32165
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Suspected Chinese espionage group used a Roundcube exploit chain to burrow into universities
Proofpoint researchers said attackers targeted physics and engineering departments, and warn that the campaign is likely ongoing. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/china-espionage-attacks-us-canada-universities-proofpoint/
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Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities
A suspected China-aligned threat activity cluster has been observed exploiting Roundcube webmail software belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian universities as part of a new campaign.The activity involves the exploitation of now-patched, critical security flaws in the open-source email solution, such as CVE-2024-42009 (CVSS score: 9.3), to siphon credentials, First seen…
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Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities
A suspected China-aligned threat activity cluster has been observed exploiting Roundcube webmail software belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian universities as part of a new campaign.The activity involves the exploitation of now-patched, critical security flaws in the open-source email solution, such as CVE-2024-42009 (CVSS score: 9.3), to siphon credentials, First seen…
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CERT/CC Warns of Hidden Admin Backdoor in Tenda Router Firmware
Several versions of firmware released by Chinese network device manufacturer Tenda have been found to embed an undocumented authentication backdoor that enables administrative access to the devices’ web management interfaces, the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) warned Monday.”An attacker can exploit this vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-11405, to bypass the password verification process First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Alibaba Bans Claude Code Over Spy-Like Tracking Code
Supply-Chain Risks Cited After Hidden Code Checked for China-Related Indicators. The latest twist in the U.S.-China AI race sees Alibaba ban Anthropic’s Claude Code after hidden tracking code sparked backlash, adding another layer to an increasingly bitter battle over AI leadership. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/alibaba-bans-claude-code-over-spy-like-tracking-code-a-32162
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Suspected China-Nexus Hackers Use Fake Indian Tax Filing Utility to Deploy DcRAT
A suspected China-nexus threat activity cluster has been observed targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams to deliver a remote access trojan designed to steal sensitive data from compromised hosts.The multi-stage campaign, codenamed Operation DragonReturn by Seqrite Labs, involves sending spear-phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department of India. First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Chinese LLMs Broaden the Gap Between Attackers & Defenders
Two new models from Chinese firms compete with top US mainstream and frontier models. Should cyber-defenders be worried? First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/chinese-llms-broaden-gap-between-attackers-and-defenders
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Alibaba Reportedly Bans Claude Code Over Alleged Backdoor Risk in AI Coding Tool
Alibaba is reportedly preparing to ban the use of Anthropic’s Claude Code across its internal environments starting July 10. This decision comes in light of allegations that the AI-powered coding assistant has a covert detection mechanism resembling a backdoor. The news, first reported by the Chinese financial outlet Yicai and later confirmed by Reuters, has…
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Cryptohack Roundup: Chinese Fraudster Gets 30 Years in Prison
Also: Hollywood Director Jailed for $11M Fraud. This week, a Chinese fraudster got 30 years, Hollywood director jailed for $11M fraud, Florida crypto scam plea, China jailed five in FX case, South Korea fines Bithumb, Thailand hunted mining suspect, Poland arrested SIM swappers, Emurgo planned recovery, South Korea targeted manipulators. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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MeetingTV Sues Palo Alto Networks Over Koi Threat Report
Tags: ai, china, cybercrime, cybersecurity, infrastructure, intelligence, malware, network, threat, toolMeetingTV Says Koi’s AI Analysis Tool Wrongly Tied it to Malware Infrastructure. MeetingTV alleges an AI-assisted threat intelligence report published by Koi Security falsely linked its infrastructure to a Chinese cybercrime operation, while Koi parent Palo Alto Networks argues the report reflects protected cybersecurity analysis rather than actionable false statements. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…