Tag: china
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China’s ‘autonomous’ AI-powered hacking campaign still required a ton of human work
Anthropic and AI security experts told CyberScoop that behind the hype, effective AI-driven cyberattacks still require skilled humans, with the attack possibly done to send a message as to show what’s possible. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/anthropic-ai-orchestrated-attack-required-many-human-hands/
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Chinese state hackers used Anthropic AI systems in dozens of attacks
Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic found that a Chinese espionage group used the company’s AI systems to handle the majority of tasks during cyberattacks on about 30 entities, several of which were successfully breached. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/chinese-hackers-anthropic-cyberattacks
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Anthropic claims of Claude AI-automated cyberattacks met with doubt
Anthropic reports that a Chinese state-sponsored threat group, tracked as GTG-1002, carried out a cyber-espionage operation that was largely automated through the abuse of the company’s Claude Code AI model. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/anthropic-claims-of-claude-ai-automated-cyberattacks-met-with-doubt/
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Anthropic warns state-linked actor abused its AI tool in sophisticated espionage campaign
Researchers said a China-backed adversary conducted powerful attacks with almost no human intervention.; First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/anthropic-state-actor-ai-tool-espionage/805550/
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AI firm claims it stopped Chinese state-sponsored cyber-attack campaign
Anthropic says financial firms and government agencies were attacked ‘largely without human intervention’A leading artificial intelligence company claims to have stopped a China-backed “cyber espionage” campaign that was able to infiltrate financial firms and government agencies with almost no human oversight.The US-based Anthropic said its coding tool, Claude Code, was “manipulated” by a Chinese state-sponsored…
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Google, researchers see signs that Lighthouse text scammers disrupted after lawsuit
SecAlliance and Silent Push confirmed that the suspected Chinese operators of the phishing kit appear to have been affected. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/lighthouse-text-scammers-disrupted-google-lawsuit/
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FBI flags scam targeting Chinese speakers with bogus surgery bills
Crooks spoof US insurers, threaten bogus extradition to pry loose personal data and cash First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/14/fbi_chinese_speaker_health_insurance/
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Chinese State Hackers Jailbroke Claude AI Code for Automated Breaches
Anthropic, the developer behind Claude AI, says a Chinese state sponsored group used its model to automate most of a cyber espionage operation against about 30 companies with Claude handling up to 90% of the technical work. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/chinese-hackers-jailbroke-claude-ai-breaches/
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Google, researchers see signs that Lighthouse text scammers disrupted after lawsuit
SecAlliance and Silent Push confirmed that the suspected Chinese operators of the phishing kit appear to have been affected. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/lighthouse-text-scammers-disrupted-google-lawsuit/
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Chinese Tech Firm Leak Reportedly Exposes State Linked Hacking
A massive data leak reportedly at Chinese firm Knownsec (Chuangyu) exposed 12,000 files detailing state-backed ‘cyber weapons’ and spying on over 20 countries. See the details, including 95GB of stolen Indian immigration data. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/chinese-tech-firm-leak-state-linked-hacking/
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Chinese cyber spies used Claude AI to automate 90% of their attack campaign, Anthropic claims
Anthropic threat researchers believe that they’ve uncovered and disrupted the first documented case of a cyberattack executed with the help of its agentic AI and minimal … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/14/claude-ai-automated-cyberattack/
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Chinese Tech Firm Leak Reportedly Exposes State Linked Hacking
A massive data leak reportedly at Chinese firm Knownsec (Chuangyu) exposed 12,000 files detailing state-backed ‘cyber weapons’ and spying on over 20 countries. See the details, including 95GB of stolen Indian immigration data. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/chinese-tech-firm-leak-state-linked-hacking/
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US announces new strike force targeting Chinese crypto scammers
U.S. federal authorities have established a new task force to disrupt Chinese cryptocurrency scam networks that defraud Americans of nearly $10 billion annually. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-announces-new-strike-force-targeting-chinese-crypto-scammers/
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US announces new strike force targeting Chinese crypto scammers
U.S. federal authorities have established a new task force to disrupt Chinese cryptocurrency scam networks that defraud Americans of nearly $10 billion annually. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-announces-new-strike-force-targeting-chinese-crypto-scammers/
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Anthropic: China-Based Hackers Used Claude to Automate Global Cyberattack
Chinese state-backed hackers hijacked Anthropic’s Claude AI to run an autonomous global cyberattack, marking a major shift in AI-driven cyberwarfare. The post Anthropic: China-Based Hackers Used Claude to Automate Global Cyberattack appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-anthropic-china-hackers-claude/
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Anthropic Claude AI Used by Chinese-Back Hackers in Spy Campaign
AI vendor Anthropic says a China-backed threat group used the agentic capabilities in its Claude AI model to automate as much as 90% of the operations in a info-stealing campaign that presages how hackers will used increasingly sophisticated AI capabilities in future cyberattacks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/anthropic-claude-ai-used-by-chinese-back-hackers-in-spy-campaign/
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Anthropic Claude AI Used by Chinese-Back Hackers in Spy Campaign
AI vendor Anthropic says a China-backed threat group used the agentic capabilities in its Claude AI model to automate as much as 90% of the operations in a info-stealing campaign that presages how hackers will used increasingly sophisticated AI capabilities in future cyberattacks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/anthropic-claude-ai-used-by-chinese-back-hackers-in-spy-campaign/
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RONINGLOADER Uses Signed Drivers to Disable Microsoft Defender and Bypass EDR
Elastic Security Labs has uncovered a sophisticated campaign deploying a newly identified loader, dubbed RONINGLOADER, that weaponizes legitimately signed kernel drivers to systematically disable Microsoft Defender and evade endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools. Attributed to the Dragon Breath APT group (APT-Q-27), this campaign demonstrates a significant evolution in attack sophistication, primarily targeting Chinese-speaking users…
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Jaguar Land Rover slides to loss of almost £500m after cyber-attack
Carmaker reports £196m of exceptional direct costs in addressing hack as it returns to full output<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/nov/14/reeves-income-tax-uk-budget-china-factory-output-retail-sales-bonds-stock-economy-business-live-news”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>The cyber-attack that closed Jaguar Land Rover factories has pushed the company from profit into a quarterly loss of almost £500m, the carmaker has revealed.JLR made pre-tax losses of £485m in the three months to 30…
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Jaguar Land Rover slides to loss of almost £500m after cyber-attack
Carmaker reports £196m of exceptional direct costs in addressing hack as it returns to full output<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/nov/14/reeves-income-tax-uk-budget-china-factory-output-retail-sales-bonds-stock-economy-business-live-news”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>The cyber-attack that closed Jaguar Land Rover factories has pushed the company from profit into a quarterly loss of almost £500m, the carmaker has revealed.JLR made pre-tax losses of £485m in the three months to 30…
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Chinese Hackers Automate Cyber-Attacks With AI-Powered Claude Code
Anthropic’s Claude Code AI assistant performed 80% to 90% of the tasks involved in a recent cyber-attack campaign, said Anthropic researchers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chinese-hackers-cyberattacks-ai/
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Chinese Hackers Use Anthropic’s AI to Launch Automated Cyber Espionage Campaign
State-sponsored threat actors from China used artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed by Anthropic to orchestrate automated cyber attacks as part of a “highly sophisticated espionage campaign” in mid-September 2025.”The attackers used AI’s ‘agentic’ capabilities to an unprecedented degree using AI not just as an advisor, but to execute the cyber attacks themselves,” the AI upstart…
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Google Files Lawsuit to Dismantle ‘Lighthouse’ Smishing Kit
Google filed a civil lawsuit against 25 individuals accused of ties to a Chinese cyber collective known as the ‘Smishing Triad’ First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-lawsuit-dismantle/
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Google Files Lawsuit to Dismantle ‘Lighthouse’ Smishing Kit
Google filed a civil lawsuit against 25 individuals accused of ties to a Chinese cyber collective known as the ‘Smishing Triad’ First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-lawsuit-dismantle/
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Chinese spies told Claude to break into about 30 critical orgs. Some attacks succeeded
Anthropic dubs this the first AI-orchestrated cyber snooping campaign First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/13/chinese_spies_claude_attacks/
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Feds Fumble Cisco Patches as China-Linked Hackers Strike
CISA Says Agencies Believed They Patched Cisco Flaws But Had Not. The U.S. cyber defense agency issued new patch guidance after discovering multiple federal agencies failed to properly secure Cisco firewalls, leaving federal networks exposed to exploitation by a suspected Chinese threat actor despite a prior emergency directive. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Breach Roundup: UK Probes Chinese-Made Electric Buses
Also, North Korean Hackers Remotely Wipe Android Devices. This week, the U.K. government probed Chinese electric buses for a kill switch, APT37 abused Google’s Find Hub in South Korea, Conduent said its January hack will cost it more, Hyundai disclosed a breach and Patch Tuesday. OWASP added two new categories to its Top 10 web…
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Google Sues China-Based ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions
Google is suing a Chinese phishing network behind $1B in global scams, aiming to shut down its Lighthouse platform and boost security with AI and passkeys. The post Google Sues China-Based ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-sues-lighthouse-china/
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Google Sues ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions
Google is suing a Chinese phishing network behind $1B in global scams, aiming to shut down its Lighthouse platform and boost security with AI and passkeys. The post Google Sues ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-sues-lighthouse-china/
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Google Sues ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions
Google is suing a Chinese phishing network behind $1B in global scams, aiming to shut down its Lighthouse platform and boost security with AI and passkeys. The post Google Sues ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-sues-lighthouse-china/