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Researchers discovered a previously unseen malware called Okrum that distributed from APT15 threat group via a hidden PNG file with steganography technique to evade detection. APT15 threat group also known as Ke3chang has a long history of its malicious activities since 2010, and it was initially reported in 2013 during their campaign activity attack organization in […]
The United States Justice Department today announced charges against a Chinese hacker and his hacking team member for their alleged role in the 2015 massive data breach at health insurance giant Anthem and three other unnamed American companies. Fujie Wang (王 福 杰) and another hacker named John Doe with three different aliases—Deniel Jack, Kim […]
A ransomware that encrypts personal files and then demands 110 yuan (~$16) in ransom has affected over 100,000 Windows PC in China. The hackers are distributing rigged apps, disguised as social media apps, on different forums and local websites to infect the users. Many reports claim that one of such app goes by the name “Account Operation […]
Each hacker community looks for different things An analysis of professionals in digital forensics about the criminal activity of Russian and Chinese hackers reveals several differences between the two communities in terms of interests and ways of doing business. In the past, researchers monitored the activity of several markets used to deal with illegal content or tools […]
In a bombshell report earlier this week, Bloomberg revealed that tiny spy chips were planted on Apple and Amazon’s servers by Chinese spies. And yesterday, we saw official responses from the company strongly denying the occurrence of such an incident. The servers in question were made by Supermicro. Now the latest report tells us that some of those […]
Chinese cyber espionage actor actively distributing TEMP.Periscope malware campaign that used for set of powerful malware toolkit to compromise U.S Engineering and other Organizations such as maritime industry, research institutes in the United States. This malware actively distributing since 2017 along with other Chinese malware campaign but it used various infection approach with a revised […]
Cyber security group says attack launched against visitors to vessel in South China Sea. Chinese hackers targeted foreign government personnel who visited a US aircraft carrier the day before a contentious international court ruling on the South China Sea, according to a US cyber security company. The China-based group created an infected document impersonating an […]
Months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung’s new mobile payment system, LoopPay, a small Massachusetts subsidiary of the South Korean electronics giant, was the target of a sophisticated attack by a group of government-affiliated Chinese hackers. As early as March, the hackers — alternatively known as the Codoso Group or Sunshock Group by […]
Short Bytes : As the cyber attacks are getting more and more pervasive, the White House is seeking ways to retaliate against the Chinese hacking incidents. The President plans to deter the attacks and devising new measures for the purpose. The United States faced one of its biggest cyber attacks ever last month, when millions […]
The website of Indian Space Agency ISRO’s commercial wing Antrix Corporation was hacked on Sunday. This attack comes two days after ISRO launched five British satellites in its heaviest ever commercial launch. Website of Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of ISRO, antrix.gov.in directed to a web page that posted information about sports merchandise. Notorious Chinese hackers […]
Well, something very unexpected has happened recently. The fact that China is having an army of hackers isn’t surprising; instead, acceptance of this fact by China is shocking. United States, India and many other countries have been suspecting this communist nation for a long time for carrying out cyber attacks. But, the every instance and […]
CBS News has revealed that one of their investigative reporter had her computer hacked and remotely accessed by an unknown hackers late last year. The reporter has been identified as Sharyl Attkisson had her computer remotely accessed from three different location by unknown party, citing an analysis by an outside cyber security firm. CBS News spokeswoman Sonya […]
The Australian Security intelligence Organization (ASIO) (www.asio.gov.au) has been hacked by the IP address belonging to People’s Republic of China founded to be incorrect and unsupported by other evidence. In the short span of time after the announcement of 2013 federal budget which counted of increasing spending on Australian Security intelligence Organization (ASIO), a program came […]
According to a recent confidential report, Chinese hackers have compromised or gained access to a sensitive weaponry system of United States. Pentagon has provided the Defense Science Board with a document that says that more than 24 key systems for weapons have been affected by the hacking activity and that includes systems for fighter jets, […]
Back in the year 2010, the Breach performed by Chinese hackers that was a part of the operation termed as Operation Aurora allowed them to gain access into a special database of Google. The database contains information about thousands of orders relating to American surveillance targets. Google admitted the infiltration some years ago and mentioned […]
A group of Chinese hackers going with the handle of DeepPanda have hacked the official sub-domain (sem.dol.gov) of US Department of Labor, as a result the site has been redirected to another link that serves visitors with malware. A security firm Alienvault writes that Company’s director Jaime Blasco discovered the threat and suspect that it is a state-sponsored attack. At this moment, he […]
The official website of one of India’s most high profile defense organization, Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) (www.drdo.gov.in) was hacked and breached by hackers at the beginning of March 2013. Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday told media that “The site’s server was breached, leak was detected in the first week of March as […]
An official at White House has warned China to take “serious steps” in tackling cyber-crimes originating from its cyber space, as it has become a “growing challenge” between U.S. and China relations. Tom Donilon, National Security Adviser asked China to ”understand the seriousness and depth of the matter by behaving responsibly over the cyber security issue.” At the other […]
China’s Computer Networks Emergency Response Coordination center is the top internet security agency in China. Xinhua on Sunday, reported as, CNCERT says “Foreign based hack attempts against the Chinese computer networks in “Seriously Increasing”. It additionally said that half of the hack-attacks were made by United States which repeatedly blamed for escalating cyber-attacks against US industrial and […]
Seculert, an Israeli based company that detects viruses and other Advanced persistent threats (APT), has claimed to detect two different spear-phishing attacks which were using a fake Mandiant report to spy on Chinese and Japanese journalists. TheRegister reports that researchers are positive about the origin of these attacks is none other then China. “We resolved it and found it was reporting […]
The FBI has announced that International nonprofit organisation Aspen was hacked for last two months by Chinese hackers spying on Aspen’s employees emails. The Huffingtonpost reports that Aspen Institute was unaware of the breach until FBI detected the suspicious activity traced back to China. After this breach, Aspen has marked itself among the list of companies hacked by Chinese hackers. […]