Barracuda ESG zero-day attacks by Chinese state-sponsored threat actors compromised multiple U.S. state, local, and tribal government email servers. Over 200,000 private and government organizations worldwide depend on Barracuda email security gateway (ESG) appliances.
Advisory warns that state-backed Chinese hackers have deep penetration into "major" US telcos, and are getting in by compromising an assortment of networking equipment and routers.
Amnesty International Canada experienced a security breach on October 5 with the ultimate conclusion being that state-sponsored Chinese hackers penetrated the system for espionage purposes.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says that Chinese hackers breached three computers in the New York subway via Ivanti’s Pulse Connect Secure VPN critical vulnerabilities.
Chinese hackers infiltrated Vatican's computer networks ahead of the high-profile talks between the Catholic Church and the Chinese government on the operations of the Church in China.
State-backed Chinese hackers can modify Cisco routers without being detected and install custom firmware that allows for persistent access, according to a new joint cybersecurity advisory published by CISA and both US and Japanese law enforcement agencies.
Chinese hackers are now focusing on the outer layers of target networks, even antivirus software and firewalls, as an entry point for stealthy cyber attacks that can last for years.
A botnet used by a state-backed Chinese hacking group has lost at least some of its capacity, according to security officials that spoke to Reuters anonymously. The Volt Typhoon group has been targeting US critical infrastructure since at least mid-2021.
Microsoft says state-sponsored Chinese hackers exploited four Microsoft Exchange mail server zero-day vulnerabilities. CISA warned of potential widespread exploitation.
According to a new joint warning published by the CISA, NSA and FBI, exploits by the Chinese hackers have been going on for at least five years in some victim critical infrastructure environments.