Peoples Republic of China - Tagged - Security Boulevard The Home of the Security Bloggers Network Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:57:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://securityboulevard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/android-chrome-256x256-1-32x32.png Peoples Republic of China - Tagged - Security Boulevard 32 32 133346385 China Cyberwar Coming? Versa’s Vice: Volt Typhoon’s Target https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/china-cyberwar-coming-versas-vice-volt-typhoons-target/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:57:30 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2029126 A Chinese flag flies on a high pole

Xi whiz: Versa Networks criticized for swerving the blame.

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China Steals Defense Secrets ‘on Industrial Scale’ https://securityboulevard.com/2024/03/china-steals-secrets-f5-connectwise-richixbw/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:08:40 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2012892 a PRC flag flies in a stiff breeze

UNC5174 ❤ UNC302: CVSS 10 and 9.8 vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese threat actor for People’s Republic.

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Irony of Ironies: CISA Hacked — ‘by China’ https://securityboulevard.com/2024/03/cisa-ivanti-china-richixbw/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:17:53 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2011528 Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Jen Easterly

Free rides and traffic jams: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency penetrated in February, via vuln in Ivanti.

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PRC State Hacking: ‘Chinese Edward Snowden’ Spills I‑Soon Secrets in Huge Dump of TTPs https://securityboulevard.com/2024/02/china-hacking-i-soon-richixbw/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 18:01:59 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2009847 A PRC flag flies atop a metal flagpole

Underpaid, overworked and angry: Whistleblower in hacker contractor firm for Chinese government blows lid off tactics, techniques and procedures.

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FBI Warning: China Will Hack US Infra. (via Router Botnet) https://securityboulevard.com/2024/02/wray-fbi-china-botnet-volt-typhoon-richixbw/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:49:38 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2007340 A caricature of FBI head Christopher Wray, with superimposed text, “low blows against civilians are part of China's plan”

a/k/a BRONZE SILHOUETTE: FBI head Wray won’t tolerate China’s “real-world threat to our physical safety.”

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China Cracks Apple Private Protocol — AirDrop Pwned https://securityboulevard.com/2024/01/china-apple-airdrop-richixbw/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:32:24 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2004660 1989 Tiananmen Square “Tank Man” image, with the text “inappropriate speech” superimposed

AirDrop hashing is weaksauce: Chinese citizens using peer-to-peer wireless comms “must be identified.”

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China-Backed Hacks of Cisco Routers Worry Feds — BlackTech Revenge? https://securityboulevard.com/2023/09/china-blacktech-cisco-richixbw/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:03:01 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=1990760 a PRC flag flies in a stiff breeze

TTP: IOS EEM CLI BBQ LOL—FBI, NSA, CISA join Japan’s NISC to warn of espionage group linked to Chinese Communist Party.

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US and UK Ban More Chinese Kit as Xi’s Grip Weakens https://securityboulevard.com/2022/11/us-uk-ban-chinese-kit-richixbw/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 19:03:18 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=1947214

Two key members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have made further moves to stop Chinese equipment imports

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PRC Tradecraft: The Spy Down Under https://securityboulevard.com/2019/12/prc-tradecraft-the-spy-down-under/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:00:00 +0000 http://securityboulevard.com/?guid=8075f819c5f069a434a20d59301ca517

via the inimitable War Is Boring, comes news of an alleged effort (to the tune of a million simoleans) to co-opt an at-risk Chinese-Australian citizen to assist the People's Repbublic of China in their illicit efforts to infiltrate and spy on the Australian Parliament. Stay tuned - the implications for the other Five-Eyes Nations may be equally dire (with espionage mounted by the People's Repbublic of China & Russia).

"A report aired by Channel 9 television on Sunday night reported that 32-year-old luxury car dealer Bo “Nick” Zhao was in debt to Chinese backers when he was approached by a suspected Chinese intelligence group to run for parliament for the governing Liberal Party. Zhao, who had informed the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) about the incident, was found dead in a Melbourne hotel room in March under mysterious circumstances.' - via War Is Boring, comes news of espionage efforts led by the Communist Chinese

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Alleged Peoples Republic of China Hack Targets 27 Universities, US & Canadian Maritime Military Secrets Ostensibly The Loot https://securityboulevard.com/2019/03/alleged-peoples-republic-of-china-hack-targets-27-universities-us-canadian-maritime-military-secrets-ostensibly-the-loot/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 18:00:00 +0000 http://securityboulevard.com/?guid=673f984e574a0584e9f3c2c5c41ece94

Shannon Liao, writing for The Verge, has posted an interesting piece detailing an alleged Peoples Repbublic of China operation targeting United States Department of Defense data relevant to research at those universities (reportedly, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Washington {in Seattle, Washington} and University of Hawaii were listed as targeted institutions). Originally via Dustin Volz, writing for The Wall Street Journal (Paywall).

"The group has been given various nicknames by security researchers, like Temp.Periscope, Mudcarp, or Leviathan. Its connection to the Chinese government is unclear, but because the group appears to be targeting US military data, analysts believe the Chinese government is a likely sponsor. The same was reportedly behind the hacking of a US Navy contractor last June. " - via Shannon Liao, writing for The Verge

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