- CHINESE ESPIONAGE GROUP DEPLOYS NEW COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE
- CHINESE ESPIONAGE GROUP DEPLOYS NEW COMPATIBLE WINDOWS
September 2023: An Indian cybersecurity firm uncovered plans from Pakistani and Indonesian hacking groups to disrupt the G20 summit in India. Malicious actors targeted Sri Lanka’s government cloud system starting in August 2023 by sending infected links to government workers. The country’s cloud services system didn’t have backup services available for the data from May 17 to August 26, according to reporting. September 2023: A ransomware attack wiped four months of Sri Lankan government data.
CHINESE ESPIONAGE GROUP DEPLOYS NEW COMPATIBLE WINDOWS
The group corrupted a Windows application that allowed them to move laterally within their target’s systems. September 2023: Suspected Chinese hackers attacked the national power grid of an unspecified Asian country earlier this year using Chinese malware. The country behind the spyware placement is unknown, but Latvia, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan are all suspects given past use of Pegasus spyware or their allegiance to Russia. The incident is the first known instance of the spyware being used against a prominent Russian target. September 2023: The iPhone of a Russian journalist for the independent newspaper Meduza was infected with Pegasus spyware in Germany this year. The leak is the latest phase of a Russian attack which started in April 2023 against an Australian law firm that services several Australian government agencies. September 2023: A Russian ransomware group leaked Australian federal police officers’ details on the dark web. The increase comes amid rising tensions between China and the U.S. September 2023: A new Microsoft report indicates an increase of Chinese cyber operations in the South China Sea, as well as increased attacks against the U.S. September 2023: Russian cybercriminals breached the International Criminal Court’s IT systems amid an ongoing probe into Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine. The attack happened around the same time that a Ukrainian missile strike aimed at Russian naval headquarters in the area. September 2023: Russian forces in occupied Crimea reported a cyberattack on Crimean Internet providers. Russian cyberattacks have primarily targeted Ukrainian infrastructure for most of the war. September 2023: Russian is stepping up cyberattacks against Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, specifically units collecting and analyzing evidence of Russian war crimes, according to Ukrainian officials. Kuwait isolated the Ministry and other government systems to protect them from potential further attacks.
September 2023: Cybercriminals targeted Kuwait’s Ministry of Finance with a phishing ransomware attack.
Bermuda announced that it is investigating the attack and declined to state if any sensitive data was compromised. The country’s hospitals, transportation, and education centers remained functional, but other services were down for several weeks.
September 2023: A massive cyberattack hit Bermuda’s Department of Planning and other government services. The hackers use firmware implants to stay hidden and move around in their target’s networks.
CHINESE ESPIONAGE GROUP DEPLOYS NEW COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE
and Japanese officials warn that Chinese state-sponsored hackers placed modifying software inside routers to target government industries and companies located in both countries. Brazilian and UAE companies were also reportedly targeted in the same attack. The hackers used a phishing campaign to target the network’s electrical infrastructure.
September 2023: Iranian hackers launched a cyberattack against Israel’s railroad network. Hacktivists referenced Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s public accusation against India of killing Sikh independence activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar as motivation for the hack. September 2023: Indian hacktivists targeted Canada’s military and Parliament websites with DDoS attacks that slowed system operations for several hours.
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