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Chinese Hackers Using Deepfakes In Advanced Mobile Banking Malware Attacks

BEIJING - A Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed GoldFactory has been attributed to the development of highly sophisticated banking trojans, including a previously undocumented iOS malware called GoldPickaxe that's capable of harvesting identity documents, facial recognition data, and intercepting SMS. "The GoldPickaxe family is available for both iOS and Android platforms," Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said in an extensive report shared with

By |2024-02-18T19:15:56-05:00February 16th, 2024|Cyber Defense|
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FBI Takes Down Moobot Botnet Used By Russian Military Hackers To Target US Government

WASHINGTON DC - The FBI took down a botnet of small office/home office (SOHO) routers used by Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) to proxy malicious traffic and to target the United States and its allies in spearphishing and credential theft attacks. This network of hundreds of Ubiquiti Edge OS routers infected with Moobot

By |2024-02-16T16:16:39-05:00February 16th, 2024|Cyber Defense, Featured|
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Feds Find Massive Chinese Cyber Spying Campaign

WASHINGTON DC - Much of the discussion surrounding cyberwarfare has centered around Russia and Ukraine, in recent months. While it may have been pushed into the background, however, China’s aggressive cyber activity continues apace, whether it rises to the level of warfare or not. Only a month ago, we covered news that Chinese state-sponsored hackers

By |2022-06-12T11:28:40-04:00June 12th, 2022|Cyber Defense|
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Justice Department Charges Chinese With Cybercrimes That Pose National Threat

WASHINGTON DC - The US Justice Department has charged two Chinese nationals with cybercrimes, citing the threat they pose to national security These Chinese nationals, who the Department of Justice believes are working in association with the country's government as part of a hackinggroup called APT10, are accused of stealing information from at least 45 US tech companies

By |2018-12-20T17:20:41-05:00December 20th, 2018|Cyber Defense|
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Chinese Hack Alaskan Government Networks Before Trade Mission

BEIJING, China - As Alaskan leaders headed to China to discuss trade deals, Chinese hackers were swarming their US networks, security researchers said. Researchers from Recorded Future said they discovered Chinese hackers targeting the Alaskan state government, as well as the state's Department of Natural Resources and energy, telephone and communications companies. The cybersecurity firm said it

By |2018-08-20T08:03:19-04:00August 16th, 2018|Cyber Defense|
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