Tag: cybersecurity

• Spies for Hire: China’s New Breed of Hackers Blends Espionage and Entrepreneurship

  August 29, 2021

  The state security ministry is recruiting from a vast pool of private-sector hackers who often have their own agendas and sometimes use their access for commercial cybercrime, experts say. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/technology/china-hackers.html more ›

• French and Russian Influence Operations Go Head to Head Targeting Audiences in Africa

  December 22, 2020

  On December 15, Facebook announced that it had taken down three separate networks that it had discovered for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” that targeted communities across Africa. One, centered on the Central African… more ›

• Analyzing Solorigate, the compromised DLL file that started a sophisticated cyberattack, and how Microsoft Defender helps protect customers

  December 22, 2020

  We, along with the security industry and our partners, continue to investigate the extent of the Solorigate attack. https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/12/18/analyzing-solorigate-the-compromised-dll-file-that-started-a-sophisticated-cyberattack-and-how-microsoft-defender-helps-protect/ more ›

• Microsoft removed 18 Azure AD apps used by Chinese state-sponsored hacker group

  September 26, 2020

  Microsoft said today that it removed 18 Azure Active Directory applications from its Azure portal that were created and abused by a Chinese state-sponsored hacker group. https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-removed-18-azure-ad-apps-used-by-chinese-state-sponsored-hacker-group/ more ›

• Exclusive: Obscure Indian cyber firm spied on politicians, investors worldwide

  June 10, 2020

  LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A little-known Indian IT firm offered its hacking services to help clients spy on more than 10,000 email accounts over a period of seven years. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cyber-mercenaries-exclusive-idUSKBN23G1GQ more ›

• Digital Crackdown: Large-Scale Surveillance and Exploitation of Uyghurs

  September 9, 2019

  Over the last several years, numerous reports have emerged regarding the shocking treatment of Uyghurs, a Muslim minority ethnic group that makes up a large part of the Xinjiang Uyghur… more ›

• Advanced mobile surveillanceware, made in Russia, found in the wild

  July 28, 2019

  Researchers have discovered some of the most advanced and full-featured mobile surveillanceware ever seen. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/advanced-mobile-surveillanceware-made-in-russia-found-in-the-wild/ more ›

• (Can’t) Picture This 2

  July 23, 2019

  Internet platform companies operating in China are required by law to control content on their platforms or face penalties, under the expectation that companies will invest in the technology and… more ›

• The Coalition Out to Kill Tech as We Know It

  June 6, 2019

  Updated on June 5 at 12:39 p.m. In October 2016, then-President Barack Obama hosted a miniature version of the blowout tech conference South by Southwest, which the White House called… more ›

• When Chinese hackers declared war on the rest of us

  January 13, 2019

  Late one Wednesday in March 2015, an alarm sounded in the offices of GitHub, a San Francisco–based software firm. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612638/when-chinese-hackers-declared-war-on-the-rest-of-us/ more ›