Taiwan Web Servers Breached by UAT-7237 Using Customized Open-Source Hacking Tools

A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat APT actor has been observed targeting web infrastructure entities in Taiwan using customized versions of open-sourced tools with an aim to establish long-term access within high-value victim environments. The activity has been attributed by Cisco Talo...

UAT-7237 targets Taiwanese web hosting infrastructure

Cisco Talos discovered UAT-7237, a Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat APT group active since at least 2022, which has significant overlaps with UAT-5918. UAT-7237 conducted a recent intrusion targeting web infrastructure entities within Taiwan and relies heavily on the use of open-source...

WellChoose Organization Portal System 安全漏洞

WellChoose Organization Portal System is an electronic directory service system from WellChoose in Taiwan, China. The WellChoose Organization Portal System suffers from a path traversal vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to download arbitrary system files...

WellChoose Organization Portal System 安全漏洞

WellChoose Organization Portal System is an electronic directory service system from WellChoose in Taiwan, China. A path traversal vulnerability exists in the WellChoose Organization Portal System, which can be exploited by an attacker to download arbitrary system files, due to a failure of the...

Ventem e-School 安全漏洞

Ventem e-School is a smart school platform from Feiyu Hi-Tech Ventem of Taiwan, China. A security vulnerability exists in Ventem e-School, which stems from a lack of authorization checking and could lead to elevated privileges...

Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan's Semiconductor Sector with Cobalt Strike, Custom Backdoors

The Taiwanese semiconductor industry has become the target of spear-phishing campaigns undertaken by three previously undocumented Chinese state-sponsored threat actors. "Targets of these campaigns ranged from organizations involved in the manufacturing, design, and testing of semiconductors and...

WellChoose BatchSignCS 安全漏洞

WellChoose BatchSignCS is a signing service system from WellChoose, Inc. of Taiwan, China. A security vulnerability exists in WellChoose BatchSignCS that originates from an arbitrary file write and could lead to the execution of arbitrary code...

Jhenggao iPublish System 安全漏洞

Jhenggao iPublish System is a presentation platform from Jhenggao Corporation, Taiwan, China. A security vulnerability exists in the Jhenggao iPublish System that originates from vulnerability to arbitrary file read attacks...

Taiwan NSB Alerts Public on Data Risks from Douyin, Weibo, and RedNote Over China Ties

Taiwan's National Security Bureau NSB has warned that China-developed applications like RedNote aka Xiaohongshu, Weibo, Douyin, WeChat, and Baidu Cloud pose security risks due to excessive data collection and data transfer to China. The alert comes following an inspection of these apps carried ou...

Taiwan Is Rushing to Make Its Own Drones Before It's Too Late

Unmanned vehicles are increasingly becoming essential weapons of war. But with a potential conflict with China looming large, Taiwan is scrambling to build a domestic drone industry from scratch...

Silver Fox APT Targets Taiwan with Complex Gh0stCringe and HoldingHands RAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new phishing campaign that's targeting users in Taiwan with malware families such as HoldingHands RAT and Gh0stCringe. The activity is part of a broader campaign that delivered the Winos 4.0 malware framework earlier this January by sending phishing...

Soar Cloud System Soar Cloud HRD Human Resource Management System 安全漏洞

Soar Cloud System Soar Cloud HRD Human Resource Management System is a human resource management system from Soar Cloud System, Inc. of Taiwan, China. A security vulnerability exists in Soar Cloud System Soar Cloud HRD Human Resource Management System version 7.3.2025.0408 and prior versions, whi...

CVE-2023-22362

SUSHIRO App for Android outputs sensitive information to the log file, which may result in an attacker obtaining a credential information from the log file. Affected products/versions are as follows: SUSHIRO Ver.4.0.31, Thailand SUSHIRO Ver.1.0.0, Hong Kong SUSHIRO Ver.3.0.2, Singapore SUSHIRO...

Earth Ammit Breached Drone Supply Chains via ERP in VENOM, TIDRONE Campaigns

A cyber espionage group known as Earth Ammit has been linked to two related but distinct campaigns from 2023 to 2024 targeting various entities in Taiwan and South Korea, including military, satellite, heavy industry, media, technology, software services, and healthcare sectors. Cybersecurity fir...

MirrorFace Targets Japan and Taiwan with ROAMINGMOUSE and Upgraded ANEL Malware

The nation-state threat actor known as MirrorFace has been observed deploying malware dubbed ROAMINGMOUSE as part of a cyber espionage campaign directed against government agencies and public institutions in Japan and Taiwan. The activity, detected by Trend Micro in March 2025, involved the use o...

Earth Kasha Updates TTPs in Latest Campaign Targeting Taiwan and Japan

This blog discusses the latest modifications observed in Earth Kasha’s TTPs from their latest campaign detected in March 2025 targeting Taiwan and Japan...

Earth Kurma Targets Southeast Asia With Rootkits and Cloud-Based Data Theft Tools

Government and telecommunications sectors in Southeast Asia have become the target of a "sophisticated" campaign undertaken by a new advanced persistent threat APT group called Earth Kurma since June 2024. The attacks, per Trend Micro, have leveraged custom malware, rootkits, and cloud storage...

CrazyHunter Campaign Targets Taiwanese Critical Sectors

This blog entry details research on emerging ransomware group CrazyHunter, which has launched a sophisticated campaign aimed at Taiwan's essential services...

China Sort of Admits to Being Behind Volt Typhoon

The Wall Street Journal has the story: Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting that Beijing was behind a widespread series of alarming cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring how hostilities between the two superpowers ar...

UAT-5918 targets critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan

By Jung soo An, Asheer Malhotra, Brandon White, and Vitor Ventura. Cisco Talos discovered a malicious campaign we track under the UAT-5918 umbrella that has been active since at least 2023. UAT-5918, a threat actor believed to be motivated by establishing long-term access for information theft,...