China-Linked UAT-8099 Targets IIS Servers in Asia with BadIIS SEO Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign attributed to a China-linked threat actor known as UAT-8099 that took place between late 2025 and early 2026. The activity, discovered by Cisco Talos, has targeted vulnerable Internet Information Services IIS servers located across Asia, bu...

China-Linked UAT-7290 Targets Telecoms with Linux Malware and ORB Nodes

A China-nexus threat actor known as UAT-7290 has been attributed to espionage-focused intrusions against entities in South Asia and Southeastern Europe. The activity cluster, which has been active since at least 2022, primarily focuses on extensive technical reconnaissance of target organizations...

China-Linked APT31 Launches Stealthy Cyberattacks on Russian IT Using Cloud Services

The China-linked advanced persistent threat APT group known as APT31 has been attributed to cyber attacks targeting the Russian information technology IT sector between 2024 and 2025 while staying undetected for extended periods of time. "In the period from 2024 to 2025, the Russian IT sector,...

China-Linked Silk Typhoon Expands Cyber Attacks to IT Supply Chains for Initial Access

The China-linked threat actor behind the zero-day exploitation of security flaws in Microsoft Exchange servers in January 2021 has shifted its tactics to target the information technology IT supply chain as a means to obtain initial access to corporate networks. That's according to new findings...

MirrorFace Leverages ANEL and NOOPDOOR in Multi-Year Cyberattacks on Japan

Japan's National Police Agency NPA and National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity NCSC accused a China-linked threat actor named MirrorFace of orchestrating a persistent attack campaign targeting organizations, businesses, and individuals in the country since 2019. The...

CISA Adds ScienceLogic SL1 Vulnerability to Exploited Catalog After Active Zero-Day Attack

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Monday added a critical security flaw impacting ScienceLogic SL1 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, following reports of active exploitation as a zero-day. The vulnerability in question, tracked as CVE-2024-9537 CV...

China-linked APT17 Targets Italian Companies with 9002 RAT Malware

A China-linked threat actor called APT17 has been observed targeting Italian companies and government entities using a variant of a known malware referred to as 9002 RAT. The two targeted attacks took place on June 24 and July 2, 2024, Italian cybersecurity company TG Soft said in an analysis...

New KV-Botnet Targeting Cisco, DrayTek, and Fortinet Devices for Stealthy Attacks

A new botnet consisting of firewalls and routers from Cisco, DrayTek, Fortinet, and NETGEAR is being used as a covert data transfer network for advanced persistent threat actors, including the China-linked threat actor called Volt Typhoon. Dubbed KV-botnet by the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen...

Earth Lusca's New SprySOCKS Linux Backdoor Targets Government Entities

The China-linked threat actor known as Earth Lusca has been observed targeting government entities using a never-before-seen Linux backdoor called SprySOCKS. Earth Lusca was first documented by Trend Micro in January 2022, detailing the adversary's attacks against public and private sector entiti...

Daggerfly Cyberattack Campaign Hits African Telecom Services Providers

Telecommunication services providers in Africa are the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a China-linked threat actor at least since November 2022. The intrusions have been pinned on a hacking crew tracked by Symantec as Daggerfly, and which is also monitored by the broader cybersecurity...