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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#China now #America's number one cyber threat – US must get up to speed
This shift was signified by the #VoltTyphoon attacks against the US last year, retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery told the #RSA Conference in San Francisco on Monday, and corporates to be held accountable. #US has focused on defense as its key strategy. But in doing so, this had allowed other nations to hone their cyber skills, and China has risen to be the key adversary in this vital battleground.
theregister.com/2025/04/29/chi

The Register · China now America's number one cyber threat – US must get up to speedBy Iain Thomson
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Richi Jennings

#Versa Networks criticized for swerving the blame.

A huge, gaping vulnerability in #VersaDirector allowed a #Chinese state sponsored #APT group to pivot into countless enterprises. Dubbed #VoltTyphoon, the group’s aim is to be ready for cyberwar between the PRC and America. So, yeah, this is a major problem.

But Versa Networks, Inc. made the classic PR faux pas of blaming its own customers—major U.S. ISPs and MSPs. In #SBBlogwatch, we break out the popcorn. At @TechstrongGroup⁠’s @SecurityBlvd: securityboulevard.com/2024/08/ $LUMN

Security Boulevard · China Cyberwar Coming? Versa’s Vice: Volt Typhoon’s TargetXi whiz: Versa Networks criticized for swerving the blame.
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Nonilex

Though they avoided discussing threats to ISPs specifically, some of the top #US #cybersecurity ofcls at the recent #BlackHat & #DefCon #hacking conferences said #VoltTyphoon remained as active & successful as it was when ops were first ID’ed last yr.

The group’s emphasis on obtaining access for potential physical destruction “is nowhere near where the nations of the world behave” said ret Gen Paul Nakasone, who stepped down in Feb from posts running US #Cyber Com & the #NSA.

#security#China
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Nonilex

In a separate report earlier this month, #security company #Volexity said it had found another high-end technique in play at a different, unnamed #ISP. In that case, it said a Chinese state #hacking group distinct from #VoltTyphoon was able to get far enough inside the service provider to alter #DNS web addresses that users were trying to reach & divert them elsewhere, allowing the #hackers to insert #backdoors for #espionage.

#InfoSec #Internet #tech #cybersecurity #China #US #geopolitics

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Nonilex

On Mon, the Santa Clara, CA-based company published a blog post about the problem, saying that it had issued a patch & that “impacted customers failed to implement system hardening & #firewall guidelines.”

#Lumen wrote that it located #malware inside #ISP routers serving certain groups or individual customers that could intercept passwords from those customers. Lumen said it believed the malicious #software was being used by #VoltTyphoon.

#InfoSec#espionage#security
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Nonilex

Though there is no evidence that the new inroads are aimed at anything other than gathering #intelligence, some of the techniques & resources employed are associated w/those used in the past year by a #China-backed group known as #VoltTyphoon…. #US intelligence ofcls said that group sought access to equipment at Pacific #ports & other #infrastructure to enable China to sow #panic & #disrupt America’s ability to move #troops, #weaponry & supplies to #Taiwan if armed conflict breaks out.
#security

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#FBI says #China's hackers preparing to attack #US infrastructure
Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into US #criticalinfrastructure and are waiting "for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow," FBI Director Christopher Wray said. An ongoing Chinese hacking campaign known as #VoltTyphoon has successfully gained access to numerous #American companies in telecommunications, energy, water and other critical sectors, with 23 pipeline operators targeted
reuters.com/technology/cyberse

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