Application Security
The cPanel CVE-2026-41940 story continues. A new threat actor has been named, the backdoor it deploys has been documented, and the most operationally relevant fact is that this group has been operating since 2020 with detection rates close to zero. BEIJING, CHINA — A new threat actor designated Mr_Rot13 has
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Trend Micro publishes full technical attribution of Shadow-Earth-053 — confirming the China-linked group targets journalists and civil society activists alongside governments and defense sectors across Asia and one NATO member state.
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Silver Fox has launched a tax-themed phishing campaign across India, Russia, Indonesia, and Japan — deploying ValleyRAT and the newly documented ABCDoor Python backdoor via fake tax authority notifications.
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A previously undocumented China-linked threat group tracked as Shadow-Earth-053 has infiltrated 12+ critical networks across Poland and Asian nations — targeting defense contractors, government agencies, and transport infrastructure.
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A Chinese state-linked contract hacker, Xu Zewei, has been extradited from Italy to the United States and charged for his alleged role in the Silk-Typhoon (Hafnium) campaigns that targeted U.S. universities conducting COVID-19 vaccine research and later thousands of Microsoft Exchange email servers worldwide. WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a
Cyber Attacks
China-linked Mustang Panda (TA416 / RedDelta) has broadened its targeting from predominantly government and policy entities in the West to India’s banking sector and Korean peninsula policy actors. Using an updated LOTUSLITE backdoor delivered via CHM files and DLL sideloading of legitimate Microsoft-signed executables, the campaign marks a strategic shift
Nation-State Cyber Threats
China-aligned espionage group G0081 evolves beyond traditional spear-phishing with SOHO router firmware attacks and domain-trust pivoting. TOKYO, JP — The persistent China-aligned threat actor known as Tropic Trooper (G0081) has significantly shifted its operational focus, moving beyond traditional spear-phishing to target Japanese government and critical infrastructure via router exploitation. Recent telemetry
Nation-State Cyber Threats
ESET discovers a new espionage group abusing legitimate cloud services for command-and-control against strategically sensitive Mongolian targets. ULAN BATOR, MN — Researchers at ESET have uncovered a sophisticated, China-aligned espionage campaign targeting the Mongolian government. The threat actor, dubbed GopherWhisper, has successfully infected at least 12 government systems since late 2023,
Data Breaches
UK Biobank's complete dataset exposed via three Chinese research institutions; listings removed after UK-China government intervention. LONDON, UK — In what is being described as a geopolitical health data security scandal, the UK government has confirmed that confidential medical and genomic data belonging to all 500,000 UK Biobank
Nation-State Cyber Threats
17 international agencies issue a joint advisory revealing a strategic shift by Chinese actors toward commercially-maintained covert networks, enabling full cyber kill chains against global critical infrastructure. WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a massive display of intelligence community consensus, the National Security Agency (NSA), the FBI’s IC3, and the Cybersecurity
Zero Day Exploit
Microsoft’s threat intelligence team has issued a high-priority warning regarding a sophisticated cyber-criminal actor, designated as Storm-1175, which is utilizing zero-day vulnerabilities to deploy the Medusa ransomware. The group, identified as an affiliate of the broader Medusa-as-a-Service operation, has demonstrated an unprecedented speed in its attack lifecycle, often moving
Chinese Threat Actors
Security researchers have identified a significant resurgence in cyber-espionage activity by the China-aligned threat actor TA416. The group, also known as Mustang Panda or RedDelta, has expanded its targeting to include European government entities, diplomatic missions, and organizations in the Middle East, signaling a strategic shift aligned with evolving global