Tag: Cyber Espionage

Chinese national Xu Zewei linked to Silk Typhoon hacking group has been sacked and extradited from Italy to United States over cyberattacks targeting COVID research systems and Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities.

Researchers have identified Lotus Wiper, a destructive malware targeting Venezuela’s energy sector, capable of wiping systems, deleting recovery mechanisms, and disabling infrastructure through multi stage batch scripts and disk overwriting techniques.

China-linked cyber espionage group TA416 targets European and Middle Eastern government entities using PlugX malware, OAuth phishing, and evolving attack chains.

Transparent Tribe, also known as APT36, is using AI assisted coding tools to generate large volumes of malware implants targeting government organizations and diplomatic missions, according to Bitdefender research.

Google, in collaboration with industry partners, has disrupted the infrastructure of UNC2814, a suspected China-linked cyber espionage group using GRIDTIDE malware to target 53 organizations across 42 countries, supporting affected organizations and cutting off malicious access.

WhatsApp’s zero-click exploit, combined with an Apple zero-day, marks a new era of cyber espionage. Learn how invisible attacks bypass user defenses, threaten enterprises, and signal a trust crisis in consumer and business communication tools.