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WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Chinese hackers have stolen tens of millions of dollars worth of U.S. COVID relief benefits since 2020, the Secret Service said on Monday.
APT41 is a prolific cybercriminal group that had conducted a mix of government-backed cyber intrusions and financially motivated data breaches, according to experts.
Russian Hackers Spotted Targeting U.S. Military Weapons and Hardware Supplier
Recorded Future attributed the new infrastructure to a threat activity group it tracks under the name TAG-53 , and is broadly known by the cybersecurity community as Blue Callisto , Callisto, COLDRIVER, SEABORGIUM, and TA446.
"Based on historical public reporting on overlapping TAG-53 campaigns, it is likely that this credential harvesting activity is enabled in part through phishing," Recorded Future's Insikt Group said in a report published this week.
Zero-Day Hackers Breach Samsung Galaxy S22 Twice In 24 Hours
The Pwn2Own hacking event is operated by Trend Micro's Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI), launched in 2005, and sees some of the best hacking teams come together to exploit various devices using previously unknown 'zero-day' vulnerabilities.
Within just a few hours, the Chim team successfully showcased another zero-day exploit against the Samsung flagship device. This was another improper input validation attack, but because it came after the first, the team was only awarded a $25,000 prize.
Antwerp's city services down after hackers attack digital partner
The city of Antwerp, Belgium, is working to restore its digital services that were disrupted last night by a cyberattack on its digital provider.
The disruption has affected services used by citizens, schools, daycare centers, and the police, which have been working intermittently today.
Microsoft: Hackers target cryptocurrency firms over Telegram
Microsoft says that cryptocurrency investment companies have been targeted by a threat group it tracks as DEV-0139 via Telegram groups used to communicate with the firms' VIP customers.
"Microsoft recently investigated an attack where the threat actor, tracked as DEV-0139, took advantage of Telegram chat groups to target cryptocurrency investment companies," the company's Security Threat Intelligence team revealed .
Chinese Hackers Using Russo-Ukrainian War Decoys to Target APAC and European Entities
Mustang Panda is a prolific cyber-espionage group from China that's also tracked under the names Bronze President, Earth Preta, HoneyMyte, RedDelta, and Red Lich.
It's believed to be active since at least July 2018, per Secureworks' threat profile , although indications are that the threat actor has been targeting entities worldwide as early as 2012.
Chinese Hackers Target Middle East Telecoms in Latest Cyber Attacks
The espionage activity, directed against a telecom company in the region, is said to have commenced on August 19, 2021 through the successful exploitation of ProxyShell flaws in the Microsoft Exchange Server.
Initial compromise leveraged binaries vulnerable to side-loading techniques, followed by using a mix of legitimate and bespoke tools to conduct reconnaissance, harvest data, move laterally across the environment, and evade detection.
Four hackers indicted for hacking businesses, filing falsified tax returns with IRS
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Cincinnati restaurants hit by Facebook, Instagram social media hackers
Crown Restaurant Group, which owns Losanti, Crown Republic Gastropub, Crown Cantina and Rosie's Italian, experienced similar hacking issues in October.
Hayley Sitek, the group's co-owner and social media manager, said she was notified on Oct. 18 that one of the restaurants' posts had violated Facebook's terms of service.
Chinese hackers exploited US COVID relief funds for millions, Secret Service claims https://t.co/s83NlTSJJ6 FoxNews (from U.S.A.) Tue Dec 06 21:20:06 +0000 2022
Chinese government-linked hackers have stolen at least $20 million in US government coronavirus relief funds, a US… https://t.co/BetDkLmflr CNN Mon Dec 05 23:00:18 +0000 2022
Chinese hackers stole millions worth of U.S. COVID relief money, Secret Service says https://t.co/lBXETmT2RX https://t.co/6LKNGLD0nw Reuters (from Around the world) Tue Dec 06 00:47:05 +0000 2022
It is estimated that hacker groups linked to the Chinese government stole at least $20 million in US Covid relief f… https://t.co/4Mu5DOJqJt TPostMillennial (from Canada) Tue Dec 06 12:20:09 +0000 2022
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