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China-Based BRONZE SANDCASTLE Hackers Abuse Sandboxie to Load Backdoors
Sophos found BRONZE SANDCASTLE abusing legitimate Windows apps to load encrypted backdoors, collect system information and steal Active…
Nearly 480,000 Phishing Emails Traced to Computer Hidden Behind Hotel Fridge
Japanese police arrested a Chinese couple accused of hiding a computer in a Kobe hotel to send phishing emails and using stolen credit card details for purchases.
FBI Seizes Flax Typhoon Hacking Tools Linked to Chinese Contractor
The FBI and DOJ seized domains and disrupted scanning and spear-phishing tools used by Flax Typhoon, a China-linked…
China-Linked FamousSparrow Deploys SparroWocky Backdoor in Latin America
FamousSparrow is targeting Latin American governments with SparroWocky, a new C++ backdoor that exfiltrates files, takes screenshots and evades security tools.
Facebook Ads Promote Fake Streaming Apps Delivering PanDa RAT
Intel 471 says Chinese-speaking operators used fake streaming apps and Facebook ads to infect Android users with the PanDa RAT (remote access trojan).
China-Nexus Fire Ant Hackers Target Cisco Routers, TACACS Servers for Espionage
Sygnia details Fire Ant attacks on Cisco routers, TACACS servers and Linux hosts used to steal credentials, collect traffic data and conceal malicious activity.
US Disrupts Global Botnet Used by China-Linked QTFY Hackers
The FBI and DOJ disrupted a global botnet used by QTFY to compromise IoT devices and conceal attacks against US government agencies and critical infrastructure.
AI Agents Used to Compromise 85 Taiwan Government Accounts in 4 Days
Dream Group says AI agents mapped 21 Taiwanese government systems, cracked 85 accounts and stole over 2,500 personnel records in a four-day attack in July 2026.
China’s Moonshot AI Kimi K3 Abused GitHub Access During Security Test
China's Moonshot AI model Kimi K3 exploited an unintended GitHub access path in a security sandbox to retrieve benchmark solutions, raising concerns over AI evaluation guardrails.
OctLurk and SilkLurk Windows Backdoors Target Governments in 6 Countries
Kaspersky links OctLurk and SilkLurk to cyberespionage attacks stealing passwords, emails and files from government systems in six countries since January 2025.