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Chinese Film Dethrones Inside Out 2 to Become the World’s Highest Grossing Animated Film
Inspired by Chinese mythological tales and the novel Investiture of the Gods, Ne Zha 2 was released in Chinese theatres on January 29, 2025. The animated film grossed $2.03 billion against a budget of $80 million, which is higher than the combined earnings of the Chinese theatrical releases of 2025 so far. Reportedly, it has become the first Chinese film…
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Juniper patches bug that let Chinese cyberspies backdoor routers
Juniper Networks has released emergency security updates to patch a Junos OS vulnerability exploited by Chinese hackers to backdoor routers for stealthy access. This medium severity flaw (CVE-2025-21590) was reported by Amazon security engineer Matteo Memelli and is caused by an improper isolation or compartmentalization weakness. Successful exploitation lets local attackers with high privileges execute arbitrary code on vulnerable routers to compromise…
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US charges Chinese hackers linked to critical infrastructure breaches
The US Justice Department has charged Chinese state security officers along with APT27 and i-Soon hackers for network breaches and cyberattacks that have targeted victims globally since 2011. Their victim list includes US federal and state government agencies, foreign ministries of multiple governments in Asia, U.S.-based dissidents, as well as a prominent religious organization in the United States. “These malicious…
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12 Chinese hackers charged with US Treasury breach — and much, much more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today it has criminally charged 12 Chinese nationals it says are behind attacks that hit more than 100 US organizations, including the Treasury, in a string of attacks going as far back as 2013. The DOJ accuses the people of carrying out their attacks either on their own or at the behest of the…
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Belgium probes if Chinese hackers breached its intelligence service
The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office is investigating whether Chinese hackers were behind a breach of the country’s State Security Service (VSSE). Chinese state-backed attackers reportedly gained access to VSSE’s external email server between 2021 and May 2023, siphoning around 10% of all emails sent and received by the agency’s staff. The compromised server was only used for exchanging emails with…
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Chinese hackers use custom malware to spy on US telecom networks
The Chinese state-sponsored Salt Typhoon hacking group uses a custom utility called JumbledPath to stealthily monitor network traffic and potentially capture sensitive data in cyberattacks on U.S. telecommunication providers. Salt Typhoon (aka Earth Estries, GhostEmperor, and UNC2286) is a sophisticated hacking group active since at least 2019, primarily focusing on breaching government entities and telecommunications companies. Recently, the U.S. authorities have…
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Chinese hackers breach more US telecoms via unpatched Cisco routers
China’s Salt Typhoon hackers are still actively targeting telecoms worldwide and have breached more U.S. telecommunications providers via unpatched Cisco IOS XE network devices. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group threat research division states that the Chinese hacking group (tracked Salt Typhoon and RedMike) has exploited the CVE-2023-20198 privilege escalation and CVE-2023-20273 Web UI command injection vulnerabilities. These ongoing attacks have already…
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Chinese espionage tools deployed in RA World ransomware attack
A China-based threat actor, tracked as Emperor Dragonfly and commonly associated with cybercriminal endeavors, has been observed using in a ransomware attack a toolset previously attributed to espionage actors. The hackers deployed the RA World ransomware against an Asian software and services company and demanded an initial ransom payment of $2 million. Researchers from Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team observed the activity in late 2024…
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Apple’s Chinese AI problem (perhaps) solved with Alibaba – Computerworld
So, when is Apple Intelligence coming to China? News of the deal emerges just weeks before April, when Apple has already suggested it will introduce Simplified Chinese localization for Apple Intelligence. While both Apple and Alibaba must now gain regulatory approval for their plan, the signal within the smoke suggests a Q2 introduction of Chinese Apple Intelligence support. This could…
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Chinese cyberspies use new SSH backdoor in network device hacks
A Chinese hacking group is hijacking the SSH daemon on network appliances by injecting malware into the process for persistent access and covert operations. The newly identified attack suite has been used in attacks since mid-November 2024, attributed to the Chinese Evasive Panda, aka DaggerFly, cyber-espionage group. As per the findings of Fortinet’s Fortiguard researchers, the attack suite is named “ELF/Sshdinjector.A!tr” and…
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