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Mackenzie Kurzynski
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Chinese cyber. South Caucasus history. MA from Carleton. Sens fan. Views are my own. (English/中文/ქართული)
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Operation Digital Eye 👁️ | Chinese APT Compromises Critical Digital Infrastructure via Visual Studio Code Tunnels
#apt #china #cyber
s1.ai/d-eye
Operation Digital Eye | Chinese APT Compromises Critical Digital Infrastructure via Visual Studio Code Tunnels
Threat actors abused Visual Studio Code and Microsoft Azure infrastructure to target large business-to-business IT service providers in Southern Europe.
s1.ai
December 11, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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Censys has released Censeye, a tool to identify hosts with characteristics similar to a given target

github.com/Censys-Resea...
GitHub - Censys-Research/censeye
Contribute to Censys-Research/censeye development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Interesting look at GhostEmperor. However, my hot take is we should wait until Microsoft releases some solid IOCs before stating GhostEmperor = Salt Typhoon

#cybersecurity #GhostEmperor #SaltTyphoon

www.trendmicro.com/en_us/resear...
Game of Emperor: Unveiling Long Term Earth Estries Cyber Intrusions
www.trendmicro.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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Sen. Warner, chair of the intelligence committee + a former telecom VC, says the Salt Typhoon intrusions are "the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history — by far."

Adds that it's possible millions of people's data could've been caught up in the breaches
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Top senator calls Salt Typhoon ‘worst telecom hack in our nation’s history’
The severity of the Chinese breach highlights the need for more telecommunications regulation, lawmakers say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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The extent of Salt Typhoon: “The penetration almost certainly gave China a road map to discover which of China’s spies the United States has identified and which they have missed.”
Emerging Details of Chinese Hack Leave U.S. Officials Increasingly Concerned
Leaders of the big telecommunications companies were summoned to the White House to discuss strategies for overhauling the security of the nation’s telecommunications networks amid growing alarm at th...
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:01 PM
A fascinating theory about why Microsoft is so unwilling to release anything substantial about Salt Typhoon:

nattothoughts.substack.com/p/salt-typho...

#cybersecurity #salttyphoon
Salt Typhoon: Churning Up a Storm of Consternation
Public knowledge of the Salt Typhoon intrusions has been driven by the media, while the government and private-sector cybersecurity companies appear to have agreed on keeping mum
nattothoughts.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:24 PM
An excellent summary of CrowdStrike’s blog post re: LIMINAL PANDA
CrowdStrike has identified a new China hacking group that's been targeting telecom networks since at least 2020.

The group has primarily targeted networks in SE Asia and Africa — but it also have the ability to use their access to breach other networks.

www.axios.com/2024/11/19/c...
Exclusive: CrowdStrike finds that yet another China-linked hacking group is targeting telecom networks
The discovery comes as the U.S. responds to a sprawling China hack of officials' phones.
www.axios.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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THREAD: How to verify online images

Social media is awash with false or misleading images, some of which get millions of engagements.

So here's a simple guide on ways you can quickly check the veracity of images you see on your social media feeds with major elections coming up this year.
March 11, 2024 at 11:58 AM