APT41

Social engineering, exfiltration and espionage activities by Chinese hackers unveiled

Threats and Risks

Social engineering, exfiltration and espionage activities by Chinese hackers unveiled

Reports uncover recent activities by Chinese state-sponsored threat groups

clock 06 May 2022 • 3 min read
China-backed APT41 compromised US state networks, security firm says

Hacking

China-backed APT41 compromised US state networks, security firm says

Hackers exploited vulnerabilities in internet-facing web applications to infect systems

clock 10 March 2022 • 3 min read

Hacking

US Justice Department indicts Iranian, Chinese and Malaysian hackers for targeting hundreds of individuals and organisations

Malaysian nationals allegedly helped Chinese hackers in their attempts to intrude into the networks of American firms

clock 17 September 2020 • 2 min read

Security

Surge in attacks from China-linked APT41 targeting unpatched Citrix servers and Cisco routers

APT41 attacks carried out between January and March targeted unsecured Citrix NetScaler servers and Cisco routers

clock 25 March 2020 • 3 min read

Security

Hackers linked to China compromised telecoms network to monitor world leaders' messages

Chinese intelligence targeting 'upstream data entities', such as telecoms companies, in order to compromise world leaders' communications

clock 31 October 2019 • 3 min read

Hacking

China's APT41: State-sponsored espionage by day, hacking for personal gain by night

Members of China's APT41 threat group traced back to 2012, attacking video games companies out of hours

clock 08 August 2019 • 2 min read