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13769429465?profile=RESIZE_400xIt is easy to forget that most of the world’s internet traffic does not traverse satellites or distant clouds, but lies beneath our oceans, coursing through thousands of kilometers of fiber-optic cables.  These lines, laid across the seabed, are the unacknowledged arteries of the modern economy.  They transmit trillions of dollars in financial data daily, underpin critical infrastructure, and form the backbone of global commerce and statecraft. Submarine cables carry more than 95% of global inte

13746514066?profile=RESIZE_400xIn January 2025, FortiGuard Labs observed Winos 4.0 attacks targeting users in Taiwan.  In February, it became clear the actor had changed malware families and expanded operations.  What first appeared isolated was part of a broader campaign that shifted from China to Taiwan, then Japan, and most recently Malaysia.

This article examines the methodologies employed to identify strategic connections between their campaigns, revealing how seemingly unrelated attacks are linked through shared infrast

12224657682?profile=RESIZE_400xHackers attacked the national power grid of an unspecified Asian country earlier this year using malware typically deployed by personnel connected to China’s government, researchers said last week.  Cybersecurity company Symantec declined to attribute the incident to China but pointed to a group it tracks as RedFly.  The group compromised the network for as long as six months, stealing credentials and targeting multiple computers, the researchers said.

The malware, known as ShadowPad, also has b

12128562076?profile=RESIZE_400xJapan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

12128562076?profile=RESIZE_400xJapan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

12128562076?profile=RESIZE_400xJapan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

12128562076?profile=RESIZE_400xJapan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

12128562076?profile=RESIZE_400xJapan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

12128562076?profile=RESIZE_400xJapan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

10115777254?profile=RESIZE_400xA new malware family is targeting Asian cloud service providers and using compromised resources to mine cryptocurrency. The malware, CoinStomp, makes use of Timestomping, Command and Control through reverse shells, removal of target system’s cryptographic policies, and references to a previous cryptojacking campaign, Xanthe.

Cryptojacking is the process of compromising machines and using their resources to mine for cryptocurrencies.  This attack method has grown popular as an alternative to buil

3724012340?profile=RESIZE_710xChina Coverage of Report on the Cyber Vulnerabilities of Asian Ports

SUMMARY

Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has just released a report examining the economic losses expected if Asian port systems, including several in China, were subjected to a major cyber-attack.  This report did not assess the cyber vulnerabilities of Asian ports but rather postulated a major attack in order to calculate economic impact, with a focus on losses in the insurance industry.  The report concluded tha