FBI director says Chinese spies 'burned down' their botnet
WEB3 days ago · According to an advisory [PDF] issued to coincide with Wray's speech, the Flax Typhoon crew had an SQL database containing details of 1.2 million records on compromised and hijacked devices that they had either previously used or were currently using for the botnet.. Additionally, the botnet used customized Mirai malware to exploit known vulnerabilities in internet-connected devices to ...
US FBI disrupts second Chinese hacking group, director says
WEB3 days ago · U.S. law enforcement has disrupted a second major Chinese hacking group nicknamed "Flax Typhoon" and wrested thousands of compromised devices from its grasp, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on ...
Justice Department disrupts vast Chinese hacking operation that
WEBThe hacking campaign known as Flax Typhoon installed malicious software on more than 200,000 consumer devices, including cameras, video recorders and home and office routers, to create a massive ...
Massive China-state IoT botnet went undetected for four …
WEB3 days ago · Researchers and law enforcement track the China-state group that worked with Integrity Technology as Flax Typhoon. More than half of the infected Raptor Train devices were located in North America ...
FBI joint operation takes down massive Chinese botnet, Wray says
WEB4 days ago · An Aug. 24, 2023 blog post by Microsoft Threat Intelligence noted that although Microsoft did not have full visibility into Flax Typhoon’s activity, the group’s minimal use of malware and deft ability to rely on tools already built into target operating systems, along with benign software, helps reduce detection.. That approach, also known as “living off the land,” has been a key facet ...
Flax Typhoon using legitimate software to quietly access …
WEBAug 24, 2023 · Microsoft has identified a nation-state activity group tracked as Flax Typhoon, based in China, that is targeting dozens of organizations in Taiwan with the likely intention of performing espionage.
Justice Department disrupts vast Chinese hacking operation that ...
WEB3 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has disrupted a group of hackers working at the direction of the Chinese government who targeted universities, government agencies and other organizations, Director Chris Wray said Wednesday. The hacking campaign known as Flax Typhoon installed malicious software on more than 200,000 consumer devices, including ...
US Disrupts ‘Raptor Train’ Botnet of Chinese APT Flax Typhoon
WEB3 days ago · The US government has announced the disruption of Raptor Train, a Flax Typhoon botnet powered by hacked consumer devices. The US government on Wednesday announced the disruption of a massive botnet created by Chinese state-sponsored hackers. The threat actor attempted to use a DDoS attack to protect its botnet.
FBI Director Wray reveals details on Flax Typhoon using internet ...
WEB3 days ago · “Flax Typhoon was targeting critical infrastructure across the U.S. and overseas, everyone from corporations and media organizations to universities to government agencies, and like Volt Typhoon, they used Internet connected devices…to create a botnet that helped them compromise systems and exfiltrate confidential data,” Wray said in a ...
FBI forced Flax Typhoon to abandon its botnet
WEB3 days ago · About Flax Typhoon’s botnet A joint advisory authored by the FBI and partner agencies from Five Eyes countries released today says the botnet has been active since mid-2021.