APT31

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2024
US Treasury Dep announced sanctions against members of China-linked APT31

The US Treasury Department announced sanctions on two APT31 Chinese hackers linked to attacks against organizations in the US critical infrastructure sector. The US government announced sanctions against a pair of Chinese hackers (Zhao Guangzong and Ni Gaobin), alleged members of the China-linked APT31 group, who are responsible for “malicious cyber operations targeting U.S. entities that operate […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2022
Google blocked China-linked APT31’s attacks targeting U.S. Government

Google has blocked a phishing campaign conducted by China-linked group APT31 aimed at Gmail users associated with the U.S. government. Google announced to have blocked a phishing campaign originating conducted by China-linked cybereaspionage group APT31 (aka Zirconium, Judgment Panda, and Red Keres) and aimed at Gmail users associated with the U.S. government. The campaign took […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2021
China-linked APT31 targets Russia for the first time

China-linked APT31 group employed a new strain of malware in attacks aimed at entities in Mongolia, Belarus, Canada, the US, and Russia. Researchers from Positive Technologies reported that China-linked APT31 group has been using a new piece of malware in a recent wave of attacks targeting Mongolia, Belarus, Canada, the United States, and Russia. Experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2021
France ANSSI agency warns of APT31 campaign against French organizations

French cyber-security agency ANSSI warned of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at French organizations carried out by China-linked APT31 group. The French national cyber-security agency ANSSI warned of ongoing attacks against a large number of French organizations conducted by the Chine-linked APT31 cyberespionage group. The state-sponsored hackers are hijacking home routers to set up a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2021
Norway blames China-linked APT31 for 2018 government hack

Norway police secret service states said that China-linked APT31 group was behind the 2018 cyberattack on the government’s IT network. Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) said that the China-linked APT31 cyberespionage group was behind the attack that breached the government’s IT network in 2018. The attribution of the attack to the APT31 grouo is based […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2021
China-linked APT31 group was behind the attack on Finnish Parliament

China-linked cyber espionage group APT31 is believed to be behind an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place in 2020. China-linked cyber espionage group APT31 is believed to be behind an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place in 2020. According to the government experts, the hackers breached some parliament email […]