Malware & Threats Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Exploitation Tied to Volt Typhoon’s ‘Silent Train’ Network Cisco Talos linked SD-WAN key-stealing malware to infrastructure overlapping Volt Typhoon’s Silent Train network, which Lumen detailed. Eduard KovacsOctober 29, 2026
Vulnerabilities China-Linked Hackers Exploit PHP2Shell to Root Firewalls The attackers chained PHP2Shell and Fragnesia exploits and hacked two servers of a US government-affiliated organization. Ionut ArghireOctober 28, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Stolen AI Reasoning Could Help China Build Cheaper Rivals Xint says a flaw in OpenAI’s compaction process let researchers move reasoning traces between models, potentially making it cheaper to distill a rival AI. Kevin TownsendOctober 26, 2026
Artificial Intelligence China APT Uses AI Pentest Tool Artex in ConnectWise Attacks The state-sponsored hackers targeted hundreds of organizations and gained privileged access to some environments. Ionut ArghireOctober 23, 2026
Artificial Intelligence China Defends DeepSeek After US Ban of Its AI From Government Systems The DHS said agencies should remove DeepSeek products as well as third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek from their IT systems. Associated PressOctober 21, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Chinese AI Model Writes More Hackable Code When Told It’s for US Contractor Tasked with writing an application for a US defense contractor, the model made the code 19% more likely to be hackable. Ionut ArghireOctober 21, 2026
Artificial Intelligence AI Platform Cairn Abused to Hack Over 100 Organizations At least three threat actors have been abusing Cairn for persistent access and financial theft. Ionut ArghireOctober 20, 2026
Vulnerabilities Chinese APT Exploited BeyondTrust Vulnerability as Zero-Day Armory Castle exploited CVE-2026-102764 for initial access, deployed custom tools, and deleted logs and artifacts. Ionut ArghireOctober 16, 2026
Cybercrime Microsoft Disrupts Chinese-Language Phishing Market Behind 1B+ Messages Backed by a federal court order, Microsoft and Health-ISAC seized domains powering YAM Store, CoGUI, and Iron Man. Eduard KovacsOctober 14, 2026
Government US Disrupts Chinese State-Sponsored Hacking Tools Flax Typhoon and other APTs used MicroScan and FishHub to scan and hack US and foreign critical infrastructure. Ionut ArghireOctober 9, 2026
Government US Seeks Alleged Chinese Hafnium Hacker With $10 Million Reward Zhang Yu was charged alongside Xu Zewei, who was extradited from Italy to the US in April 2026. Eduard KovacsOctober 8, 2026
Government TP-Link Faces State Lawsuits and New Scrutiny Over ISP Router Flaws SEC Consult has published technical details on vulnerabilities mentioned in a complaint filed by several US states. Eduard KovacsOctober 8, 2026
Malware & Threats Warlock Expands SharePoint Exploitation in Critical Infrastructure Attacks The China-based hacking group has been exploiting SharePoint vulnerabilities since July 2025. Ionut ArghireOctober 2, 2026
Malware & Threats Daemon Tools Hackers’ NeedyMantis Malware Dissected by Microsoft The malware framework uses a modular architecture and a custom executable file format for long-term persistence. Ionut ArghireSeptember 29, 2026
Artificial Intelligence China and US Agree to Establish AI Safety Channel and Continue Trade and Military Talks The US and China agreed to set up a communication mechanism for artificial intelligence-related incidents. Associated PressSeptember 26, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Beijing Hits Back at Anthropic CEO’s Call to Curb China’s AI Development China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to a question about Amodei’s essay by saying that all parties should work together on AI. Associated PressSeptember 14, 2026
Nation-State Chinese Hackers Exploit Critical Tencent Software Flaw for One-Click Code Execution The Chinese-language input method editor for Windows can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely. Ionut ArghireSeptember 14, 2026
Artificial Intelligence US Agencies Warn China Is Systematically Extracting Frontier AI Capabilities Distillation is an ‘attack’ against an AI model designed to capture outputs, understand reasoning processes, and subsequently train a different model. Kevin TownsendSeptember 9, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Think You’ve Eliminated Chinese AI? Check the Model’s Lineage, Cisco Says New research shows that country-of-origin labels can obscure an AI model’s upstream dependencies, inherited behaviors and potential security risks. Kevin TownsendAugust 28, 2026
Nation-State US Disrupts Chinese Hacking Platform Used in Military and Critical Infrastructure Attacks The operation focused on a group named QTFY, which offers hacking services to the Chinese government and others. Eduard KovacsAugust 27, 2026