In its most recent assessment, Taiwan’s National Security Bureau has characterized 2025 as an epoch in which Chinese cyber incursions transcended mere background noise to become an instrument of systemic coercion against critical industries....
By 2026, government agencies are finding it increasingly difficult to describe cyber risk with a single word or a single adversary. Analysts interviewed by ISMG argue that threats are beginning to overlap: political decisions...
Cisco has warned that threat actors are already exploiting a critical vulnerability in its widely deployed products, one that enables a complete takeover of affected systems, and that no patch was available at the...
The United Kingdom has announced sanctions against two Chinese technology companies, accusing them of reckless and indiscriminate cyberattacks targeting the UK and its allies. The measures apply to Sichuan Anxun Information Technology Co. Ltd—better...
A data leak at the Chinese company Knownsec—long heralded as one of the flagships of the nation’s cybersecurity industry—has dealt the firm a reputational blow and forced an unexpected admission of internal weaknesses. In...
U.S. authorities are reportedly preparing to ban the sale of routers and other network equipment manufactured by TP-Link Systems. According to multiple sources, the initiative is driven less by technical vulnerabilities and more by...
The Chinese hacking group Storm-1849 continues its aggressive campaign against Cisco ASA devices used by government agencies and major organizations worldwide. The findings come from Unit 42, the threat intelligence division of Palo Alto...
For over a year, programmer Harishankar Narayanan had been using his iLife A11 robot vacuum without incident—until he noticed that the device was constantly transmitting data to servers in China. When he attempted to...
Several U.S. government agencies have expressed support for a Commerce Department initiative exploring a potential ban on TP-Link devices, according to The Washington Post, which cites sources familiar with the internal discussions. Among them...
In recent years, cyberspace has become a theater of covert conflict, where the actions of one state can directly affect the scientific and technological institutions of another. A large-scale, long-running cyber operation was recently...