The Vietnam-aligned threat actor known as OceanLotus has been attributed to two distinct campaigns that targeted domestic entities and stock investors with a backdoor known as SPECTRALVIPER. The campaigns involve a prolonged cyber espionage operation aimed at a Vietnamese infrastructure and transport construction corporation between mid-2024 and February 2026, as well as a supply chain…
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OpenAI: ‘Likely’ Chinese influence operation tried to use ChatGPT to stir debate on data centers
OpenAI’s threat intelligence team tracked what it believes are two distinct clusters of activity online from groups with ties to China and posting content seemingly designed to stoke anger around divisive topics like AI and data centers. The first, dubbed “Data Center Bandwagon,” used ChatGPT to create imagery and social media comments claiming data center…
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New China-linked threat cluster OP-512 targets Microsoft IIS servers
OP-512 deploys a custom web shell framework consisting of three distinct web shells, designed to provide attackers with remote access while evading detection.