Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Middle Eastern Telecom Companies

New cyber attacks against Middle Eastern telecommunications operators emerged in the first quarter of 2023. Based on technical overlaps, the intrusion set was identified as being the work of a Chinese cyber espionage actor associated with a long-running campaign dubbed Operation Soft Cell. The initial attack phase involves infiltrating Internet-facing Microsoft Exchange servers to deploy […]

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