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China-linked Budworm APT returns to target a US entity

Security Affairs

The China-linked APT27 group has been active since 2010, it targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S. The group was involved in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at new generation weapons and in surveillance activities on dissidents and other civilian groups. .” LaZagne: A publicly available credential dumping tool.

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APT trends report Q3 2021

SecureList

The malicious payload was then used to upload additional malware, usually the Quarian backdoor that has been seen in use by Chinese-speaking actors since around 2010. FinSpy is a notorious surveillance toolset that several NGOs have repeatedly reported being used against journalists, political dissidents and human rights activists.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Beyond Identity Identity management 2020 Private Expel Managed security service 2016 Private Tigera Zero trust for K8s 2016 Private Intrinsic Application security 2016 Acquired: VMware HackerOne Penetration testing 2015 Private Virtru Data encryption 2014 Private Cloudflare Cloud infrastructure 2010 NYSE: NET.