cyber espionage

Chinese hackers double attack volume using DeepSeek AI, researchers say

Chinese state-affiliated hacking groups have more than doubled their attack volume after integrating DeepSeek and other open-source artificial intelligence models into their operations, according to research published Monday by Taiwanese cybersecurity firm TeamT5.

Symantec exposes China-linked APT running espionage and crypto fraud from one panel

A China-based hackers-for-hire group dubbed "Jewelbug" has been conducting government espionage and cryptocurrency fraud simultaneously from the same command-and-control infrastructure, according to research published Thursday by the Symantec Threat Hunter Team. The finding reveals a rare dual-purpose threat actor operating…

Chinese hackers used Claude Code, DeepSeek to attack governments

Security researchers have uncovered an active cyber espionage campaign in which suspected Chinese state-linked operators embedded two commercial AI systems — Anthropic's Claude Code and DeepSeek-v4-pro — directly into the execution pipeline of attacks targeting government systems in Taiwan, Thailand,…