{"id":40528,"date":"2021-04-20T15:59:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/32213\/China-Linked-Hackers-Used-Pulse-Secure-Flaw-To-Target-US-Defense-Industry.html"},"modified":"2021-04-20T15:59:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:59:13","slug":"china-linked-hackers-used-pulse-secure-flaw-to-target-us-defense-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/china-linked-hackers-used-pulse-secure-flaw-to-target-us-defense-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"China-Linked Hackers Used Pulse Secure Flaw To Target US Defense Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph-0\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">At least two groups of China-linked hackers have spent months using a previously undisclosed vulnerability in American virtual private networking devices to spy on the U.S. defense industry, researchers and the devices&#8217; 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said Charles Carmakal, a senior vice president of Mandiant,an arm of Fireye, ahead of the report&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-5\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Tying hackers to a specific country is fraught with uncertainty, but Carmakal said his analysts&#8217; judgment was based on a review of the hackers&#8217; tactics, tools, infrastructure and targets &#8211; many of which echoed past China-linked intrusions.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-6\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Chinese Embassy spokeperson Liu Pengyu said China &#8220;firmly opposes and cracks down on all forms of cyber attacks,&#8221; describing FireEye&#8217;s allegations as &#8220;irresponsible and ill-intentioned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">FireEye declined to name the hackers&#8217; targets, identifying them only as &#8220;defense, government, and financial organizations around the world.&#8221; It said the group of hackers suspected of working on Beijing&#8217;s behalf were particularly focused on the U.S. defense industry.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-8\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">In a statement, the cyber arm of the Department of Homeland Security said it was working with Ivanti &#8220;to better understand the vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN devices and mitigate potential risks to federal civilian and private sector networks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-9\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">The U.S. National Security Agency declined to comment. U.S. officials have repeatedly accused Chinese hackers of stealing American military secrets over the years through various means.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-10\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Lately networking devices, which can be hard for companies to monitor, have emerged as a favored avenue for digital spies.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-11\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">In 2020 FireEye <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fireeye.com\/blog\/threat-research\/2020\/03\/apt41-initiates-global-intrusion-campaign-using-multiple-exploits.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__large___1i0u1F Link__underline_default___MkI7S8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">warned<\/a> that Beijing-aligned hackers were targeting devices manufactured by Citrix Systems Inc<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/companies\/CTXS.O\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__large___1i0u1F Link__underline_default___MkI7S8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CTXS.O)<\/a> and Cisco Systems Inc<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/companies\/CSCO.O\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__large___1i0u1F Link__underline_default___MkI7S8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CSCO.O)<\/a> to break into a host of companies in what it described as one of the broadest campaigns by a Chinese actor that it had seen in years.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-12\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">The timing of the latest series of hacks was not made explicit, although FireEye&#8217;s report said it investigated them &#8220;early this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-13\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Carmakal added that the hackers were operating from U.S. digital infrastructure and borrowing the naming conventions of their victims to camouflage their activity so they would look like any other employee logging in from home.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-14\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">&#8220;We are seeing pretty advanced tradecraft,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt 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