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2024-04-05 13:39:39 | Même cibles, nouveaux manuels: les acteurs de la menace en Asie de l'Est utilisent des méthodes uniques Same targets, new playbooks: East Asia threat actors employ unique methods (lien direct) |
## Snapshot Microsoft has observed several notable cyber and influence trends from China and North Korea since June 2023 that demonstrate not only doubling down on familiar targets, but also attempts to use more sophisticated influence techniques to achieve their goals. Chinese cyber actors broadly selected three target areas over the last seven months. - One set of Chinese actors extensively targeted entities across the South Pacific Islands. - A second set of Chinese activity continued a streak of cyberattacks against regional adversaries in the South China Sea region. - Meanwhile, a third set of Chinese actors compromised the US defense industrial base. Chinese influence actors-rather than broadening the geographic scope of their targets-honed their techniques and experimented with new media. Chinese influence campaigns continued to refine AI-generated or AI-enhanced content. The influence actors behind these campaigns have shown a willingness to **both amplify AI-generated media that benefits their strategic narratives, as well as create their own video, memes, and audio content**. Such tactics have been used in campaigns stoking divisions within the United States and exacerbating rifts in the Asia-Pacific region-including Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. These campaigns achieved varying levels of resonance with no singular formula producing consistent audience engagement. North Korean cyber actors made headlines for **increasing software supply chain attacks and cryptocurrency heists over the past year**. While strategic spear-phishing campaigns targeting researchers who study the Korean Peninsula remained a constant trend, North Korean threat actors appeared to make greater use of legitimate software to compromise even more victims. ## Activity Overview ### Chinese cyber operations target strategic partners and competitors #### Gingham Typhoon targets government, IT, and multinational entities across the South Pacific Islands **** *Figure 1: Observed events from Gingham Typhoon from June 2023 to January 2024 highlights their continued focus on South Pacific Island nations. However, much of this targeting has been ongoing, reflecting a yearslong focus on the region. Geographic locations and diameter of symbology are representational. * During the summer of 2023, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed extensive activity from China-based espionage group Gingham Typhoon that targeted nearly every South Pacific Island country. Gingham Typhoon is the most active actor in this region, hitting international organizations, government entities, and the IT sector with complex phishing campaigns. Victims also included vocal critics of the Chinese government. Diplomatic allies of China who were victims of recent Gingham Typhoon activity include executive offices in government, trade-related departments, internet service providers, as well as a transportation entity. Heightened geopolitical and diplomatic competition in the region may be motivations for these offensive cyber activities. China pursues strategic partnerships with South Pacific Island nations to expand economic ties and broker diplomatic and security agreements. Chinese cyber espionage in this region also follows economic partners. For example, Chinese actors engaged in large-scale targeting of multinational organizations in Papua New Guinea, a longtime diplomatic partner that is benefiting from multiple Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects including the construction of a major highway which links a Papua New Guinea government building to the capital city\'s main road. (1) #### Chinese threat actors retain focus on South China Sea amid Western military exercises China-based threat actors continued to target entities related to China\'s economic and military interests in a | Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Studies Industrial Prediction Technical | Guam | ★★★ |
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