Nation-State Bad Actors
Surge of OAuth Device Code Phishing Attacks Targets M365 Accounts
Jeffrey Burt | | Account Takeover Attacks, China-linked Hackers, data exfiltration, device authorization, device code phishing, financially motivated groups, Microsoft, Nation-State Bad Actors, russia hacker
Financially motivated and nation-state threat groups are behind a surge in the use of device code phishing attacks that abuse Microsoft's legitimate OAuth 2.0 device authorization grant flow to trick users into ...
Security Boulevard
U.S. Rep Proposes Cyber Privateers to Fight Foreign Cyberthreats
A GOP congressman from Arizona has filed legislation to allow U.S. presidents to license private cyber experts to investigate cyberattacks against U.S. organizations and citizens and recover stolen assets through a centuries-old ...
Security Boulevard
What Water Utilities Need to Know About HMI Security and AI Solutions
MixMode Threat Research | | Blog, Critical Infrastructure, Cyber Threats, Infrastructure, nation-state attacks, Nation-State Bad Actors, Nation-State Threat Actors, national cybersecurity, National Cybersecurity Strategy, threat brief, threat detection, Threat Intelligence Research, Threat Research
Water and Wastewater Systems are increasingly becoming soft targets for sophisticated cyber attackers. A new joint fact sheet from the EPA and CISA puts this threat front and center, warning utilities about ...
How China’s Admission Reinforces the Urgency for AI-Powered, Preemptive Cybersecurity
Matt Shea | | AI Cybersecurity News, Analyst Research, Blog, Cybersecurity News, MixMode News, nation-state attacks, Nation-State Bad Actors, Nation-State Threat Actors, national cybersecurity, National Cybersecurity Strategy, Newsroom, Ponemon, Preemptive Cyber Defense
In December, a senior Chinese cyber official offered what U.S. representatives took as tacit admission: China was behind a series of cyber intrusions targeting U.S. critical infrastructure. As reported by The Wall ...
WarGames – it’s not 1983 anymore
MixMode Threat Research | | APT41, Blog, Brass Typhoon, Critical Infrastructure, Cyber Threats, Infrastructure, nation-state attacks, Nation-State Bad Actors, Nation-State Threat Actors, national cybersecurity, National Cybersecurity Strategy, Salt Typhoon, threat brief, Threat Briefing, Threat Intelligence Research, Threat Research, Volt Typhoon, Zero Day Attacks, zero trust
China’s state-sponsored cyber operations, driven by groups like Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon, Brass Typhoon, and APT41, and amplified by techniques like Fast Flux DNS, are not chasing Hollywood apocalypse—they’re seizing America’s networks, ...
Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon & APT41: This is No Longer a DrillÂ
MixMode Threat Research | | Blog, Cyber Threats, Cybersecurity News, MixMode News, nation-state attacks, Nation-State Bad Actors, Nation-State Threat Actors, national cybersecurity, National Cybersecurity Strategy, Real Time Threat Detection, Threat Briefing, threat detection, Threat Intelligence Research, Threat Research
New threat intelligence confirms what many infrastructure leaders have long feared: Chinese state-sponsored threat groups are not only capable of infiltrating U.S. critical systems—they already have ...
Threat Research Recap: Paving the Way for Smarter Defense Tech in 2025
MixMode Threat Research | | Blog, Cities, Critical Infrastructure, nation-state attacks, Nation-State Bad Actors, Nation-State Threat Actors, national cybersecurity, National Cybersecurity Strategy
Looking back at 2024, we recognize the immense value in revisiting some of our most impactful threat research. These articles not only offered real-time insights into pressing cybersecurity issues but also set ...
MixMode Observes Increase in Threat Actor Activity Supporting CISA’s Heightened Election Security Concerns
MixMode Threat Research | | Blog, cisa, nation-state attacks, Nation-State Bad Actors, Nation-State Threat Actors, national cybersecurity, threat actors
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued a joint statement with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), highlighting the ongoing ...
Air-Gapped Systems Breached: A Deep Dive into the Attack and Prevention
Joe Ariganello | | Blog, cyber attacks, Cyber Threats, Data breach, Malware, nation-state attacks, Nation-State Bad Actors, National Cybersecurity Strategy, supply chain
Once considered impregnable bastions of security, air-gapped systems have been shown to be vulnerable to sophisticated attacks. These systems, physically isolated from networks, were believed to be immune to remote hacking ...
Alarming Intrusion: Chinese Government Hackers Target US Internet Providers
MixMode Threat Research | | Blog, government, Infrastructure, nation-state attacks, Nation-State Bad Actors, Nation-State Threat Actors, national cybersecurity, National Cybersecurity Strategy, Uncategorized, Zero Day Attacks, zero-day, zero-day attack, zero-day attack identification, Zero-day threats
A recent Washington Post report sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity landscape, revealing that Chinese government-backed hackers have infiltrated at least two major US internet service providers (ISPs) and several smaller ones ...

