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Advisoryseverity: High2024-07-08

Five Eyes joint advisory AA24-190A on APT40 tradecraft

published by CISA
Actor
APT40CN · ChinaAPT

Chinese state-sponsored cyberespionage actor publicly attributed to the Ministry of State Security (MSS) Hainan State Security Department. Targets maritime industries, defense, government, and resear…

Summary

ASD's ACSC led a Five Eyes plus Japan, Republic of Korea, and Germany joint advisory detailing APT40's tradecraft, including rapid exploitation of newly disclosed public-facing vulnerabilities and use of compromised SOHO devices as operational infrastructure.

Tags

five-eyesmsstradecraft

Primary source

cisa.gov

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