"U.S. and Japanese Agencies Issue Advisory about China Linked Actors Hiding in Router Firmware"
A joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) titled "People's Republic of China-Linked Cyber Actors Hide in Router Firmware" regarding the activities of the BlackTech cyber actor group has been released by the National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Japan National Police Agency (NPA), and Japan National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC). BlackTech, also known as Palmerworm, Temp. Overboard, Circuit Panda, and Radio Panda, has targeted the government, industrial, technology, media, electronics, and telecommunications sectors. As a global threat with connections to the People's Republic of China (PRC), the actors have demonstrated the capacity to modify router firmware undetected. This article continues to discuss the joint CSA on China-linked actors hiding in router firmware.
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