Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast
China Threat Landscape: Meet the Typhoon
Oct 25, 2023
Graham Dietz, Microsoft Senior Security Researcher, joins Sherrod DeGrippo to discuss China's cyber activities, including patriotic hackers thriving in the underground, China's economic strategies related to cyber operations, and the complexity of Chinese cyber activities. They also explore China as an Advanced Persistent Threat, their loud presence, and targeting of vulnerable organizations.
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- China's cyber operations involve a wide range of activities, including targeting domestic individuals, diplomatic organizations, and performing industrial espionage to support its economic power.
- China utilizes patriotic hackers to shape popular consciousness and patriotism, creating cultures hostile to targeted countries, and blurring the line between state-sponsored attackers and cyber criminal underground.
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China's APT landscape is considered one of the top programs in terms of APT and nation-sponsored programs. China's robust program targets domestic individuals, diplomatic organizations, and performs industrial espionage to support its economic power. China's cyber operations are fueled by a large pool of hacking talent, which includes patriotic hackers and a thriving cyber criminal underground.
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