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China-nexus advanced persistent threat Weaver Ant has compromised a major Asian telecommunications services provider's network with web shells and various payloads for more than four years as part of its cyberespionage efforts, according to Security Affairs.

Russia is having its government- and privately-controlled organizations targeted by the Head Mare and Twelve hacktivist operations in new joint intrusions, with the former previously found to have used tools and command-and-control servers linked to Twelve, The Hacker News reports.

"Research Center 227" reportedly focused on using AI for cyberattacks.