Do Son PRC national Xu Zewei extradited to the US for HAFNIUM intrusions and targeting COVID-19 research. He faces a 9-count indictment for state-sponsored hacks.
HAFNIUM
Chinese national Xu Zewei, linked to HAFNIUM, arrested in Italy for cyberespionage. He targeted US COVID-19 research & exploited Exchange zero-days, compromising 60,000+ US entities for China's MSS.
Advent of scheduled task tampering as a persistence mechanism underscores the need for continuous evolution in threat-hunting