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Ransomware attacks targeting organizations worldwide continue to surge, and Japan has become one of the regions hit hardest in recent years. At TeamT5, we have been deeply involved in tracking these threats—monitoring the evolution of attack tools, detecting suspicious activities, and helping organizations safeguard their data and critical systems. We remain on the front line of this “invisible cyber war.” Recently, TeamT5 was invited by TV Tokyo program Gaia’s Dawn (ガイアの夜明け) for an in-depth interview to share our insights on ransomware trends and our frontline threat intelligence work. You can read the full written report here: link

TeamT5 is a leading brand in delivering Asia Pacific intelligence. Our CEO Sung-Ting Tsai took Korea Boannews’s interview and share insights. Key Highlights: As Korea holds significant geopolitical and economic value, it becomes hackers’ target. Cybersecurity threats are present across all industries and government sectors. Silent attacks are more alarming than flashy ones. As our CEO says, "Security investment begins with understanding both yourself and your enemies." Read full article: Boannews

TeamT5 is a leading brand in delivering Asia Pacific intelligence. Our CTI analyst took Reuters’s interview and made comments. This is an expert of Reuters's article. Read more at Reuters . ......Targeting of semiconductors and the supply chain around them “is a persistent threat that has existed for long,” the representative said, and a “constant interest” for Chinese-related advanced hacking operators. These groups often target “peripheral suppliers or related industries,” the representative said, such as a situation in June where a China-linked hacking group identified by TeamT5 as "Amoeba" launched a phishing campaign against an unnamed chemical company that plays a critical role in the semiconductor supply chain......

亞太威脅情資專家 TeamT5 長期關注中國駭客族群與攻擊事件，接受華盛頓郵報 (The Washington Post )訪問，進行評論。本文為摘錄，完整文章請見 The Washington Post 。 ......A Silk Typhoon run dating to December has netted about 100 known victims, according to researchers tracking its methods. Among them are government ministries in Spain and Finland, according to a person close to the investigations, and media companies in Japan, South Korea and the United States — including The Washington Post — according to Che Chang, an analyst with the Taiwan-based cybersecurity firm TeamT5.......

TeamT5 is a leading brand in delivering Asia Pacific intelligence. Our CTI analyst took The New York Times’s interview and made comments. This is an expert of The New York Times's article. Read more at The New York Times . The hacking campaign shows that, despite this partnership and years of promises not to hack each other, China sees Russia as a vulnerable target. In 2023, one group, known as Sanyo, impersonated the email addresses of a major Russian engineering firm in the hunt for information on nuclear submarines, according to TeamT5, a Taiwan-based cybersecurity research firm that discovered the attack last year and linked it to the Chinese government. …… “China likely seeks to gather intelligence on Russia’s activities, including on its military operation in Ukraine, defense developments and other geopolitical maneuvers,” said Che Chang, a researcher with TeamT5. ……

Japan NHK's documentary reveals the shady story of China's "cognitive warfare". And TeamT5, APAC threat intelligence leading brand from Taiwan, discover this information. It noticed the anomaly as early as 2021 and continued to monitor and reveal the truth. In February this year, i-Soon leaked information. This Shanghai-based cybersecurity company has long been labeled by TeamT5 as one of the organizations that may cooperate with the Chinese government and participate in global cyber attacks. The TeamT5 threat intelligence team traced a mysterious URL on social media. NHK’s documentary "Tracking China's Leaked Documents" took the reporter half a year to visit 7 countries and conduct in-depth tracking and analysis of these 577 leaked documents. They reveal the shocking story of the Chinese government, military and civilians working together to carry out cyber attacks and "cognitive warfare". 👉NHK’s report: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240920/k10014585911000.html

Our cyber threat team gives observations on i-Soon’s leaked documents. This is an expert of WIRED's article. Read more at WIRED . Hundreds of documents linked to a Chinese hacking-for-hire firm were dumped online this week. The files belong to i-Soon, a Shanghai-based company, and give a rare glimpse into the secretive world of the industry that supports China’s state-backed hacking. The leak includes details of Chinese hacking operations, lists of victims and potential targets, and the day-to-day complaints of i-Soon staff. “These leaked documents support TeamT5’s long-standing analysis: China's private cybersecurity sector is pivotal in supporting China’s APT attacks globally,” Che Chang, a cyber threat analyst at the Taiwan-based cybersecurity firm TeamT5, tells WIRED. Chang says the company has been tracking i-Soon since 2020 and found that it has a close relationship with Chengdu 404, a company linked to China’s state-backed hackers.

Our cyber threat team gives observations on i-Soon’s leaked documents. This is an expert of CyberScoop's article. Read more at CyberScoop . A tranche of documents posted to GitHub five days ago reveals that Chinese contractors working to support Beijing’s hacking operations...Since their release over the weekend, the trove of documents from a Chinese offensive security company, I-SOON, have stunned researchers, who say the set of contracts, product manuals and employee lists leaked online provides an unprecedented view of how private companies support China’s increasingly aggressive hacking operations. ... Analysts with the Taiwan-based TeamT5 cybersecurity firm said the leaked documents support their longstanding analysis that “China’s private cybersecurity sector is pivotal in supporting China’s APT attacks globally.” ... The material also confirms prior TeamT5 findings highlighting the company’s work with the Chinese government to target online gambling , as well as the company’s own money-driven ransomware campaigns, which are likely being conducted because “China’s national security cut the budget to pay these private companies.” ...

Our cyber threat intellligence team tok The Register's interview. This is an expert of The Register's article. Read more at The Register 。 TeamT5 has long expected that Beijing is aware of its work. The cyber security firm specializes in identifying persistent threats, with its Taiwan location, language skills, and youthful workforce's appreciation of Asian pop culture giving it a unique perspective on threats emerging from and/or targeting the region. The company's skills span computer and political science, with the latter discipline useful to develop an understanding of motives behind the attacks its analysts witness.