A year after the i-SOON leaks, a deep dive into the Pangu Team reveals new insight into the relationships between elite vulnerability researchers and government-contracted hackers| nattothoughts.substack.com
Even before DeepSeek's debut sparked pride among Chinese netizens, US sanctions on Sichuan Silence developer Guan Tianfeng triggered online vows to "march forward" in cyberpower competition| nattothoughts.substack.com
The Chinese government has leveraged public opinion analysis systems to target U.S. social media platforms to tamper with public discourse in the past. Will Bluesky be included? most likely yes.| Natto Thoughts
Formerly very public, Sichuan Silence has gone quiet since 2020; but as part of a circle of Chengdu-based jack-of-all-trades infosec companies, it serves the state in cyber-enabled operations| Natto Thoughts
First i-SOON, then Integrity Tech: How many more Chinese information security companies lie behind Chinese state cyber threat campaigns?| nattothoughts.substack.com
Who are the mysterious hacker whisperers Intrusion Truth? What kinds of tradecraft have they used? What can cyber threat analysts learn from them?| nattothoughts.substack.com
Chinese hackers’ lax operations security; why Chinese officials have to rely on contractors; why i-SOON might not fear blowback from the leak; and how the name-and-shame strategy seems to be failing.| nattothoughts.substack.com
Chat logs in the i-SOON leak show China’s hacker-for-hire industry is subject to Chinese business culture: in the race for profits, survival depends on who you know and who you wine and dine with.| nattothoughts.substack.com
A lawsuit casts light on the ecosystem of IT companies related to Chengdu 404, the company allegedly behind Chinese state-sponsored hacking group APT41.| nattothoughts.substack.com