A threat actor likely aligned with China has been observed targeting critical infrastructure sectors in North America since at least last year.
Cisco Talos, which is tracking the activity under the name UAT-8837, assessed it to be a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor with medium confidence based on tactical overlaps with other campaigns mounted by threat actors from the region.

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Cisco on Thursday released security updates for a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, nearly a month after the company disclosed that it had been exploited as a zero-day by a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor codenamed UAT-9686.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20393 (CVSS

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Researchers detailed how Intellexa, Predator’s owner, uses failed deployments and thwarted infections to strengthen its commercial spyware and generate more effective attacks.

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