PGI’s Digital Investigations Team brings you the Digital Threat Digest, SOCMINT and OSINT insights into disinformation, influence operations, and online harms. Disinformation before the storm Last week, I spoke a bit about APTs, from APT1 to RedAlpha, and how these clandestine cyber ops play into China’s TTPs (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures) to unsettle its enemies and source actionable intelligence for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). While APTs represent one of the top rungs on the ladder of sophistication, they’re by no means the favourite because a) they require quite a bit of effort and money and b) cybersecurity teams around the world are extremely good at detecting and countering them now. So, when we look to China’s desire to re-unify Taiwan with the mainland, we shouldn’t necessarily be looking at an increase in traditional cyber-attacks as a threat indicator for a possible invasion (though, that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be considered). Instead, we need to be looking at Taiwanese
Digital Threat Digest - 25 August 2022
Digital Threat Digest - 25 August 2022
Digital Threat Digest - 25 August 2022
PGI’s Digital Investigations Team brings you the Digital Threat Digest, SOCMINT and OSINT insights into disinformation, influence operations, and online harms. Disinformation before the storm Last week, I spoke a bit about APTs, from APT1 to RedAlpha, and how these clandestine cyber ops play into China’s TTPs (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures) to unsettle its enemies and source actionable intelligence for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). While APTs represent one of the top rungs on the ladder of sophistication, they’re by no means the favourite because a) they require quite a bit of effort and money and b) cybersecurity teams around the world are extremely good at detecting and countering them now. So, when we look to China’s desire to re-unify Taiwan with the mainland, we shouldn’t necessarily be looking at an increase in traditional cyber-attacks as a threat indicator for a possible invasion (though, that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be considered). Instead, we need to be looking at Taiwanese