SUMMARY
MANILA, Philippines – Microsoft’s April 2024 Threat Intelligence Report found that “China-based threat actors” are continuing to target entities, mostly from the government and telecommunications sectors from countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), amid tensions in the region and the West Philippine Sea.
Microsoft found that these cyber actors affiliated with China “appeared particularly interested in targets related to the numerous US military drills conducted in the region” including US-PH military exercises.
The firm named several of these cyber groups that it observed from June 2023 to late 2023.
It said that Flax Typhoon targeted entities connected to US-PH military exercises. In late 2023, it saw the group taking aim at new targets in the Phi…