Cyber Threat Report Reveals Blurred Lines
The Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024-2025 highlights the increasingly thin line between nation-state actors and financially motivated hackers.
A key takeaway from the report, released by the Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC), is the complex relationship between state-backed hackers and cyber criminals.
APT40 regularly conducts malicious activities against Australian and regional networks that possess information of value to the PRC
The report specifically mentions a threat actor backed by the People's Republic of China (PRC), tracked as Kryptonite Panda, Gingham Typhoon, and Leviathan.
Author's summary: Nation-state hackers and cyber criminals are increasingly using similar tactics.