Summary: Microsoft has reported a shift in tactics by the Chinese cyber-espionage group ‘Silk Typhoon,’ which is now targeting remote management tools and cloud services in supply chain attacks. These changes have allowed the group to infiltrate multiple industries and gain access to downstream customers using stolen credentials. The report emphasizes the group’s new strategies in exploiting vulnerabilities and leveraging compromised devices to execute their espionage objectives.
Affected: Multiple industries including government, IT services, healthcare, defense, education, NGOs, and energy
Keypoints :
- Silk Typhoon shifted from organization-level breaches to targeting Managed Service Providers (MSPs) for broader access.
- The group exploits unpatched applications and stolen keys to infiltrate customer networks and deploy malicious activities.
- Recent attacks have utilized vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-0282, demonstrating their capacity to adapt and exploit critical flaws.