Defending Against China-Nexus Covert Networks of Compromised Devices

div class="SCXW131754345 BCX8" div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW131754345 BCX8" h2 a class="c-button c-button--on-dark" href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/defending-against-china-nexus-covert-networks-of-compromised-devices__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!Cvg8stIR3jHWVZgHhCVvEwbwDXxXIRSprOQ9JtY2YKwxUIGVovuDAu7QrFsfw3sfAVd8-gxEMIpgldwlY-jTD7G0%24" Defending against china-nexus covert networks of compromised devices /a /h2 h2 a class="c-button c-button--on-dark" href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/executive-summary-defending-against-china-nexus-covert-networks-of-compromised-devices__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!Cvg8stIR3jHWVZgHhCVvEwbwDXxXIRSprOQ9JtY2YKwxUIGVovuDAu7QrFsfw3sfAVd8-gxEMIpgldwlYzP90Ign%24" executive summary /a /h2 h2 strong Defending against China-nexus covert networks of compromised devices nbsp; /strong /h2 p Explaining the widespread shift in tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) towards networks of compromised infrastructure, and how to defend against it nbsp; /p h3 strong Summary /strong /h3 p With support from the UK a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/cyber-league" target="_blank" u Cyber League /u /a , this advisory has been jointly released by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK) and international partners: nbsp; /p ul li Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD’s) Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) /li li Communications Security Establishment Canada’s (CSE’s) Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) /li li Germany Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution - nbsp; nbsp; Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) /li li Germany Federal Intelligence Service – Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) /li li Germany Federal Office for Information Security - Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) /li li Japan National Cybersecurity Office (NCO) - 国家サイバー統括室 /li li Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service - Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD) /li li Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service - Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (MIVD) /li li New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ) /li li Spain National Cryptologic Centre – Centro Criptológico Nacional (CCN) /li li Sweden National Cyber Security Centre - Nationellt cybersäkerhetscenter (NCSC-SE) /li li United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) /li li United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) /li li United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) /li li United States National Security Agency (NSA) nbsp; /li /ul p Its purpose is to provide network defenders with the tools needed to defend against China-nexus cyber actors and their tactic of using large scale networks of compromised devices (covert networks) to route their cyber activity. nbsp; /p h3 strong Introduction nbsp; nbsp; /strong /h3 p Over the past few years there has been a major shift in the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) use