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The UK and agencies in the US , Australia , Canada and New Zealand have issued new advice to help organisations detect China state-sponsored activity being carried out against critical national infrastructure networks .
In the new joint advisory the National Cyber Security Centre – a part of GCHQ – alongside international partners highlight how recent activity has targeted networks across critical infrastructure sectors in the US and how the same techniques could be applied worldwide .
The actor has been observed taking advantage of built-in network administration tools on targets ’ systems to evade detection after an initial compromise .
The advisory provides technical indicators of compromise and examples of techniques deployed by the actor to help network defenders identify the malicious activity .
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It has been reported that Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester , UK , has been the target of a cyberattack , having had its screens and systems locked .
It said the attack was accompanied by a ransom demand , payable on the Dark Web .
The school , which has more than 2,000 pupils , said it would not be paying the ransom and was working with the National Cyber Security Centre and police to resolve the issue . www . intelligentciso . com
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