Cyber security coalition reports on Chinese state-sponsored espionage (HelpNet Security)

Novetta Solutions released multiple reports, the main one being titled "Operation SMN: Axiom Threat Actor Group Report", which details the characteristics of a threat actor group, dubbed Axiom by the coalition, which Novetta believes acts on behalf of a Chinese government intelligence apparatus.

The release of these reports follows months of cooperation by the cyber security coalition whose main objective is to move beyond basic reporting of malware exploits and associated threat actors and execute a coordinated, effective remediation and disruption of activities tied to several families of malware used by advanced threat actor groups across the globe.

"The Axiom threat group is a well resourced, disciplined, and sophisticated cyber espionage group operating out of mainland China."

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