Chinese APT Silk Typhoon exploits IT supply chain weaknesses for initial access | CSO Online

The China-aligned threat group Silk Typhoon has shifted its tactics to exploit IT supply chain weaknesses, compromising cloud IT services and software providers to gain access to downstream customers. They abuse stolen credentials, privileged access management (PAM), and cloud app providers to move laterally between cloud and on-premises environments, exfiltrating sensitive data. Organizations should implement strong controls and monitoring for service principals, OAuth apps, and access permissions to defend against Silk Typhoon’s methods.