MI5 Says China’s MSS Funded Research Involving 100+ U.K.-Linked Academics

The feed reports multiple high-impact cybersecurity events, including active exploitation of critical vulnerabilities in FortiMail, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, Citrix NetScaler, Zimbra, Dell Container Storage Modules, and Microsoft SharePoint; China-linked espionage campaigns using custom backdoors and cloud services for command and control; ransomware and phishing activity; and emerging threats involving AI systems, mobile accessibility services, WordPress persistence, and cryptocurrency infrastructure. Several vulnerabilities are zero-days or listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerability