Chinese-linked Houken targets France in Ivanti zero-day exploit campaign.

Chinese-linked Houken targets France in Ivanti zero-day exploit campaign.

A Chinese-linked hacking group, dubbed β€œHouken,” has been identified as the orchestrator of a sophisticated cyberattack campaign targeting French organizations by exploiting multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) devices. The campaign was first detected by France’s national cybersecurity agency, ANSSI, in September 2024, though evidence suggests it may have started as early as 2023.