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- Silk Typhoon spun a web of patents for offensive cyber tools
SentinelLabs, the research arm of SentinelOne, rifled through a newly unsealed indictment from the US Department of Justice and identified at least 16 patents linked to China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) that were filed between 2014 and 2020 by two now-infamous front companies: Shanghai Powerock and Shanghai Huayun Firetech
- Chinese Firms Linked to Silk Typhoon Filed 15+ Patents for . . .
Chinese companies linked to the state-sponsored hacking group known as Silk Typhoon (aka Hafnium) have been identified as behind over a dozen technology patents, shedding light on the shadowy cyber contracting ecosystem and its offensive capabilities
- Techmeme: SentinelOne researchers detail over 10 offensive . . .
SentinelOne researchers detail over 10 offensive cybersecurity patents filed by Shanghai Firetech, a company allegedly involved in Beijing's Silk Typhoon hacks — Researchers have discovered more than 10 patents for powerful offensive cybersecurity technologies filed by a prominent Chinese …
- BLACK MARKET BLUEPRINTS: Silk Typhoon Company Patents Reveal . . .
Through deep analysis of recent DOJ indictments and cross-mapped research into Chinese corporate-state overlap, SentinelLabs discovered that Shanghai Firetech holds patents on offensive cyber tools far beyond what was previously linked to the Hafnium or Silk Typhoon clusters Among the discoveries: “Intelligent home appliances analysis
- Chinese Firms Behind Silk Typhoon Hold Patents for Hacking Tools
The security firm SentinelOne stated that these patents belong to firms connected to Silk Typhoon A new indictment from the U S Department of Justice in July 2025 accuses Xu Zewei and Zhang Yu of conducting a major 2021 cyber campaign that targeted Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities The pair reportedly worked for Shanghai Powerock Network Co Ltd and Shanghai Firetech Information
- Unravelling Silk Typhoon’s Capabilities
A new report, *China’s Covert Capabilities: Unspooling Silk Spun From Hafnium, published by SentinelLabs on 30 July 2025, exposes the sophisticated cyber espionage tools developed by Chinese firms linked to the state-sponsored hacking group Silk Typhoon, also known as Hafnium
- Silk Typhoons Cyber Arsenal Revealed Through Patent Filings
It turns out that Chinese companies with ties to the state-sponsored hacking group Silk Typhoon (also known as Hafnium) have been quietly securing patents for some pretty potent cyber tools
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