A Chinese company named Beijing Electronics and Technology Applications Institute (BIETA) is highly rated as likely to be led by the Ministry of National Security (MSS).
This assessment comes from evidence that at least four BIETA staff members have a clear link to MSS officers and have or have a relationship with the University of International Relations, according to recorded futures. The names of the four individuals include Wu Sizhong, His Deccan, Your Xingang, and Zhou Linna.
“BIETA and its subsidiary, Beijing Sanxin Times Technology Co., Ltd. (CIII), research, development, import and sales technologies almost certainly sell and sell technologies that support intelligence, anti-intellectuality, military, and other missions related to China’s national development and security.
“Their activities include research methods for steganography that may support the deployment of secret communication (COVCOM) and malware. Forensic investigations and development and sales of anti-centric equipment, as well as acquisition of foreign technologies for steganography, network penetration testing, military communications and planning.”
According to information shared on its website, Bieta is a “research and development organization” specializing in research into communications technology, multimedia information processing technology, multimedia information security technology, computer and network technology applications, and special circuit development. It is said that it has existed in some form since 1983.
One of Bieta’s core focus areas concerns the use of steganography across several media, with CIII also being copyrighted for software related to secret communication tactics. CIII has also developed a variety of applications for uploading files to Baidu Cloud and OneDrive, and for communicating with friends, network simulation and penetration testing on websites, mobile apps, enterprise systems, servers, databases, cloud platforms, and Internet of Things devices.
In November 2021, the company has worked on a tool called the Intelligent Discussion Android App and a mobile phone positioning system that can identify, monitor, monitor, position and block phones within large venues.
Other solutions advertised by CIII range from communication simulations to network function testing tools and programs called Datacrypt Hummingbird Online Storage Upload Software. That said, there is limited public information about how these programs have augmented MSS.
The Mastercard-owned company said both Bieta and CIII were “almost undoubtedly.”
“Bieta’s research is almost certainly used to create technology that enables the MSS mission. MSS may have the capacity to be made available to local security departments, departments and officers, from Bieta’s achievements.
The disclosure comes just over a month after a cybersecurity company discovers a Chinese agent and VPN service called a Chinese proxy (formerly Gacloud), which has been used in a cyber campaign that is allegedly organized by a North Korean threat actor known as Kimsky.
“It is unclear whether they purchased a subscription or otherwise obtained this particular Trojan deputy,” it said. “This highlights the broader risks of the APT proxy infrastructure that blends with commercial products.”
