State-directed cyber actors continue to target known vulnerabilities in US and allied networks, as well as software and hardware manufacturers, to steal intellectual property and gain access to sensitive networks.The NSA, CISA, and FBI are urging governments and private sector organizations to take available and known countermeasures.The biggest threat from Chinese cyber actorsAuthorities continue to rank China’s state-sponsored cyber activities as one of the greatest and most dynamic threats to the US government and civilian networks.Chinese cyber actors are targeting government and critical infrastructure networks with an increasing number of new and adapted techniques, some of which pose a significant risk to IT sector organizations including telecom providers, military-industrial complex organizations, and other critical infrastructure organizations represent.Most recently, in April of this year, cyber security authorities created an overview of vulnerabilities that were generally most frequently misused for attacks in the past year."