Crucially, Symantec’s threat researchers observed the use of a custom version of the PlugX backdoor previously deployed by a ...
Symantec found that tools previously only used by Chinese nation-state espionage actors were deployed in a ransomware attack ...
The operation aimed to eliminate a cyber threat by the China-based hacking groups known as "Mustang Panda" and "Twill Typhoon ... Once installed, the malware establishes contact with a command ...
The FBI confirmed the deletion of Chinese malware from 4,258 U.S.-based computers in a court-authorized operation that lasted several months. The op targeted a version of PlugX used by the group Musta ...
China already engages in espionage on an industrial scale. On January 14, the FBI announced that malware from Mustang Panda, a Chinese government-backed hacker group, had infected thousands of ...
The attacker deployed a variant of the PlugX cyberespionage toolset previously associated with Chinese APT groups against a ...
There has always been some level of overlap between these two groups, but it has become more pronounced in recent years. On Tuesday, the Google-owned Mandiant security firm said the uptick comes amid ...
A Chinese threat actor who targeted an Asian software company used the same toolset for the ransomware attack that was found in multiple cyberespionage incidents, leaving Symantec analysts to believe ...