Crucially, Symantec’s threat researchers observed the use of a custom version of the PlugX backdoor previously deployed by a ...
A toolset associated with China-linked espionage intrusions was employed in a ransomware attack, likely by a single ...
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" which used PlugX to infect thousands of Windows computers in the US ...
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 ...
The FBI, working with French cops, obtained nine warrants to remotely wipe PlugX malware from thousands of Windows-based computers that had been infected by Chinese government-backed criminals ...
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 ...
Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez on Monday maintained that phone hacking in the United States, allegedly carried out by Chinese hackers, is ...