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A border-hopping PlugX USB worm takes its act on the road

March 9, 2023 admin dll side-load, Featured, PlugX, sophos x-ops, threat research, usb worm

Credit to Author: Gabor Szappanos| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 11:00:02 +0000

Borne aloft by DLL sideloading, a far-flung infection touches ten time zones

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State-backed hacking group from China is targeting the Russian military

May 3, 2022 admin blagoveshchensk, bronze president, China, Dell Secureworks, hacking, mustang panda, PlugX, reddelta, Russia, Social engineering, ta416

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 15:31:20 +0000

Chinese state-sponsored actors have been caught red-handed trying to extract intelligence from Russians via a guard camp close to their border.

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The Advanced Persistent Threat files: APT10

January 16, 2019 admin Advanced Persistent Threat, Advanced persistent threats, aerospace, APT, APT10, APTs, China, Chinese Ministry of State Security, construction, cybercrime, engineering, FireEye, hacking, MSS, PlugX, Poison Ivy, scanbox, sogu, telecoms, threat actors

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:00:00 +0000

While security companies are getting good at analyzing the tactics of nation-state threat actors, they still struggle with placing these actions in context and making solid risk assessments. So in this series, we’re going to take a look at a few APT groups, and see how they fit into the larger threat landscape—starting with APT10.

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Tags: advanced persistent threat advanced persistent threats aerospace APT APT10 APTs china Chinese Ministry of State Security construction engineering FireEye MSS PlugX Poison Ivy scanbox sogu telecoms threat actors

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