A Chinese threat actor known as APT31 likely acquired and cloned one of the Equation Group’s exploits three years before the targeted vulnerability was publicly exposed as part of Shadow Brokers’ “Lost in Translation” leak, cybersecurity firm Check Point says in a new report.
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Chinese Hackers Cloned Equation Group Exploit Years Before Shadow Brokers Leak
A Chinese threat actor known as APT31 likely acquired and cloned one of the Equation Group’s exploits three years before the targeted vulnerability was publicly exposed as part of Shadow Brokers’ “Lost in Translation” leak, cybersecurity fi…
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title: Detect Exploitation - Chinese Hackers Cloned Equation Group Exploit Years Before Shadow Brokers Leak
id: 39a88ed9-f0e8-4ad6-8b8c-aa774ae4f6da
status: experimental
description: Automatisch generierte SIEM-Erkennungsregel basierend auf CTI Intelligence
references:
- https://tsecurity.de/
author: iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine
date: 2026-09-24
logsource:
category: network_connection
product: any
detection:
selection:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'exploit'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitime administrative Zugriffe oder Penetrationstests
level: high
tags:
- attack.initial_accessrule CTI_Threat_Indicator {
meta:
author = "iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine"
date = "2026-09-24"
description = "YARA Signature for "
strings:
$str = "Chinese Hackers Cloned Equatio" ascii wide
condition:
any of them
}tsecurity.de Cognitive Threat RAG
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