๐ Chinese Hackers Using Previously Unknown Backdoor
๐ก Newskategorie: IT Security Nachrichten
๐ Quelle: news.softpedia.com
Researchers have found a new cyber espionage weapon they believe was developed and is being used by SharpPanda. A previously undiscovered Windows backdoor allows remote access and collection of large amounts of live data - but only during Chinese business hours, according to Security Week. ย A Southeast Asian country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the target of an ongoing campaign. It begins with the spear-phishing emailing of a weaponized document, but in some ways, it started earlier, with the attackers obtaining real documents from another department within the same government to give validity to the actual campaign.ย The documents are weaponized with the RoyalRoad RTF exploit kit and then distributed ... ...