Chinese attackers leverage previously unseen malware for espionage

Sophos released its report, “Operation Crimson Palace: Threat Hunting Unveils Multiple Clusters of Chinese State-Sponsored Activity Targeting Southeast Asia,” which details a highly sophisticated, nearly two-year long espionage campaign against a high-level government target. During Sophos X-Ops’ investigation, which began in 2023, the managed detection and response (MDR) team found three distinct clusters of activity targeting the same organization, two of which included tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) that overlap with well-known, Chinese nation-state groups: … appeared first on Help Net Security.