Hacked Devices Are Gateways for Chinese Nation-State Hackers
Researchers uncovered a Chinese-linked cyberespionage group after attackers left command and control credentials embedded in malware. The group targeted a Mongolia government agency.
A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group was uncovered after attackers left command and control credentials embedded in malware, exposing internal operations and thousands of messages tied to campaigns targeting a Mongolia government agency. The discovery was made by researchers who found the exposed credentials, which revealed the group's testing environments and internal operations. Meanwhile, cybersecurity concerns continue to grow, with defense officials telling House lawmakers that the newly-released budget request positions cyber as a core warfighting domain. Airbus plans to acquire French cybersecurity vendor Quarkslab to strengthen European defenses. Elastic Security Labs used an AI-driven tool to quickly spot a supply-chain attack that backdoored the JavaScript library Axios.
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