New Chinese Spyware Identified in Massive Cyber Espionage Campaigns

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Security researchers at FireEye found that a suspected Chinese threat actor is involved in a series of 10 attacks that targeted the United States, Canada, Belarus, Mongolia, and Russia from the beginning of the year until last month, according to The Hacker News. The attacks involved the use of a remote access Trojan on targeted systems. 

APT31, also known as Bronze Vinewood, Judgement Panda, and Zirconium, is the organization associated with the intrusions. The group is believed to be a Chinese state-sponsored cyber espionage actor seeking to gather intelligence to support the Chinese government and state-owned enterprises, researchers said. 

A new malware dropper has been used in the attacks that contains a downloader for next-stage encrypted payloads from a remote command-and-…

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