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By Kevin Townsend on June 03, 2021 Newly discovered cyber weapon uses elaborate multi-stage infection-chain to make detection and analysis difficult Researchers have discovered a new cyber espionage weapon they believe was developed and is used by a China-based APT group they have named SharpPanda. A previously unknown Windows backdoor enables remote access and the collection of considerable live data – but only during Chinese working hours. An ongoing campaign is targeting the Ministry of F...

By Kevin Townsend on April 30, 2021 Researchers at Cybereason say they have discovered an undocumented malware targeting the Russian military sector and bearing the hallmarks of originating in China if not being Chinese state sponsored. The researchers had been tracking malicious RTFs generated by the RoyalRoad weaponizer (aka the 8.t Dropper/RTF exploit builder), which is known to be often used by Chinese state actors. One sample was found dropping previously unknown malware, that the Cybere...