Cybersecurity firm detects Chinese-speaking malware attacking Philippine govât entities, users ByMa. Alena O. Castillo - July 19, 2021 - 8:00 PM 605 '); advanced persistent threat (APT) drive by Chinese “actors” against users in Southeast Asia, especially in the Philippines and A report by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said that the attacks have targeted 100 victims in Myanmar and 1,400 in the Philippines, including government entities, that have been infected with spear-phishing emails containing a malicious Word document. Once downloaded in the system, the malware spreads to other hosts through removable Universal Serial Bus (USB) drives. The company noted that APT campaigns usually hit a few dozen users. However, the recent finding of these threats in the region was unusual.