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Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan and US NGO with MgBot Malware (thehackernews.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Organizations in Taiwan and a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) based in China have been targeted by a Beijing-affiliated state-sponsored hacking group called Daggerfly using an upgraded set of malware tools.

The campaign is a sign that the group "also engages in internal espionage," Symantec's Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, said in a new report published today. "In the attack on this organization, the attackers exploited a vulnerability in an Apache HTTP server to deliver their MgBot malware."

Daggerfly, also known by the names Bronze Highland and Evasive Panda, was previously observed using the MgBot modular malware framework in connection with an intelligence-gathering mission aimed at telecom service providers in Africa. It's known to be operational since 2012.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago

"Beijing-affiliated state-sponsored hacking group" is a pretty bold claim. Any proofs/references to support this?