Chinese Hackers Targeting Russian Federal Agencies

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Chinese state-sponsored hackers launched a massive hacking campaign against Russian federal authorities last year using a virus called Webdav-O, says The Hacker News. Group IB revealed that the virus is very similar to the BlueTraveller Trojan used in espionage campaigns and is linked to a Chinese cybercriminal gang called TaskMasters. 

The report is a continuation of previous public disclosures with Solar JSOC and SentinelOne providing additional details about Mail-O and pointing to the malware PhantomNet employed by the threat actor TA428. According to Solar JSOC, the ha…

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