Linux variant of the SideWalk backdoor discovered

ESET researchers have discovered a Linux variant of the SideWalk backdoor, one of the multiple custom implants used by the SparklingGoblin APT group. Commands with different or missing implementation in the Linux version of SideWalk Targeting a Hong Kong university This variant was first deployed against a Hong Kong university in February 2021 — the same university that SparklingGoblin had already targeted during the student protests in May 2020. SparklingGoblin is an APT group with … More →

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