China hackers targeting Russia have secretly launched cyberattacks on Russian defense systems since the Ukraine war began, despite public claims of a strong alliance. Cybersecurity experts say Chinese ...

One malware strain, called PlugX, known for remote access and data exfiltration, was flagged in these Russian environments—previously used by China in espionage campaigns across Southeast Asia ...

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This is not the first ransomware attack to employ tools typically used by China-linked APTs, with previous occurrences including a variant of the PlugX backdoor and the Shadowpad modular malware ...

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Cybersecurity experts have uncovered evidence that interconnects several multi-year and sprawling cyber-espionage campaigns to a Chinese military unit operating out of the city of Ürümqi in China\\'s ...