Tag: Blackwood
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Ghost in the Machine: Chinese Hackers Hijack Updates, Implant “NSPX30” Spyware
The Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET has uncovered the operations of a previously unknown hacker group linked to China, christening it with the codename Blackwood. Active since 2018, this group has specialized in adversary-in-the-middle (AitM), intercepting legitimate software update requests to deliver the sophisticated NSPX30 implant. Discovered within the update mechanisms of well-known programs such as…